The music legend made three separate rants against the "corruption" and "incompetence" of the Trump administration as he and the E Street Band performed the first of three scheduled shows at the Co-Op Live on Wednesday to open his latest UK and European tour.
After opening the gig with a performance of Land Of Hope And Dreams', The Boss told the audience: "It's great to be in Manchester and back in the UK. Welcome to the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour! The mighty E St. Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock 'n' roll in dangerous times."
Springsteen, 75, continued: "In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.
"Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!"
The Born In The USA artist made another political statement before a performance of House Of A Thousand Guitars.
Springsteen said: "The last check, the last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed are the people, you and me.
"It's in the union of people around a common set of values now that's all that stands between a democracy and authoritarianism. At the end of the day, all we've got is each other."
The rocker – who has been a staunch critic of Trump – made another excoriating attack on the White House chief and his political ideology as he introduced City of Ruin.
He said: "There's some very weird, strange and dangerous s**t going on out there right now. In America they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now.
"In America the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now.
"The America I've sung to you about for 50 years is real and regardless of its faults is a great country with great people. So we'll survive this moment.
"Now, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said, he said, 'In this world there isn't as much humanity as one would like, but there's enough.' Let's pray."
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