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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Bruce Springsteen,<\/a><\/span> Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard<\/a><\/span> and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., area a month before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello<\/a><\/span> announced the festival Wednesday while performing together at Nationals Park in Washington as Springsteen winds down his Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n At the concert Wednesday, Springsteen played many of his most political songs, including \u201cAmerican Skin (41 Shots)\u201d about a fatal police shooting and \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d<\/a><\/span> in response to the killings of Ren\u00e9e Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents. \u201cThe Gestapo tactics of this president and this administration will not stand here,\u201d Springsteen said. <\/p>\n \u201cThis American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people: you. There is no one coming to save us. We\u2019ve got to do it ourselves,\u201d he said. \u201cSo join us and let\u2019s fight for the America that we love. Do you hear me, Washington?\u201d <\/p>\n