Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors Play Bernie Sanders Rally in New York: Watch
Vampire Weekend performed at a Bernie Sanders rally in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park tonight. Once again, they were joined by Dirty Projectors‘ Dave Longstreth. Accompanied by the Columbia University Metrotones, they performed “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,” “Unbelievers,” “Rise Above,” and “A-Punk.” “I know we’re down in NYU territory,” said Ezra Koenig, acknowledging Columbia’s choir joining them on the stage. “But if there’s one place to put aside the bourgeois rivalries of public universities, it’s at a Bernie Sanders rally. Also shoutout to CUNY.” He also shouted out the CWA union members on strike in the crowd. Check out photos and footage below. Update 4/14 9:57 a.m.: Watch video of the full rally below. Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors begin their performance at the 15:50 mark.
The event also featured appearances from Spike Lee, Rosario Dawson, Shailene Woodley, Tim Robbins, Linda Sarsour, and Graham Nash. On Sunday, Grizzly Bear will perform at a similar event in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, joined by Danny DeVito, Justin Long, and Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. The event is free and open to the public. On Monday, the night before New York’s primary, TV on the Radio will play a Sanders rally in Queens. RSVP here.
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Vampire Weekend warms up for #Bernie rally in Washington Square Park pic.twitter.com/MZERkVUJ4h @elysepg#Bernie2016 #NYPrimary Vote Tue Apr 19
— JKH / Gay Leftist (@jaycamikenGL) April 13, 2016
A video posted by Shwick Markets coming up… (@shwickmarket) onApr 13, 2016 at 4:20pm PDT
.@vampireweekend is getting the crowd hyped up for @BernieSanders pic.twitter.com/WNZDdLMmEu
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 13, 2016
Bernie Sanders supports or Vampire Weekend fans? Either way there’s a lot of people here!
A video posted by doNYC (@donewyorkcity) onApr 13, 2016 at 4:48pm PDT
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