Last night, The Strokes smashed out a set at the Bernie Sanders rally
People, girlfriends, grandsons, spaceships — they don't understand what went down in New Hampshire on Monday.
Last night, Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders turned around, walked out that door and all the way to the University of New Hampshire in Durham, to put on a concert rally ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic Primary election with none other than The Strokes.
Just look at this Instagram ad. The double-bill. The logo, designed by artist Kii Arens.
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The Strokes not only announced a new album for Apr. 10 at the "Bernie Beats Trump Rally" in Whittemore Center Arena., but played a brand new single called “Bad Decisions” and premiered a video for the song "At The Door."
In between sets, the rally saw speeches by the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sunflower Bean, Cynthia Nixon, Dr. Cornel West and others.
"We are honored to be associated with such a dedicated, diligent, and trustworthy patriot — and fellow native New Yorker,” said frontman Julian Casablancas in a statement ahead of the event. “As the only truly non-corporate candidate, Bernie Sanders represents our only chance to overthrow corporate power and help return America to democracy. This is why we support him.”
The band probably royally pissed off the local police department with a rendition of "New York City Cops" — if you don't know the track from the band's 2001 debut album Is This It, it hammers home the repeated line, "New York City cops, they ain't too smart."
You can stream the whole thing here, if you're truly keen (it's three hours). Skip to around the 2:20 mark for the set.
Just one week after a pretty chaotic start to the presidential race in Iowa, the New Hampshire primaries start on Tuesday. Sanders will head into those polls pretty strong — he's leading the 2020 Dems race according to a national poll by Quinnipiac published Monday, per Axios, and he's followed by Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, and Elizabeth Warren.
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Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.
