Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour

The tour follows their successful 2023–2025 tour, which was the highest-grossing tour of their career and one of the highest-grossing tours ever.

Background

Confirmation of the tour was made by Springsteen in a video announcement on February 17, 2026. The tour, with the slogan of "No Kings", is in response to President Donald Trump. In the video announcement for the tour, Springsteen said "We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair—the cavalry is coming! ... We will be rocking your town 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. Everyone, regardless of where you stand or what you believe in, is welcome—so come on out and join the United Free Republic of E Street Nation for an American spring of Rock 'n' Rebellion! I’ll see you there!"

Background

Private rehearsals for the tour were held on March 19–24 in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, at the Ocean Grove Youth Temple. Patti Scialfa and Tom Morello were both absent from rehearsals. Rehearsals have included Springsteen's 2026 song "Streets of Minneapolis", which has yet to be performed with the E Street Band, "Across the Border", a song from 1995's The Ghost of Tom Joad album that has only been performed a few times with the band, and a cover of "War)", which was last performed in 2003. A tour promotional video, with photos and video by Springsteen's sister Pamela Springsteen, was released on March 23. Another video featuring the entire band was released on March 25. "We are bringing hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of law over lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption, unity over division, and peace over war!" Springsteen says in the video, which ends with the band performing the first notes of Edwin Starr's "War".

Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour