Bruce Springsteen Salutes Stephen Colbert With ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ Performance on ‘Late Show’: Watch

Colbert is "the first guy in America who lost his show because we've got a president who can't take a joke," Springsteen remarked.

Bruce Springsteen at the Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour held at Madison Square Garden on May 11, 2026 in New York, New York.

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There were two bosses on The Late Show, as Bruce Springsteen stopped by on Wednesday night (May 20) and paid tribute to outgoing host Stephen Colbert.

Springsteen always seems to show up at the precisely the right time. And so it was, again, as the legendary rocker gave a rousing pro-democracy speech and performed “Streets of Minneapolis” on what was Colbert’s second-to-last show.