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'This is all happening now' — Bruce Springsteen in Manchester

There have been many great speeches challenging the new totalitarianism in the United States. Few have done it more concisely, or powerfully, than Bruce Springsteen from the stage in Manchester.

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Tony Wilson
May 30, 2025
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My son has cerebral palsy and listens to Bruce Springsteen every day. He has since he was tiny, he’s fourteen now, and it means we subscribe to nugs.net, which is a music streaming service that offers archived live shows from many great artists, but importantly for us, hundreds of Springsteen shows.

A week or so ago, we listened to the Mancheester show …

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