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Posted on 05/28/2026 3:26:33 PM PDT by Libloather
Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival in Howard County, Maryland, a month before the midterm elections.
Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello announced the festival Wednesday while performing together at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., as Springsteen winds down his Land of Hope and Dreams American tour.
At the concert Wednesday, Springsteen played many of his most political songs, including "American Skin (41 Shots)" about a fatal police shooting and "Streets of Minneapolis," in response to the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti during federal immigration efforts. He also called out the current administration.
"This American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people: you. There is no one coming to save us. We've got to do it ourselves," he said. "So join us and let's fight for the America that we love. Do you hear me, Washington?"
The one-day, two-stage Power to the People festival is set for Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, and is being billed as about "freedom, justice, equality and rock 'n' roll." A portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales will benefit the organizations VoteRiders and HeadCount.
"It's about the power everyday human beings have when they come together through music, art, community and action," Morello said in a statement. "We're honored to bring this incredible lineup to the D.C. area for a day that celebrates the spirit of activism, creativity, and hope."
The festival will also include Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, Serj Tankian, Killer Mike, Taylor Momsen and the Linda Lindas, among others.
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Joaney Phoney is still around?
Will Dave Matthews dump sewage on the audience? It could be the highlight of the show.
I wonder if it’s the DNC proper paying Bruce and the Losers to perform.
Who else has that kind of money over there?
I will bet the farm they aren’t doing this for free.
Like all the celebs paid to be QueMala supporters last time.
No one ever thinks they’re getting paid, but Julia and George and the rest of them got paid well to stump for the hyena.
Too bad Tom Lehrer has merged with the universe....
I saw the Grateful Dead for free Back in the Day....
And no Pete Seeger.
I knew this crap was not FREE.
Imagine for a moment how crazy you would have to be to not only believe this but be producing a concert about it.
It seems odd that all this “star power” would go to a small venue like Merriweather Post Pavilion.
How is this not a campaign contribution?
Liberal: “I want free education, housing, healthcare, and free food”.
Trump: “Have you thought about going to prison”?
Should call him Bruce Scabsteen
A working class guy obsessed with more illegal immigration?
“We want lower wages! More competition! No more job security!”
Bizarro world
Sounds like a real yawner. What are they protesting? Maybe they should try something different. Their protests aren’t cutting it anymore.
2024 was an exclamation point that celebs have negligible clout to sway elections. This event could easily sway just as many to go pub rather than dim.
Joan Baez?! Thought she was dead. Why not Al Jolson?
Speaking of has beens, a caller on a talk show this morning said her husband bought the two of them tickets to see Graham Nash. She said Nash stopped to talk to the audience. “Isn’t it a shame to live in a country with an out of control tyrant” and then “We have Israeli apologist running around defending Israel for the war crimes against Hamas.”
The caller said her grandson is an IDF soldier in peril for his life and she deeply resented hearing the aging pop star for that.
Nash is 84.
Joan Baez is 85. She made it past a scare when, to get closer to the birds in the trees and not scare them she had a wall-less platform treehouse built on the grounds of her Woodside, California house. She would commune with the birds and sleep on the platform.
Once she got too far off to the side and fell 20 feet onto the ground. Although injured and hospitalized, she recovered.
Sorry if I slighted Woody Guthrie.
Many artists are yet to realize the the Young music listener is NO longer listing to Established musicians... But, now, for them.. it's all about "AI" generated ARTISTS and MUSIC.
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