When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened their Land of Hopes and Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis on Tuesday (March 31), it was bound to be an emotionally charged night.

The E Street Band opened its Land of Hope and Dreams tour on Tuesday night, where the musician asked the crowd to choose “unity over division and peace over war.”

"We are living through some very dark times," he told the crowd mid-show, according to Variety.