Over the course of 40-year career, Springsteen has won 20 Grammys, an Oscar and a Tony. He has also been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received a Kennedy Center Honor and, in November 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Springsteen is taking his "Land Of Hope And Dreams American Tour" nationwide starting in the spring. It will kick off in Minneapolis, but then Springsteen will play in New York and New Jersey in April and May. April 20 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

The White House Communications Director called out Bruce Springsteen in a statement, but a Maryland politician came to his defense.

"When this loser Springsteen comes back home to his own City of Ruins in his head, he'll realize his Glory Days are behind him," spokesperson Steven Cheung insisted