Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Barack Obama Quoting the former president’s words while introducing his song at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center. A museum honoring his presidency opened on June 18 in Chicago, Illinois. Springsteen joined notable artists such as Stevie Wonder, Eddie Vedder, Christina Aguilera, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson at the festival.
Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to Barack Obama during grand inauguration
Legendary musician Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Barack Obama during his performance at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center. During his song’s intro, Springsteen decided to memorialize Obama’s own words (via). mirror).
Springsteen took the stage to play his 1999 classic, Land of Hope and Dreams. “I’m so happy to be here this afternoon for President Obama and Michelle, Malia, Sasha,” he said before the performance. That was from President Obama’s speech in Selma.
Springsteen continued, “President Obama and Michelle, you have exemplified with your lives an ideal that has served us all with heart and commitment and love and compassion. This is the ‘Land of Hope and Dreams.’ This is for you.”
Barack Obama delivered this speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches.
The evening was filled with many notable stars, including Stevie Wonder, Eddie Vedder, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, and many more. There were other big names in attendance, too, including Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, LL Cool J, Stephen Colbert, Gabrielle Union, Quinta Brunson, Steven Spielberg, and many more.
Originally reported by Saurav Chakraborty Mandatory.