Trump hate fuels success of new Springsteen release: report

04 June

Singer/Songwriter Bruce Springsteen (Shutterstock)

Sales of music legend Bruce Springsteen’s new album don’t appear to be suffering from President Donald Trump’s hate, according to Forbes.

“The Boss” released an unplanned EP, and in its second week of availability, it blew up on international charts, just in time for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s ‘Land of Hope and Dreams Tour’.

Land of Hope and Dreams appears on two charts in the U.K. this frame, reports Forbes. The EP opened at No. 12 on the ‘Official Americana Albums’ chart, earning Springsteen his sixth career placement on that genre-specific tally. Last frame, ‘Land of Hope and Dreams’ entered the Top 10 on the ‘Official Albums Downloads’ chart, launching at No. 8. It reached a new peak of No. 6 this week.

The small six-song EP, which is a live recording from Springsteen’s concert series with the E Street Band, came out just after the singer/songwriter began lobbing incendiary comments at Trump.

“In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration,” Springsteen said onstage in Manchester, U.K. “Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!”

The rocker made sure to include his speech on his EP, which Forbes suspects may have helped turn it into a bestseller.

Trump quickly took Springsteen’s bait last month: “I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden.”

Springsteen supporters reacted with “Back the Boss” signs in spots across America, and Europe appears to be hungry for an earlier version of America that Springsteen represents. Ashbury Park Press reports French audience members were waving U.S. flags at Springsteen and the E Street Band’s ‘Land of Hope and Dreams Tour’ at the Orange Vélodrome in Marseille, France. One fan wore a shirt stating, “In a world full of Donalds be a Bruce.”

“The Boss” is not the only veteran U.S. artist slamming Trump. Neil Young invited the president—who professed to be a longtime Neil Young fan—to check out his latest tour before the U.S. topples completely into martial law.

“When I tour the USA this summer, if there is not martial law by then which would make it impossible, let’s all come together and stand for American values,” Young posted on the Neil Young archives. “We will not be doing a political show. We will be playing the music we love for all of us to enjoy together. President Trump, you are invited. Come and hear our music just as you did for decades.”

Read the full Forbes report at this link.

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