Tim Walz, a Democratic vice presidential candidate and admirer of Bruce Springsteen
“It’s a Springsteen tour shirt on him.” Is Tim Walz flawless? Shortly after Kamala Harris announced the governor of Minnesota as her running mate on Tuesday, X user Daniel Pereira posed a question on the social media platform, perhaps reading our minds as a whole.
Pereira is referring to a video that, since the announcement, has become widely popular on social media and features Walz and his daughter Hope visiting the Minnesota State Fair in 2023. “Every year, we do something new and something old as a family,” adds Walz, donning a Springsteen-themed navy blue T-shirt. Afterwards, the Boss’s face appears in black and white as the camera pans out to show the father and daughter screaming on the slingshot ride—their “something new” for that year.
When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were scheduled to perform at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, in March 2023, state legislator Walz proclaimed March 5 to be Springsteen Day.
“The concert by Bruce Springsteen is an ode to the finest aspects of Minnesota—its rich cultural legacy, varied communities, and proud past… Many Minnesotans find inspiration in Springsteen’s music, which serves as a constant reminder of the principles we cherish, such as justice, kindness, and compassion, according to the proclamation.
That is something that the people of Philadelphia can support. On August 21 and 23, The Boss will return to Citizens Bank Park as a make-up act for two gigs in August 2023 that had to be postponed due to his illness from peptic ulcer syndrome.
Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen’s seventh studio album, turned 40 on June 4. During his 1984 “Born in the U.S.A.” tour, Springsteen began with a three-night engagement in the St. Paul Civic Center, which is currently known as the Xcel Energy Center. Brian De Palma recorded the “Dancing in the Dark” music video inside the Civic Center, including Courteney Cox, who was 20 years old at the time, as a fan who Springsteen pulls onto the stage. 156 concerts were performed by the tour.
In 2022, Walz used X (then known as Twitter) to crowdsource a ticket in response to Springsteen’s criticism from fans over Ticketmaster’s price gouging, which saw tickets selling for as high as $5,000 each. Anyone able to obtain an extra ticket for Bruce Springsteen today? “I need a friend,” he posted on Twitter.
Although Harris and Walz share many significant political similarities, having good taste in music is unquestionably one of them. Although we’re not entirely sure how Vice President Harris feels about Springsteen, the Harris-Walz ticket is undoubtedly a couple of BeyHivers. The campaign theme song for Harris is “Freedom,” which is taken from Beyoncé’s 2016 album Lemonade. In 2023, Walz will celebrate July 20 as Beyoncé Day in Minnesota.
