“I don’t give a fuck if you’re a Democrat or Republican, just vote,” Pharrell urged. Onstage and off, current events seem to be looming over ACL far more than any other festival I’ve been to. Bukue One, rocking a red Obama T-shirt, urged everyone to vote, Democrat or Republican. Hundreds of people were in the TV lounge for the night’s presidential debate; I was surprised to see that many people watching TV at a music festival when there wasn’t even a game on. Click here for more…
This article appears in Sep 25 – Oct 1, 2008.
