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.”

From ‘Born in the USA’ to ‘Streets of Minneapolis,’ the Boss is sure to include plenty of his most politically themed songs in his sets for a pair of shows at the Kia Forum on April 7 and April 9.

Even though Bruce Springsteen could capture the essence of the opposite sex in his songs, he felt others manage to pull it off much better than he could.