What To Know
- Mick Jagger stated that concertgoers don’t want political lectures at concerns.
- Jagger emphasized that his role is to entertain and uplift audiences.
- By contrast, Bruce Springsteen frequently uses his concerts to deliver strong anti-Trump messages.
Mick Jagger recently said that fans aren’t interested in political lectures when asked about Bruce Springsteen‘s anti-Donald Trump messages at concerts.
During an interview on The New York Times‘ podcast The Interview, the Rolling Stones frontman spoke with host David Marchese on a wide variety of topics.
Jagger, 82, was asked at one point about his relationship with crowds during a concert. Marchese mentioned Bob Dylan on one side of the spectrum before pointing to Springsteen as an example of someone who “clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back-and-forth with his audience.”
To that, the “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” singer said, “The bottom line of my thing really is that my job in the live music world is, those people that come, is to have the best time they possibly can.”
Jagger explained, “For two hours or whatever it is, to forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their mortgages and whatever, just to give them the best time they can have.”
Additionally, Jagger pointed out, “You don’t want to lecture them.”
Springsteen, meanwhile, slammed President Trump, 80, during a concert in Minneapolis in April, declaring, “This White House is destroying the American idea and our reputation around the world,” per Time.
The “Born in the U.S.A.” singer, 76, continued, “We are no longer the land of the free and the home of the brave. We are now, to many, America the reckless, unpredictable, predatory rogue nation. That is this administration’s and this president’s legacy. This is happening now. To many, we are no longer looked upon as an often imperfect but strong defender of democracy standing for the global good.”
In May, Springsteen called the POTUS “racist” and accused him of being “treasonous.” He also released a song titled “Streets of Minneapolis” in January, calling out ICE agents as “federal thugs” to “King Trump” following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.