Bruce Springsteen has told supporters at a Barack Obama rally that US citizens have lost sight of the American Dream due to the incumbent government led by George W Bush.
The musician performed a seven song acoustic set for tens of thousands of people gathered in Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia as part of a tour in support of the democratic candidate, and he criticised the Bush administration's handling of things like the war in Iraq and the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
Springsteen said: "I've spent 35 years writing about America and its people and the meaning of the American promise - a promise handed down right here in this city. Our everyday citizens ... have justifiably lost faith in its meaning".