Bruce Springsteen Opens First Post-Election Concert With ‘A Fighting Prayer for My Country’
variety.comBruce Springsteen’s wholehearted support for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign was as emphatic as he’s ever been for a candidate — he even filmed a three-minute video last month supporting her — and he spoke of that support multiple times in recent weeks, even calling now-president-elect Donald Trump a “tyrant” at a Harris rally in Atlanta.
In concert, his endorsements at times have been a bit more subtle: He opened his show in Toronto on Sunday night with his 1975 classic “She’s the One” — apparently the first time he’d ever opened a show with that song.
But for his concert in that city on Wednesday night, his reaction to Donald Trump’s victory was similarly subtle, at least early in the show.
After apologizing to the audience for the show’s late start (due to a flight delay that left them “sitting on our asses” for hours), he changed the subject quickly and said, “This is a fighting prayer for my country,” and launched into “Long Walk Home,” another song he rarely chooses to open a show.
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