{"id":803730,"date":"2020-02-02T11:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T18:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=946680"},"modified":"2020-02-02T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T18:07:19","slug":"see-vampire-weekend-perform-at-bernie-sanders-iowa-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/see-vampire-weekend-perform-at-bernie-sanders-iowa-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"See Vampire Weekend Perform at Bernie Sanders\u2019 Iowa Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/10433717g.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>With the Iowa caucuses just days away, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/vampire-weekend\/\" id=\"auto-tag_vampire-weekend\" data-tag=\"vampire-weekend\">Vampire Weekend<\/a> performed Saturday at a rally in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bernie-sanders\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bernie-sanders\" data-tag=\"bernie-sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The band showed their support for the Democratic hopeful at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, delivering a set that featured cover of Thin Lizzy\u2019s 1976 hit \u201cThe Boys are Back in Town,\u201d along with a career-spanning set including \u201c2021,\u201d \u201cCape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,\u201d \u201cHoliday\u201d and \u201cThis Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-uOhbLVlg9E?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI still believe that Bernie can win &amp; it\u2019s brutal seeing how much energy goes into convincing voters that one of the most popular politicians in the country (and the one who polls best against Trump) is unelectable,\u201d Ezra Koenig <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7ozCo7lOTp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on Instagram<\/a> earlier this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m separating my values and my pragmatism by supporting Bernie and neither do millions of others ! Anyway, Bernie\u2019s still the landslide favorite among people 35 and under (across racial and gender lines) so talk to your older, skeptical friends and family about why Bernie can actually win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRus8wD_2SY?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to the 2016 election, Vampire Weekend performed at a Students for Bernie rally in Iowa City, with Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/watch-bernie-sanders-sing-with-vampire-weekend-at-iowa-rally-38287\/\">joining the band onstage<\/a> to sing \u201cThis Land Is Your Land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sEdM2RB3aNc?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bon-iver\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bon-iver\" data-tag=\"bon-iver\">Bon Iver<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/justin-vernon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_justin-vernon\" data-tag=\"justin-vernon\">Justin Vernon<\/a> played a solo acoustic set at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa on Friday night to garner support for Sanders. Vernon delivered his own renditions of two 1964 Bob Dylan tracks: \u201cWith God On Our Side\u201d and \u201cThe Times They Are A-Changin.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- .l-article-content__pull--left --> <\/p>\n<p>The Bon Iver frontman also covered Leon Russell\u2019s 1970 track \u201cA Song For You\u201d and performed his band\u2019s \u201cBlood Bank,\u201d \u201cFlume\u201d and \u201cFor Emma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G28P8hKpJaE?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><br \/><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7QUo2gSM0RQ?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his performance, Justin Vernon released a statement about his support for Sanders: \u201cI believe, unequivocally, that all people deserve support, love, and the freedom to choose how to live their own lives. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his 2016 campaign, both Vampire Weekend and Bon Iver supported the Democratic hopeful and performed concerts at rallies in Iowa and New York. Vernon also endorsed Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/watch-bon-ivers-justin-vernon-introduce-bernie-sanders-at-wisconsin-rally-35622\/\">during a Wisconsin rally in April 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just one day ahead of the New Hampshire primary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-strokes-bernie-sanders-rally-new-hampshire-primary-944799\/\">the Strokes will perform at The Get Out the Vote Concert Rally in support of Sanders<\/a>. The event will take place on February 10th at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/vampire-weekend-bon-iver-bernie-sanders-iowa-rally-946680\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Iowa caucuses just days away, Vampire Weekend performed Saturday at a rally in support of Bernie Sanders. The band showed their support for the Democratic hopeful at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, delivering a set that featured cover of Thin Lizzy\u2019s 1976 hit \u201cThe Boys are Back in Town,\u201d along with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 23:34:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}