To
the ear of the Dresser, Bruce Springsteen’s “The Streets of
Minneapolis” invokes Bob Dylan when he was a student in 1959-1960 at the University
of Minnesota. This is when Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan. Yeah, protest songs are what both of these singers do
and have done over their careers.
What’s particularly impressive about Springsteen’s new song is that he wrote it the day Alex Pretti was killed and the next day at the Defend Minnesota Benefit Concert, Springsteen sung this song. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1645407389954731
Meanwhile, Bob Dylan at the age of 84 has extended his long-running Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour into 2026. From March through May, he will be playing venues across the Midwest, South and portions of the Southeast United States, including the Mayo Civic Center Arena in Rochester, Minnesota on March 24. This is the U.S. leg of the tour with additional dates that may be added for Europe.
Keep the music coming!
https://brucespringsteen.net/news/2026/streets-of-minneapolis-lyric-video/
