Springsteen kicked off his “Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour” at the packed Target Center with a show that lasted just shy of three hours, with no intermission.

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.

Musically, the set list didn’t stray all that far from recent E Street Band tours, with favorites such as “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “The Promised Land,” “Hungry Heart” and “Badlands” contrasted ...