Bruce Springsteen opened last night's (January 20th) Celebrating America Presidential gala event, which capped the inaugural celebrations for President Joe Biden. Springsteen, in front of the Lincoln Memorial, performed a solo acoustic reading of “Land Of Hope And Dreams” — a song which he premiered during the E Street Band's 1999 reunion tour, and was eventual released in studio form on 2012's Wrecking Ball collection.
Among the other highlights in the show was a pre-recorded clip of Jon Bon Jovi tackling a full band version of the Beatles' “Here Comes The Sun” and Foo Fighters performing “Times Like These.”
APP.com reported that during Springsteen's latest DJ stint on SiriusXM's From My Home To Yours show, he labeled Donald Trump, “a dime store seditionist and a low-rent traitor to the Constitution, and to the United States of America,” before speaking directly to those in his audience whose politics have leaned toward the divisive over the past four years.