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Eric Church: The Rolling Stone Interview


Eric Church on his bold new album 'Evangeline Vs. the Machine,' Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Kris Kristofferson, politics, and much more.

Calling from London, where he’s about to headline Royal Albert Hall, Church recounts a recent backstage visit with Springsteen in Manchester, England, just before he and the E Street Band kicked off their 2025 overseas tour. In a hoodie advertising Field & Stream, the outdoors magazine he and friend Morgan Wallen bought last year, Church relaxed at the bus’ table while popping Zyn nicotine pouches and drinking Bold Rock hard cider. The problem has been brewing for many, many, many years, where you have the money come in and the people at the level that were affected don’t get help.… And I think what has happened is they’ve lost trust in a lot of the politicians, and it swings back and forth.

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