Springsteen, 76, then pivoted to condemnation, urging the audience inside the Count Basie Center for the Arts to stand against the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in American cities, particularly in Minneapolis.

Not long after that, Springsteen made good on his word by releasing " Streets of Minneapolis ," a new song inspired by the deaths of two local residents at the hands of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, commonly referred to as ICE.

The following story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Nov. 7, 1986. Record stores, radio stations and — most of all — rock music fans are gearing up for the imminent release of the next Bruce Springsteen album, an anxiously awaited, five ...