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Bruce Springsteen trashed by home state paper over expensive anti-Trump concerts
FOX News ^ | April 21, 2026

Posted on 04/22/2026 12:57:36 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A New Jersey news outlet accused rock legend Bruce Springsteen of hypocritically profiteering off of an expensive anti-Trump concert in his own home state while still portraying himself as a "populist" rocker.

NJ.com published a piece on Tuesday, "Springsteen’s N.J. concert was poisoned by hypocrisy. Anti-Trump final act is a tragic mistake."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: brucespringsteen; hack; newjersey; nitwit; notalenthack; olddouche; springsteen
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To: jeffersondem

It’s you again , Mr. Confederate. Nothing good ever came out of Jersey? Look up the history of my states notable authors, inventors, etc. Here’s for you: Admiral William F. “Bull’’ Halsey, born in Elizabeth, NJ.


21 posted on 04/22/2026 4:36:13 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Springsteen’s not only a phony, but he’s a fool. His garage band music is ICK!


22 posted on 04/22/2026 4:40:03 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: KevinB
I enjoy much of his music.

As a musician myself I've always hated his "music" and always will. I've heard little kid's bands that are better than him.

23 posted on 04/22/2026 4:43:42 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I have hated Springsteen since the first time I heard him.

L


24 posted on 04/22/2026 4:43:44 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: OKSooner

He apparently was a one hit wonder and thought he was meant for bigger things.

I just never understood his appeal.


25 posted on 04/22/2026 4:46:40 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Bullish
I'm a musician, a drummer. While Max Weinberg certainly has the chops I never understood why he was playing for a really no talent guy like Springsteen.
26 posted on 04/22/2026 4:48:21 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

AI confirms that this fraud has never had a working class job. His music is 100% fantasy, for this Obama best buddy.


27 posted on 04/22/2026 4:52:13 PM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard ////////////////////////// There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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To: KevinB
Agreed. He had some decent albums up through and including Tunnel of Love. If he had quietly retired, lived off his royalties and avoided his ridiculous political antics he'd have left a very respectable legacy. As it is, he'll be remembered as a bomb thrower during one of the most divisive times in the country's history. Between Desert Storm and 20 years of GWOT, Springsteen has never done a USO tour for deployed troops. He likes to sing about veterans. He just doesn't want to have to smell them.
28 posted on 04/22/2026 4:56:43 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Wilderness Conservative

“Truth be told he isn’t as popular in NJ as he is outside.”

He packs stadiums in Europe which I don’t get. They love him in Scandinavia.


29 posted on 04/22/2026 5:10:10 PM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard ////////////////////////// There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Thank you for posting that; I needed the laugh today. I can’t tell if he is falling down in honor of Joe Biden or if he is trying to give birth, thus proving that men can, indeed, give birth. 🤷‍♀️


30 posted on 04/22/2026 5:46:45 PM PDT by TXBlair (Temp tagline: Je suis Charlie. 9.10.25 May the good Lord receive and embrace you, Mr. Kirk.)
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To: jmacusa

That’s fine with me. If you don’t like the guy I don’t like him either.

I did like some of his old stuff though. NBD either way though, just pop culture stuff, way down the list of things worth fussing over.


31 posted on 04/22/2026 6:00:13 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: ConservativeStatement

I understand his concert tickets are going for as much as $3K each for the best seats. Yes, Bruce is a true man of the people.


32 posted on 04/22/2026 6:00:59 PM PDT by Fresh Wind
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To: KevinB

Same here!


33 posted on 04/22/2026 6:15:29 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suckle the breast of Capitalism.)
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To: OKSooner
“ Then, after Born To Run, he went supa-stah...”

I liked him up through “The River.”

34 posted on 04/22/2026 6:38:38 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: ConservativeStatement

The boy is only in it for the money. Exploiting the men and women in the military. He’s a greedy commie pig. I sure miss a real American singer, Toby Keith. He’d never do concerts trashing America and our miltary. Sprinkystein can kiss my Red, White and Blue arse. He isn’t half the performer Toby Keith was. God Bless Toby Keith and his American family.


35 posted on 04/22/2026 7:46:04 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I May be Old but I'm Glad I Got to See America Before It Went To Sh**!)
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To: jmacusa

Sure, Weinberg’s a good drummer but his talent is wasted with that elementary crap.


36 posted on 04/22/2026 8:05:15 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Bullish

Yup. Joe Morello(the late) was my teacher. He was legally blind but man, could he play.


37 posted on 04/22/2026 8:27:22 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: OKSooner

That’s cool. To each his own. But to live here in NJ and have to listen to the veritable hagiography they used to put out about “The Boss’’ here was nauseating.


38 posted on 04/22/2026 8:32:07 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Bullish

Maybe it is just the particular type of tune I like streets of Philadelphia and I’m on fire. Maybe he does that type of slower tune well that resonates with my tastes. But the rest of his stuff I find obnoxious and overly preachy.


39 posted on 04/22/2026 9:19:06 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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