Bad Bunny, Springsteen and the wait for a defining protest song

Why, in an era when music's biggest stars are more outspoken than ever, does it feel like we're still waiting for the contemporary political anthem?

U2 Drops Surprise Song to Honor ICE Victim

U2 just pulled a Bruce Springsteen. The band has released its first collection of new songs in nearly a decade, the six-song ...
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‘Days of Ash’: U2 surprise drop six ‘Songs of Defiance’ - one in response to ICE shootings

‘Days Of Ash’: U2 surprise drop six ‘songs of defiance’ - one in response to ICE shootings U2 is the latest band to release ...
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This Week In Music History: February 27-March 5 shows U2, Springsteen and The Beatles at Their Best

U2 drops iconic War, Bruce Springsteen's "Philadelphia," Van Halen's first tour and more: here's what happened this week in music history!
Opinion

CRITICAL MASS | OPINION: How protest songs shape public memory — from Bob Dylan and Nina Simone to Springsteen and U2

This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...

U2 join Bruce Springsteen in releasing six surprise ‘songs of defiance’ in response to ICE shootings

U2 have released six songs in response to current events in America, including the shooting death of Renee Good by ICE agents ...

With 'American Obituary,' U2 returns to the battle, taking aim at Trump

The Irish band wrote this protest song in the aftermath of the death of Renee Good, who was killed by US federal agents in ...