Bruce Springsteen Leads All Star Jam at Inaugural Power to the People Festival

Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello led an all-star jam session to close out the inaugural Power to the People Festival in Maryland, Rolling Stone and Consequence both reported. Rolling Stone noted that the event was held in Maryland and curated by Morello. According to Rolling Stone and Consequence, Springsteen performed an eight-song set of protest anthems featuring guest appearances from Dave Grohl, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Nathaniel Rateliff, and Morello. [1][3]

Rolling Stone and Consequence reported that Springsteen opened his set solo with Streets of Minneapolis, a protest song written in tribute to Rene Good and Alex Pretti. Rolling Stone noted this was the only original song Springsteen performed during the set. According to Consequence, Joan Baez joined Springsteen for a cover of Bob Dylan's Chimes of Freedom, before Morello joined for performances of The Clash's Clampdown and The Ghost of Tom Joad. [1][3]

Springsteen was then joined by Matthews and Rateliff to cover Creedence Clearwater Revival's Fortunate Son, which Rolling Stone reported Springsteen had not performed live since 2009. Rolling Stone and Consequence both reported that the set concluded with Springsteen performing a cover of Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World alongside Grohl, Matthews, Morello, and the rest of the day's performers. [1][3]

The festival featured several other notable performances throughout the day, according to Consequence. Consequence reported that Serj Tankian covered Audioslave's Like a Stone with Morello, while Jack Black performed a set of Black Sabbath songs alongside bassist Geezer Butler. Consequence also reported that Dave Grohl performed with the Foo Fighters and dedicated the song My Hero to Jack Smith, who was seen in the crowd. [4][6][7]