Bruce Springsteen Debuts “Streets of Minneapolis” at Minnesota Rally

Bruce Springsteen performed a new, politically pointed song called “Streets of Minneapolis” at a Democratic rally in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday. The performance was part of a “No Kings” voter mobilization event.

The song’s lyrics address the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in 2020 and the deployment of federal troops during the protests that followed. Springsteen introduced it by stating that those forces “brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis, but they picked the wrong city.”

This marks a rare instance of Springsteen debuting a track in a live, politically charged setting rather than on a studio album. The song’s folk-blues arrangement and direct lyrical focus place it within his tradition of social commentary, but with a specific, contemporary anchor.

The performance underscores the ongoing cultural resonance of the events in Minneapolis four years on, framed through one of America’s most established musical storytellers. No official release for the song has been announced.