{"id":590354,"date":"2026-04-22T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590354"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:05:07","slug":"bruce-springsteen-is-being-ripped-to-shreds-by-his-own-state-over-ticket-prices-for-his-anti-trump-tour-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590354","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen is being ripped to shreds by his own state over ticket prices for his anti-Trump tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bruce Springsteen is being ripped to shreds by his own state over ticket prices for his anti-Trump tour.<\/p>\n

The artist was the subject of a stinging NJ.com<\/a> article calling out the \u201chypocrisy\u201d of his \u201cLand of Hopes and Dreams\u201d tour, which starts out with a leftist diatribe against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe America I love, the America that I\u2019ve written about for 50 years that has been a beacon of hope and liberty around the world, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration,\u201d he declares. \u201cTonight we ask all of you to join with us in choosing hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of law over lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption, resistance over complacency, truth over lies, unity over division, and peace over war.\u201d<\/p>\n

But rather than focusing on his message or even his music, most eyes have turned to the shocking price that it costs to be in the same arena as the Boss. The article scorches the artist for his performative protests that ignore the current economic reality of his fanbase, which is supposed to be the \u201cdestitute and downtrodden.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne problem: It\u2019s all hypocritical crap. Profiteering over legitimate protest. Springsteen\u2019s artistic identity, as a bleeding-heart populist who sings for the destitute and downtrodden, has never been more disconnected from his economic behavior as a touring act or businessman,\u201d the piece reads. \u201cThe blue-collar troubadour now charges exorbitant amounts for his tickets \u2014 up to $2,900 retail for the best seats in Newark Monday; prices he agreed to despite fan backlash. He\u2019s selling \u2018No Kings\u2019 branded flags for $90 in the arena concourse.\u201d<\/p>\n

For someone who is claiming to represent the average Joe blue-collar worker, these prices are absolutely unforgivable. And the outlet wasn\u2019t about to let people get away by pointing out that other artists have been selling tickets at similar or higher prices, because Springsteen is someone who built a brand \u201cexalting themselves as the cavalry coming to rescue democracy from the clutches of fat-cat bureaucrats as they march to the bank. None of them has spent their career on stage as an agent of moral witness, who doesn\u2019t perform as much as he preaches to his disciples in the name of all that is good and just.\u201d<\/p>\n

The music itself, the writer admits, is just fine, but \u201cto frame it all now as some act of protest, set at a price few can afford, is not the tradition or high ground it pretends to be. It\u2019s a hollow monetization of a fraught time in American history and a significant\u00a0blemish on a storied career.\u201d<\/p>\n

BizPac Review previously reported<\/a> on the shocking prices that infuriated fans, many of whom have seen him in concert many times over the course of his career, at significantly lower rates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to see you in San Francisco but I can\u2019t afford any ticket even nosebleeds! Wow,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cBRUCE\u2026 these ticket prices are outrageous. I remember seeing you at CBP on the floor with my husband and feeling like we won the lottery. Accessibly-priced tickets for your working-class fanbase. Not anymore. Couldn\u2019t get through the queue let alone afford the price tag,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so sad for anyone that\u2019s a huge fan of yours and wants so very badly to see you in concert, [Springsteen], but just can\u2019t afford these ticket prices! Especially now, when the economy is so bad I thought that you if anyone would really understand what I\u2019m saying because you yourself talk about making this world more affordable to live in,\u201d a third person pointed out.<\/p>\n

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Springsteen infuriates fans with jacked-up ticket prices for \u2018No Kings\u2019 tour https:\/\/t.co\/s7gui8FPkt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 BPR (@BIZPACReview) March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Bruce Springsteen is being ripped to shreds by his own state over ticket prices for his anti-Trump tour. The artist was the subject of a stinging NJ.com article calling out the \u201chypocrisy\u201d of his \u201cLand of Hopes and Dreams\u201d tour, which starts out with a leftist diatribe against President Donald Trump. \u201cThe America I love,… Continue reading Bruce Springsteen is being ripped to shreds by his own state over ticket prices for his anti-Trump tour<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=590354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/590331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=590354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=590354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=590354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}