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Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver to stump for Bernie Sanders
NEW YORK, Jan 23, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Alt rock acts Bon Iver and Vampire
Weekend will play concerts in support of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders
ahead of the key Iowa caucuses that kick off the long 2020 election season.
Folktronica band Bon Iver will play a rally show on January 31, and the
next day Vampire Weekend will jam in support of the leftist Sanders, a self-
described socialist candidate popular especially among young voters.
The progressive Vermont senator along with moderate Joe Biden are the
frontrunners going into the Iowa caucus on February 3, the first day of
primary voting for the 2020 Democratic nomination.
“I believe, unequivocally, that all people deserve support, love, and the
freedom to choose how to live their own lives,” said Bon Iver frontman Justin
Vernon, a native of the key swing state Wisconsin, in a statement.
“There are promises in our constitutional language that are being
superseded by money and greed in this country; I believe that Senator Sanders
is the only one that has the pedigree, the experience, the courage, and the
undying spirit to begin to put these obstacles of freedom to rest.”
The bands — both up for major Grammy awards at this Sunday’s gala — also
turned out for Sanders’ primary bid in 2016, when he took on the ultimate
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in a down-to-the-wire race.
This time around Sanders has collected a coterie of celebrity backers,
most notably rapper Cardi B, who recorded a campaign video in a nail salon
with the senator that touched on raising the minimum wage and canceling
student debt.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 0812 hrs