it’s quite possible that another American may have actually had a more direct influence on the Berlin Wall’s demise — Bruce Springsteen . He may well have played a more important role in galvanising a generation of East Germans fed up with living behind a Wall, a contribution that I would argue has been largely overlooked by historians.
The American rock icon put on a stirring concert in front of a record-breaking crowd of 160,000 in East Berlin 20 years ago — on July 19, 1988. That was 16 months before the Wall collapsed and at a moment when Communist East Germany was in the throes of change — Mikhail Gorbachev’s “perestroika” reforms had been let out of the bottle in the Soviet Union but hardline East German Communist leaders wanted little to do with those reforms.
The East German Communists had nevertheless let Springsteen in for his concert in 1988 after his earlier attempts to perform had been thwarted. But they angered the American by putting the label “concert for Nicaragua” on tickets and posters. So half-way through his three-hour concert, which was broadcast on tape delay by East German TV, Springsteen stopped for a short speech:
“It’s great to be in East Berlin,” Springsteen said in German as he introduced “Chimes of Freedom”. “I want to tell you, I’m not here for or against any government. I came here to play rock ‘n’ roll for you East Berliners in the hope that one day all the barriers will be torn down.”
Yes. she paved the way of the careers of Carrie, daughtry, etc etc.. Jessica Sanchez
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Wow didn't realise that about Bruce, what a legend, he goes up in my estimation even more.
Sorry but very few musicians however popular can claim to have changed history though. Probably only Madonna and the Beatles (and Bruce if it's true about his impact) of those mentioned in this thread.
Adele, Avril and Lana.
3 very different queens but all rule equally.
Arguably, Lady Gaga + her management team altered how the modern popstar is managed.
Lady Gaga and her team rely heavily on branding and social media.
This.
+ Madonna was arguably the first huge female Pop star, and spoke out about LGBT rights and AIDS research before it was "cool", in fact it could have killed her career at the time. Queen.
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