Vampire Weekend, Killer Mike to Play Bernie Sanders Rally in Iowa City

Photo via Bernie Sanders’ website

Vampire Weekend have announced their first performance since Rostam Batmanglij left the band yesterday. This Saturday, they’ll join Killer Mike, Foster the People, and more at a Bernie Sanders rally in Iowa City, as Consequence of Sound points out. “Students for Bernie” takes place Satuday at the University of Iowa Field House from 5:30 p.m., and tickets are free.

Update (12:00 p.m.): In a tweet, Ezra Koenig said the band for the performance will consist of him, Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson, Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth, comedic duo the Lucas Bros, and the University of Iowa’s Hawkapellas—an all-female a cappella group. “Bernie can call that Vampire Weekend if he likes,” he said.

performance will be me, CT, Dave Longstreth, @lucasbros & the U of Iowa Hawkapellas – Bernie can call that Vampire Weekend if he likes 😉

— Ezra Koenig (@arzE) January 27, 2016

Koenig also said the group plans to do Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors songs at a separate performance in Iowa City:

also, we are def gonna try and figure out a place to go talk & play some VW and Dirty Projectors songs in Iowa City outside the main event

— Ezra Koenig (@arzE) January 27, 2016

Watch Killer Mike on a panel with Sanders discussing the legacy of Martin Luther King:

Watch Vampire Weekend’s “A-Punk” video:

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