Stevie Wonder used his return to Detroit to hit back at presidential candidate Donald Trump for disrespecting the city during his campaign.
“I’m just going to go on record, I don’t like it when no one has a bad word to say about Detroit,” the Motown icon told a sold-out crowd at his latest stop at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday night. Sing your song! As we mend our nation’s broken hearts travel. He then led the audience in chanting “Don’t do it!”, pointing the finger directly at Trump.
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Wonder was referring to disparaging comments the Republican candidate made during an Oct. 13 speech at the Economic Club of Detroit, in which he warned that if his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, was elected, “the entire The country will end up like Detroit – chaos.
He also called Detroit “a more developed area than most places in China.” His comments also drew harsh criticism from civic and labor leaders in Detroit and Michigan.
Wonder has publicly praised Harris as “not just a woman, she’s a wonderful woman, and she consistently gets the job done.”
he announced Sing our song! With less than three weeks to go before opening in Pittsburgh on October 8th, following his surprise single “As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart,” he’s playing in most states including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin There were 11 shows in swing states.
The swipe at Trump — the night former President Barack Obama campaigned for Harris near Detroit’s Huntington Center (introduced by Eminem) — wasn’t Wonder’s only political comment Tuesday.
Later on the show, for the first time ever, he recited the lyrics to a new song, “Politic Playa,” which Wonder said will appear on his next album, through the eyes of miraclesexpected to be released in March. time
He pointed out that the song includes the lyrics: “You campaigned across the country, saying you’d unite the land/But when you got into office, you completely changed your plans,” with the chorus “The political game/Why do you play it?” Politics is So Wrong/Political Playa/You get what you want and then you are absent, get up and leave.
When Wonder, who was born in Saginaw and moved to Detroit when he was four, introduced “Village Ghetto Land” accompanied by just 12 string sections, he recalled the violence and poverty he witnessed in his neighborhood as a 12-year-old. He has grown up.
“I just remember all this stuff going on… a lot of what we saw then is what we’re seeing now, and it’s unacceptable. We have to address this,” he said, before turning his attention to politicians, adding Said, “It’s not what they say; it’s what they say. This is what they do. My freedom and the rights I want cannot be bought.
In another attack on Trump on “Would I Do,” Wonder once again quoted the Economic Club before saying: “This has got to stop… Let’s make America love again.”
Wonder’s Detroit show was also notable for some special moments, including the early Motowners’ “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” and their tour debut, “My Eyes Don’t Cry,” a stadium performance There was a row of fans on the floor jamming.
Meanwhile, during intermission, Detroit’s Perfecting Greater Grace Singers performed Aretha Franklin’s “Til You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’ll Do),” followed by Wonder’s Six backing singers paid tribute to the late Frankie Beverly and performed Maze’s “Before I Let Go.”
Wonder also had to overcome some technical issues that caused the PA system to short circuit three times during the night.
After the first issue that interrupted “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” was resolved, he thanked fans for “being patient, because we can figure this out, right?” before riffing on The Beatles’ “We Can Work It Out” “, he covered the song, which had a Top 20 single in 1970. ’bout a Thing” appears in rapid succession, with an exasperated Miracle remarking while maintaining his composure: “I’m sure the sound crew is feeling confused.”
When the problem was finally resolved, he quipped, “Oh, Stevie, Stevie, we forgive the mess, we’ll no way It’s happened again.
Wonder has four more dates Sing your song! The tour will end in Chicago on November 2nd.
