Bruce Springsteen opened the latest show on his virulently anti-Trump “No Kings” tour in Austin, Texas Sunday night by condemning political violence and offering a “prayer of thanks” that President Donald Trump was not injured in the latest assassination attempt on him that took place Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C.
Springsteen, who has campaigned for every Democrat presidential nominee since 2004 and is close friends with former President Barack Obama, embarked on the highly political “No Kings” tour in March in Minneapolis and is scheduled to play his last show of the tour in the nation’s capital at the end of May.
Springsteen has alienated many fans in recent years by charging ‘king’s ransom’ sky-high prices for concert tickets and by turning his concerts into prolonged anti-Trump rallies.
Springsteen has started shows on the current tour with an anti-Trump speech he reads from a teleprompter. Other anti-Trump remarks and songs are played throughout the nearly three-hour shows. Springsteen also chose to have millionaire communist Rage Against the Machine member Tom Morello play with Springsteen and his E Street Band on this tour.
Springsteen’s show opening comments at the Moody Center concert in Austin:
We begin tonight with a prayer for our men and women overseas, we pray for their safe return.
‘We also send out a prayer of thanks that our President, nor anyone in the administration, nor anyone attending was injured in last night’s incident at the press Correspondents’ Dinner.
We can disagree. We can be critical of those in power, and we can peacefully fight for our beliefs, but there is no place in any way, shape, or form for political violence of any kind in our beloved United States.”
Bruce Springsteen addressed last nights White House Correspondents Dinner shooting in his opening speech tonight in Austin. He toned back his original scathing message of the President.
Good on you, Bruce.
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— Bruce Springsteen: Blog It All Night (@blogitallnight) April 27, 2026
Video of Springsteen’s speech on the opening night of the tour in Minneapolis, followed by performances of War and Born in the U.S.A.:
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