Bon Iver will carry out at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday (August 7), when her tour of battleground states comes to Justin Vernon’s Eau Claire hometown, Billboard experiences. 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 assist numerous progressive causes, together with a pledge of assist to Democrat Nick Butler’s marketing campaign for native Wisconsin authorities. The rally efficiency would be the newest in 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 a number of rallies and fundraisers, and has promoted numerous nonpartisan voter registration drives by means of channels together with the Eaux Claires Music Pageant he co-founded with the Nationwide’s Aaron Dessner.
