Bruce Springsteen to sing at No Kings rally in Minnesota

After performing “Streets of Minneapolis” at a Democracy Now! anniversary event last night, the Boss will bring the protest song to St. Paul on March 28.

By Matt Mitchell  |  March 24, 2026 | 12:40pm
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Bruce Springsteen to sing at No Kings rally in Minnesota

On March 31, Bruce Springsteen will begin his Land of Hope and Dreams Tour at the Target Center in Minneapolis, but the Boss plans to arrive in the Twin Cities early. This Saturday, he’ll give a performance at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul, during the city’s No Kings rally, where more than 80,000 people are expected to gather. “You want to try to meet the moment,” Springsteen told the Minnesota Star Tribune yesterday. “The No Kings movement is of great importance right now. When you have the opportunity to sing something where the timing is essential and if you have something powerful to sing, it elevates the moment, it elevates your job to another level. And I’m always in search of that.” Senator Bernie Sanders, actress Jane Fonda, and singer-songwriters Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers are also scheduled to appear at the St. Paul rally alongside Springsteen. 

Springsteen will sing “Streets of Minneapolis” at the rally. He debuted the song in late January, after two civilians were murdered by ICE agents. “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good,” he shared then. Last night during Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary celebration at the historic Riverside Church in New York, attended by Angela Davis, Patti Smith, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Mosab Abu Toha, and Michael Stipe, Springsteen appeared and performed his protest song. “Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice singing through the bloody mist,” he sang. “We’ll take our stand for this land and the stranger in our midst. Here in our home they killed and roamed in the winter of ‘26. We’ll remember the names of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis.”

Watch Springsteen’s Democracy Now! performance below.



 
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