Bruce Springsteen Turns the Kia Forum Into a Cathedral of Protest

At the Kia Forum, Bruce Springsteen delivered a sweeping, deeply political performance that blended protest, nostalgia and a call for unity

The world is a broken place and injustice lurks everywhere–in America, in Iran, across the Middle East, in our own backyards and under freeway overpasses in Los Angeles. But there are corners of the universe in which beauty radiates, where righteous individuals muster the courage and gritty pluck to cut a path toward peace and love, bellowing loudly and determinedly in favor of unity and empathy and compassion, singing out in strident defiance of the world’s collective pain. 

Malina Saval , Apr 9, 2026