A New Jersey information outlet accused rock legend Bruce Springsteen of hypocritically profiteering off of an costly anti-Trump live performance in his own residence state whereas nonetheless portraying himself as a “populist” rocker.
NJ.com revealed a chunk on Tuesday, “Springsteen’s N.J. live performance was poisoned by hypocrisy. Anti-Trump last act is a tragic mistake.”
Since kicking off the tour in Minneapolis on March 31, Springsteen, 76, has repeatedly unleashed blistering assaults on President Donald Trump throughout his reveals, blasting the administration as “corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and treasonous” and mocking the 79-year-old as a “president who can’t deal with the reality” amongst different insults.
The article famous that the musician opened his New Jersey present with the identical brazen preamble.
Throughout his efficiency in Newark, Springsteen referred to as his viewers to affix in “selecting hope over concern, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of regulation over lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption, resistance over complacency, fact over lies, unity over division and peace over battle.”
Springsteen, who stays an all-American icon identified for anthems like “Born to Run,” “Thunder Highway” and “Born in the united statesA.,” has not been shy about sharing his political opinions over the previous few many years.
The musician campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, candidate Joe Biden in 2020, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016 and former President Barack Obama in 2012 and 2008.
“One downside: It’s all hypocritical crap,” the article acknowledged. “Profiteering over legit protest. Springsteen’s creative identification, as a bleeding-heart populist who sings for the destitute and downtrodden, has by no means been extra disconnected from his financial conduct as a touring act or businessman.
“The blue-collar troubadour now costs exorbitant quantities for his tickets — as much as $2,900 retail for the very best seats in Newark Monday; costs he agreed to regardless of fan backlash. He’s promoting ‘No Kings’ branded flags for $90 within the enviornment concourse.”
Springsteen’s dwelling state information outlet argued the 2026 expertise of the musician is unrecognizable, and the tour’s “political framing” exploits the division in America, suggesting the contradiction threatens to taint his profession.
The article rebuffed critics, citing different musicians’ costly tickets by arguing that different musician superstars didn’t construct their model “exalting themselves because the cavalry coming to rescue democracy from the clutches of fat-cat bureaucrats as they march to the financial institution. None of them has spent their profession on stage as an agent of ethical witness, who doesn’t carry out as a lot as he preaches to his disciples within the title of all that’s good and simply.”
The columnist additionally acknowledged that whereas the music itself was nice, “to border all of it now as some act of protest, set at a value few can afford, is just not the custom or excessive floor it pretends to be. It’s a hole monetization of a fraught time in American historical past and a major blemish on a storied profession.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Springsteen’s representatives and didn’t obtain an instantaneous reply.
