Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s upcoming “Land of Hope and Dreams” American tour will feature a special guest for every date: guitarist Tom Morello. The announcement, made last week, comes as Springsteen prepares to launch the 19-date run on March 31 in Minneapolis, concluding May 27 in Washington, D.C.
Morello, known for his work with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, first performed with Springsteen and The E Street Band in 2008, covering “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” He later toured with the band from 2012-2015 and contributed to Springsteen’s albums “Wrecking Ball” and “High Hopes,” while Springsteen appeared on Morello’s 2021 album, “The Atlas Underground Fire.” The pair most recently shared the stage last month at Morello’s “Defend Minnesota: A Concert of Solidarity and Resistance.”
The Minneapolis concert, organized by Morello, was billed as a demonstration “to defend Minnesota,” and featured a performance of Springsteen’s new anti-Trump song, “Streets of Minneapolis.” Morello joined Springsteen for a rendition of “The Ghost of Tom Joad” at that event.
Springsteen framed the tour as a response to what he described as “dark, disturbing and dangerous times,” stating, “We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair – the cavalry is coming!” He added that the tour would be “in celebration and in defense of America – American democracy, American freedom, our American Constitution and our sacred American dream – all of which are under attack by our wannabe king and his rogue government in Washington, D.C.”
Morello echoed this sentiment, stating that the tour will “turn a spotlight on the current threats to democracy and human rights” and will be conducted “in the spirit of freedom, justice and rock n roll.”
The tour schedule includes stops in Portland (April 3), Inglewood (April 7 & 9), San Francisco (April 13), Phoenix (April 16), Newark (April 20), Sunrise (April 23), Austin (April 26), Chicago (April 29), Atlanta (May 2), Belmont Park (May 5), Philadelphia (May 8), New York (May 11 & 16), Brooklyn (May 14), Pittsburgh (May 19), Boston (May 24), and Washington, D.C. (May 27).
The announcement has already drawn criticism from a spokesperson for former President Trump, Steven Cheung, who dismissed Springsteen as a “loser” suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Morello is also scheduled to perform a solo show in London this summer as part of a European tour and will appear at the Download Festival 2026.
