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Bad Bunny, Springsteen and the wait for a defining protest song

Why, in an era when music's biggest stars are more outspoken than ever, does it feel like we're still waiting for the contemporary political anthem?

U2 Drops Surprise Song to Honor ICE Victim

U2 just pulled a Bruce Springsteen. The band has released its first collection of new songs in nearly a decade, the six-song ...

U2 join Bruce Springsteen in releasing six surprise ‘songs of defiance’ in response to ICE shootings

U2 have released six songs in response to current events in America, including the shooting death of Renee Good by ICE agents ...
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‘Days of Ash’: U2 surprise drop six ‘Songs of Defiance’ - one in response to ICE shootings

‘Days Of Ash’: U2 surprise drop six ‘songs of defiance’ - one in response to ICE shootings U2 is the latest band to release ...
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CRITICAL MASS | OPINION: How protest songs shape public memory — from Bob Dylan and Nina Simone to Springsteen and U2

This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...

U2 debuts protest song honoring Minneapolis activist Renee Good

U2’s new song “American Obituary” honors Renee Good, who was killed by federal agents while opposing ICE operations in ...
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Bruce Springsteen, Chris Martin Front U2 at World AIDS Day Concert

Bono has some top notch understudies: Bruce Springsteen and Chris Martin of Coldplay acted as the U2 frontman, who is recovering from a bike accident, at a concert Monday night honoring World AIDS Day ...
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Bruce Springsteen claims fans are welcome at his new tour, no matter what they believe in — but only if they want a lecture

Bruce Springsteen can seemingly offer “No Surrender” from his TDS. Announced this week, his 2026 “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour starts symbolically in Minneapolis, ground zero for the anti-ICE ...