• Music
  • 27 Jan 14

WATCH: Bruce Springsteen plays 'Free Nelson Mandela' in Cape Town + new video

WATCH: Bruce Springsteen plays 'Free Nelson Mandela' in Cape Town + new video
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

Bruce Springsteen kicked off his first ever South African gig in Cape Town with a blistering rendition of The Special AKA’s ‘Free Nelson Mandela’, which went down a storm with the sell-out Bellville Velodrome crowd.

Also worth feasting your eyes on is the video for High Hopes standout, ‘Just Like Fire Would’, which finds Tom Morello throwing some serious shapes.

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