Veteran musicians Neil Young and Eddie Vedder have made statements in defense of Bruce Springsteen who has publicly denounced the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and was the subject of an incoherent tirade by the president.

Eddie Vedder paid tribute to Bruce Springsteen during Pearl Jam's concert in Pittsburgh on Friday night (May 17), performing a solo acoustic rendition of "My City of Ruins" in what appeared to be a quiet but powerful response to Donald Trump's recent public criticism of Springsteen.

During Pearl Jam's last concert, Eddie Vedder honored Bruce Springsteen with song My City of Ruins, which was perceived by fans as a dig at President Trump.

Hours after Trump's tirade, Pearl Jam showed solidarity with Bruce Springsteen with a cover of "My City of Ruins" at their Pittsburgh concert Friday.

Bruce has always been as pro-American with his values and liberty, and his justice has always remained in tact. And I’m saying this now to be sure this freedom to speak will still exist in a year or two when we come back to this microphone.

The Bruce Springsteen-President Trump spat continues, with the Boss getting in the latest jab. Trump warned the 75-year-old rocker last week to "KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT" after Springsteen railed against the Trump administration and authoritarianism at a UK concert—but Springsteen seems to have zero intention of doing that.

New recordings, and a golf ball “striking” Bruce Springsteen. The latest political culture war shows no signs of easing.

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder doubled-down in support of freedom of speech and joined fellow music legend Bruce Springsteen’s denouncement of President Donald Trump’s policies. And he did it during