"Sun City" is a 1985 protest song written by Steven Van Zandt, produced by Van Zandt and Arthur Baker and recorded by Artists United Against Apartheid to convey opposition to the South African policy of apartheid. The song declared that all the artists involved would refuse to perform at Sun City, a resort which was located in the bantustan of Bophuthatswana, one of a number of internationally unrecognized states created by the South African government to forcibly relocate its black population.
Sun City (song)
Steven Van Zandt, also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve, is an American musician and actor. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He has appeared in several television drama series, including as Silvio Dante in The Sopranos (1999–2007) and as Frank Tagliano in Lilyhammer (2012–2014). Van Zandt has his own solo band called Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, intermittently active since the 1980s.
Van Zandt in June 2018
Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen during the Working on a Dream Tour in Valladolid, Spain, in August 2009
Van Zandt onstage during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2012
Van Zandt at the dedication of the Alan Freed memorial, celebrating the legacy of Alan Freed, at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in May 2016