Tom Morello is rescheduling his own spring solo dates to join Bruce Springsteen’s “Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour,” playing select songs at every stop on the 20-date run. The tour launches March 31st in Minneapolis and closes May 27th at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., with multiple nights at the Kia Forum in Inglewood and Madison Square Garden in New York along the way. Morello’s postponed solo shows will be rescheduled.
The pairing has deep roots. Morello first appeared onstage with Springsteen in 2008, rejoined him for the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, temporarily filled in for E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt in 2013, and appeared on tracks from both ‘Wrecking Ball’ (2012) and ‘High Hopes’ (2014) before joining the subsequent E Street Band tour. The collaboration has never been casual, and this run makes that history explicit.
The immediate context is political. Springsteen recently joined Morello at his Defend Minnesota! benefit concert, where they performed Springsteen’s new protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” raising funds for families affected by federal immigration enforcement. That night is what set this tour in motion. “After Bruce joined me last month in Minneapolis for our Defend Minnesota! charity concert, I was reminded how important our platform is,” Morello said, “and how crucial the resistance work is that our music can do together at this dangerous historical juncture.”
Morello frames the full tour in those same terms. “Together, Bruce, the E Street Band, and I are going to turn a spotlight on the current threats to democracy and human rights happening all around us on the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour in the spirit of freedom, justice and rock ‘n’ roll.”
TOUR DATES:
Tue. Mar. 31 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
Thu. Apr. 3 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Mon. Apr. 7 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
Thu. Apr. 9 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
Mon. Apr. 13 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
Thu. Apr. 16 – Phoenix, AZ @ Mortgage Matchup Center
Mon. Apr. 20 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Thu. Apr. 23 – Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena
Sun. Apr. 26 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
Wed. Apr. 29 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Sat. May 2 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Tue. May 5 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
Fri. May 8 – Philadelphia, PA @ Xfinity Mobile Arena
Mon. May 11 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Thu. May 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Sat. May 16 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Tue. May 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
Fri. May 22 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Arena
Sun. May 24 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Wed. May 27 – Washington, D.C. @ Nationals Park