Springsteen says he’s part of ‘the new American resistance’

DANNY CLINCH

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Bruce Springsteen declared the he and his E Street Band are part of “the new American resistance” at a concert today in Perth, Australia. (see video below)

“We’re a long way from home, and our hearts and spirits are with the hundreds of thousands of women and men that marched yesterday in every city of America. And in Melbourne!

“We rallied against hate and division and in support of tolerance, inclusion, reproductive rights, civil rights, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, the environment, wage equality, gender equality, health care and immigrant rights.

“We stand with you. We are the new American resistance.”

According to the Asbury Park Press, Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa — who is part of the E Street Band, but doesn’t perform at all shows — protested by participating in a march yesterday in Asbury Park.

Springsteen has 14 shows in Australia and New Zealand scheduled between today and Feb. 25.

Here is the setlist of today’s Perth show, according to setlist.fm.

“New York City Serenade”
“Lonesome Day”
“Darkness on the Edge of Town”
“No Surrender”
“Out in the Street”
“Land of Hope and Dreams”
“Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?”
“Growin’ Up”
“Spirit in the Night”
“Lost in the Flood”
“Kitty’s Back”
“Incident on 57th Street”
“Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”
“The Ties That Bind”
“Darlington County”
“Working on the Highway”
“The Promised Land”
“American Skin (41 Shots)”
“My Hometown”
“Candy’s Room”
“She’s the One”
“Because the Night”
“The Rising”
“Badlands”
“Blood Brothers”
“Born to Run”
“Dancing in the Dark”
“Tenth Avenue Freeze-out”
“Shout”
“Bobby Jean”