My wife and I have a long-standing joke about Bruce Springsteen. We first saw him together during the We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions tour in the late ’00s where Springsteen and his band played American standards such as “John Henry” and “Old Dan Tucker.

It took him five decades to finally perform at First Avenue, but it took Bruce Springsteen only two months to get his name painted on the star-lined wall outside Minneapolis’ landmark rock club. First Ave staff unveiled the Boss’ newly embossed star just a few hours ahead of his March 31 sold-out concert across the street at Target Center.

Bruce Springsteen releases ICE protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” which quickly becomes a bestseller and takes over the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 14: Bruce Springsteen performs during the first night of ...