Bruce Springsteen performs as special guest at First Avenue solidarity show
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A group of local and national musicians launched a concert Friday at First Avenue in Minneapolis to raise money to support the families of Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti, two Minnesotans fatally shot this month by federal immigration enforcement agents.
The “Concert of Solidarity and Resistance to Defend Minnesota” started at noon. Among the performers: Tom Morello, known for playing in the band Rage Against the Machine; performers Al Di Meola and Ike Reilly and the Chicago punk band Rise Against.
Bruce Springsteen performed at the end of the set as a teased special guest. The artist recently released a song dedicated to the city “Streets of Minneapolis.”
Frog du Nord, a person in an inflatable frog costume who has been seen at many local protests, held a sign outside the venue with the lyrics from Springsteen’s latest song. Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura was also at the show.
— Luke Taylor, The Current
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