Bon Iver will carry out at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday (August 7), when her tour of battleground states involves Justin Vernon’s Eau Claire hometown, Billboard reports. The Wisconsin rally would be the second cease of Harris’ tour along with her as-yet-unannounced operating mate, after it kicks off in Philadelphia tomorrow.
Although Bon Iver haven’t addressed Harris’ presumptive Democratic nomination for president, the band has not too long ago used social channels to help varied progressive causes, together with a pledge of support to Democrat Nick Butler’s marketing campaign for native Wisconsin authorities. The rally efficiency would be the newest within the band’s lengthy historical past of political engagement, each regionally and nationally. Vernon was a vocal advocate of Bernie Sanders in 2016 and 2020, taking part in at varied rallies and fundraisers, and has promoted varied nonpartisan voter registration drives via channels together with the Eaux Claires Music Competition he co-founded with the National’s Aaron Dessner.
