Singer Bruce Springsteen announced plans for an anti-Trump “Power to the People Festival” while performing at Nationals Park on Wednesday as part of a nationwide tour. The rock musician is known for his activism against the Trump administration and will perform alongside headliners including Tom Morello, Dave Matthews Band, and Foo Fighters on Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.Standing beside fellow musician and activist Tom Morello, Springsteen said the pair will return to the Washington area for “another night of music and resistance” and said elected leaders have failed citizens.“This American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people,” Springsteen told the crowd. “There is no one coming to save us. We’ve got to do it ourselves. So join us and let’s fight for the America that we love. Do you hear me, Washington?”
Springsteen said the Trump administration is destroying the “American idea” by undermining democracy, NATO, and the world order that he sees as having kept Americans safe and at global peace over the past 80 years.
The singer’s anti-Trump speech ended with a call to “let them hear you in the f***ing White House.” Springsteen performed a memorial song dedicated to protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were fatally shot by immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis in January.
