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Special Counsel Jack Smith outed as Springsteen fan at music festival
Jack Smith, who testified Sept. 29 at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the two criminal cases he brought against then-former President Donald Trump, was in the crowd of the Tom Morello-headed Power to the People festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.
Tom Morello says Bruce Springsteen accepts his refusal to vote for Kamala Harris
rollingstone.comBruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Tom Morello, and Dave Matthews sing Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" last night (Oct 3, 2026) at Power to the People Festival
youtu.beRumors of a small European tour 2027 swirling around the festival yesterday.
reddit.comPower to the People performance
This was far better than I expected. First of all, the shirt and the hair look really good, Bruce seemed younger and in such a fine form.
Chimes of Freedom wasn't a great performance, I prefer the full band version but he played with Joan Baez, so meaningful.
The set with Morello was great and different from what I was expecting, the voice sounded great, he involved and phisically in great shape. Fortunate Son was sooo good, such a great song.
This man needs to tout next summer! Haha
Roll of the Dice - my attempt at a single 1992 album
Spent a while with all the songs of the era, at one point had 15 to choose from, sequenced them a few ways. In the end I realised... if a song was a "maybe" it only weakened the record. So I cut it to 10 and I'm pretty happy with it. A tight 40 minutes of only great songs.
This is an album about Bruce as he was in this era - hopeful, gambling on a different band and different sound. Rolling the dice on a leap of faith, hoping for better days. Deeply in love and not afraid to show it.
So:
Roll of the Dice
Lucky Town
Human Touch
Sad Eyes
Trouble River
Better Days
If I Should Fall Behind
Living Proof
Over The Rise
Leap of Faith
Big brisk title track opener. Some "real big songs" to follow. Tender moments. Rockers. Better Days as a side 2 opener. Leap of Faith as a big finish. Never two huge rockers side by side, nor two quiet low-key tracks. A flow between those bigger and smaller moments with high quality, mid paced tracks.
Of course, many of you will comment "what about x track?" - well, these are my picks and I think they hold up pretty well.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3vBWEGsTxctgv2EgafsW13
The River Tour began on this date in 1980 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fun fact: For the only time in his career, Bruce opened some concerts with "Born to Run". At the very first show, he (in)famously forgot the words to it; the audience's singing them helped him regain his bearings
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We need to stop posting by such an account as if it is a regular member. Only way to get it to stop. The URL says app.com and it’s for Asbury Park Press.
I’m okay with regular links but this stuff with clickbait title to a paid site drives me nuts.
With The Power To The People Fest performance, where the Vote For Change 2004 shows recorded?
Wrote this: "Hope he comes to Germany (Hamburg please) next summer during a short European Stadium Tour. I would love to see songs like War, Murder Inc, Ghost of Tom Joad, ... over here. Agree on the Power To The People performance, SOM has the important words introducing a great acoustic performance, for Chimes of Freedom I also prefer the full band version (like Manchester 2025 live release) but playing it with Joan Baez is more important. Then starting with Clampdown, being backed by Tom Morello and bad, was incredible ("In these days of corrupt presidente"), Tom Joad is always amazing, Fortunate Son, Free World, This Land Is Your Land and Power To The People all sounded great with his voice (and the other amazing guests) and all the full band performances brought so much energy. Really would love to see Bruce play Fortunate Son (and CCR/Fogerty songs more again like Rockin' All Over The World, Travellin' Band, Bad Moon Rising, Proud Mary) as well as Rockin' in the Free World (maybe with Eddie Vedder, who would have been another great guest for PTTP) and This Land Is Your Land with full band. Fantastic festival and Bruce performances." on the PTTP performance by Bruce and all the other fantastic guests. During the Vote For Change shows people like Eddie Vedder, Neil Young and John Fogerty joined on stage for songs like Fortunate Son, Rockin In The Free World, Darkness On The Edge of Town. Love those collaborations and these timeless songs. Would be nice to have a professional recording release for those as well as PTTP.