During opening night of the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour with the E Street Band, Springsteen called on the audience to "fight for the America that we love"

Bruce Springsteen's intense messaging is balanced with his joy of music on the Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour.

This past winter, federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis,” Springsteen told the crowd. “Well, they picked the wrong town."

The E Street Band opened its Land of Hope and Dreams tour on Tuesday night, where the musician asked the crowd to choose “unity over division and peace over war.”

Tzruya “Suki” Lahav, an Israeli songwriter and poet who is best remembered by American music fans as a violinist who recorded and toured with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in the mid-’70s,

Bruce Springsteen has paid tribute to Israeli-born musician Suki Lahav, who passed away at age 74. Lahav was briefly a member of The E Street Band in the mid '70s, and her violin work is heard in the opening of his Born to Run track “Jungleland.

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Lahav's tenure with the group lasted only between 1974 and 1975, yet she contributed to several classics, including "Born to Run" and "Jungleland."

"The power of solidarity, of the people of Minneapolis, was an inspiration to the entire country," the rocker said during his Tuesday, March 31 show

Lahav died from a prolonged illness, her family confirmed to the Israeli news network i24 News.

Tzruya “Suki” Lahav, a member of the E Street Band in the mid-1970s, has died. She was 74. Her son, Yonatan Lahav, said in a Facebook post that she had been battling cancer. Variety reported that it was Lahav’s violin that can be heard on Bruce Springsteen’s “Jungleland” track which closes out the “Born to Run” album.

Bruce Springsteen, who has been fiercely criticizing the Trump Administration on a nightly basis on his European tour with the E Street Band, will release an EP from the opening night of the tour titled "Land of Hope and Dreams.