MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis and St. Paul have been on Bruce Springsteen’s mind a lot these days. That’s why he wrote “Streets of Minneapolis” in January, why he performed his instant protest song at First Avenue days later and why he is opening his Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour at Target Center in Minneapolis.

Bruce Springsteen brought his protest song "Streets of Minneapolis" to the actual streets of Minneapolis Friday afternoon, making an unadvertised appearance at a daytime benefit concert organized by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello. At the noontime ...