Bruce Springsteen used to tell a story about a particular post-9/11 encounter when he was in alone in a parking lot and someone yelled, “We need you now!” That, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer said, was the impetus for his 2002 album The Rising.

Bruce Springsteen is taking on Donald Trump and his “rogue government” on the American leg of his “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour,” the rocker announced on Tuesday.

The tour kicks off March 31 in Minneapolis, followed by a stop in Portland, Ore., which have both become symbols of pushback against the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that have...