Bruce Springsteen is back in the headlines, not for a concert or a tour, but for releasing what may be his most politically incendiary song yet — “Streets of Minneapolis.” The anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest anthem is already causing a storm online, as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Bruce Springsteen lands his first-ever top ten on the UK downloads chart with "Streets Of Minneapolis," which also opens ...

On January 28th, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song he’d written “in response to the state terror being visited on the ...

Bruce Springsteen released a searing protest song, "Streets of Minneapolis," in reaction to the shooting deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. Good. The song stands in the grand tradition of popular music as a tool of protest, of fighting for social change.