Bruce Springsteen Receives Social Justice Award, Sits Down With Bono At Tribeca Fest
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- Hollywood & Entertainment Bruce Springsteen Receives Social Justice Award, Sits Down With Bono At Tribeca Fest By Cathy Applefeld Olson,
- At best,” he told Bono, “I’m just a concerned citizen.
- In his introduction, De Niro characteristically pulled no punches as he praised Springsteen’s ability to “move people with the music he creates… He uses it to lead the resistance.
Hollywood & Entertainment Bruce Springsteen Receives Social Justice Award, Sits Down With Bono At Tribeca Fest By Cathy Applefeld Olson,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathy Applefeld Olson is a journalist and founder of Hollywood & Mind Follow Author Jun 14, 2026, 07:46pm EDTJun 14, 2026, 08:09pm EDTBruce Springsteen speaks onstage with Bono during the 2026 Tribeca Festival Getty Images for Tribeca Festival There’ something particularly poetic about Bruce Springsteen receiving this year’s Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award at the Tribeca Festival.
The award, introduced by festival founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal and followed by a lengthy conversation with Bono on June 13, comes as the festival celebrates its 25th anniversary, a week after Springsteen cut the ribbon on the new Center for American Music in New Jersey that bears his name, and as he concludes his Land of Hope & Dreams Tour across the U.S.—an impassioned urging for the return of democracy and evisceration of the Trump administration through song and speech.