Bruce Springsteen's Berlin concert echoes with history and a stark warning [View all]

Source: AP

By STEFANIE DAZIO
Updated 1:41 AM CDT, June 12, 2025

BERLIN (AP) — Veteran rock star Bruce Springsteen, a high-profile critic of President Donald Trump, slammed the U.S. administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” during a concert Wednesday in Berlin.

He was addressing tens of thousands of fans at a stadium built for the 1936 Olympic Games that still bears the scars of World War II and contains relics from the country’s dark Nazi past.

“Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices, stand with us against authoritarianism, and let freedom reign,” he said.

Springsteen has made increasingly pointed and contentious public statements in recent concerts. He peppered Wednesday’s performance with mentions of the American democracy’s system of checks and balances designed to ward against authoritarianism.



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