Journey rockstar Jonathan Cain ripped fellow musician Bruce Springsteen as an “annoying, bitter previous man” for utilizing his live shows to lecture followers about President Trump.
“I was a Democrat again within the previous days, however I couldn’t go there anymore, you already know?” Cain opined in an look on the “Full Catastrophe Community” podcast, in keeping with Selection.
“I’m a diehard conservative… And guys like Bruce Springsteen ought to shut up. You recognize, actually, actually, shut up, Bruce, you already know?”
The 76-year-old “Born to Run” rocker blasted the Trump administration as “reckless and treasonous” as he kicked off “Land of Hope & Goals American Tour” in Minnesota earlier this 12 months.
“We live by some very darkish instances,” Springsteen claimed to the sold-out Goal Heart viewers in March.
“Our American values which have sustained us for 250 years are being challenged as by no means earlier than. We’ve received our younger women and men’s lives in danger in an unconstitutional and unlawful conflict.”
Cain mentioned that live shows usually are not a stage for political grandstanding on both aspect of the aisle — and even claimed that Springsteen’s 1884 hit “Born within the USA” is a “diss” towards America.
“Now, folks say, ‘Properly, you’re a Christian and also you’re conservative,’ and I’m like, ‘So what?’ I don’t preach it on stage. I don’t spend 10 minutes speaking about it… And Bruce, I imply, what the heck? I used to love him, and now he’s simply annoying. He’s an annoying, bitter previous man. I imply, cease it. Actually.
“You had been born within the USA, weren’t you, dude? So act prefer it. However even that tune, in case you take a look at the lyrics, I imply, it’s a type of a diss towards our nation.”
