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13-04-2025
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Neil Young, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers Headline Bernie Sanders Los Angeles Rally
'Welcome to Berniechella,' Maggie Rogers told a crowd of an estimated 36,000 people as she took to the stage at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon. Indeed, those in L.A. who didn't make the trek down to Coachella this weekend still had a chance at a star-studded show as Rogers, Neil Young and Joan Baez all performed at Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's L.A. stop on their Fighting Oligarchy tour, calling upon all in attendance to take on President Donald Trump and the billionaire class supporting his administration. More from The Hollywood Reporter Lady Gaga Is Queen of the Desert, Benson Boone Channels Freddie Mercury, Lisa Slays at Coachella 2025 Canadian Singer-Songwriter Bells Larsen Forced to Cancel U.S. Tour Dates Over Anti-Trans Visa Requirements 'The Bodyguard' Remake in the Works From Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' Director Sam Wrench 'We are going to make our revolution with joy,' Sanders told the crowd as he thanked the musicians who played before his speech. 'We're going to sing and dance our way to victory against hatred and divisiveness.' Sanders' tour has also stopped in cities like Denver and Tempe, Arizona, and they'll hit several more markets, including Salt Lake City, Nampa, Idaho, Bakersfield, Folsom and Missoula, Montana, in the coming days. 'We are in a moment of extraordinary danger,' Sanders told the crowd, further stating that the Trump administration is 'moving us into an authoritarian form of society.' 'Mr. Trump, we are not going there,' Sanders said. Starting at 9:30 a.m., the rally also featured artists including Jeff Rosenstock, Indigo De Souza, Red Pears and David Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors. The performances were sandwiched between speeches from teachers, nurses, union heads, city council members and congress-members advocating for reforms both wide-ranging and more specific, from universal healthcare to tenant rights, to protecting immigrants to better pay for production assistants in Hollywood. The overarching theme though, as the 'fighting oligarchy' title would suggest, was tackling wealth disparity in the country. Baez took the stage just before 1 p.m., opening with the folk song 'Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,' with the crowd erupting into cheers as she sang updated lyrics saying, 'Ain't gonna let no white supremacists turn me around' and 'ain't gonna let those lousy billionaires turn me around.' She followed with 'There But For Fortune,' as well as a touching cover of John Lennon's 'Imagine.' Baez has voiced her disdain for the Trump administration as recently as last month, when she went on John Mulaney's Everybody's Live With John Mulaney and said that 'our democracy is going up in flames.' Rogers performed after, keeping on the rally's theme of change as she opened with 'Different Kind of World' before playing 'Light On,' her hit single off her 2019 album Heard It in a Past Life. She also played breakthrough single 'Alaska,' then brought Baez back out as the duo performed Bob Dylan's folk classic 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.' In vintage folk protest fashion, they finished with a duet of 'America The Beautiful,' with Baez adding one final verse for 'sisterhood from sea to shining sea.' Young got the final slot before Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders took the stage, coming out with his electric guitar and harmonica, chanting a 'take America back' call and response with the crowd and punctuating the chant with power chords. Young, who's played Sanders rallies in the past, also voiced his frustration with the Trump administration last week, writing on his website that he was worried Trump would bar him from returning to the U.S. after his upcoming European tour over his criticism of the president. Young started with 'Rainbow of Colors,' his 2019 song with Crazy Horse, where Young sings of the diversity in the U.S. and that 'no one is going to whitewash those colors away.' He went back to the 'take America back chant' as he played the opening chords to his protest anthem, 'Rockin' In the Free World.' Baez and Rogers came back out by the song's second verse, singing 'power to the people' in the background. 'Thank you, folks,' Young told the crowd as he introduced AOC. 'Thank you for being here this weekend, next weekend and the week after that until we get things straight. Keep coming back.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2024: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and More
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04-04-2025
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Neil Young, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers Joining Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Anti-‘Oligarchy' Rally in L.A.
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been holding 'Fighting Oligarchy' rallies in cities across the U.S., and, perhaps not surprisingly, they are pulling in a bit more musical firepower at an upcoming stop in Los Angeles than at the appearances scheduled for Boise or Tempe. At a tour stop at L.A.'s Grand Park on April 12, the senators will be joined by a potent lineup of musicians that includes Neil Young, Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers. Admission for the event is free with sign-up on Sanders' website. Doors will open at 9 a.m. at Grand Park, with a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. for the first speakers. More from Variety Neil Young Fears He Won't Be Allowed Back in U.S. After European Tour, Due to Speaking Out Against Trump, 'Worst President in the History of Our Great Country' Joan Baez Pauses John Mulaney's Talk Show to Slam 'Incompetent Billionaires' Running America: 'Our Democracy Is Going Up in Flames' Neil Young's 'Coastal' Tour Documentary Pulls Back the Curtain in Official Trailer Also adding musical support are Indigo de Souza, Jeff Rosenstock, the Red Pears and Raise Gospel Choir. Rosenstack was the most immediately obviously stoked of all the performers, posting on his social media: 'ME BERNIE AOC & NEIL YOUNG CHOPPIN IT UP.' After calling it a 'DREAM BLUNT ROTATION,' Rosenstack added, 'All weed jokes aside, it has been easy to feel powerless and alone since the election and seeing the massive crowds of people who are also tired of this bullshit attending these events (cornball alert) has filled my heart with hope. I woulda been here anyway so like I said in CAPS LOCK above I am beyond honored to be a part of this playing some songs. SHOW UP EARLY AND WATCH ME TRY MY BEST LOL.' The Gloria Molina Grand Park tour stop for Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here' follows similar, if less star-powered, rallies held recently in Las Vegas, Tucson, Denver, Tempe and other Western cities. Upcoming stops have just been scheduled in April for the California cities of Bakersfield and Auburn, plus Salt Lake City; Nampa, Idaho; and Missoula, Montana. Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) are scheduled to speak in L.A. as well. The 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour is mostly scheduled for predominantly Republican areas — but, obviously, a decision was made to make an exception for deep-blue L.A. In explaining the purpose for the tour, Sanders said, 'The American people, whether they are Democrats, Republicans or Independents, do not want billionaires to control our government or buy our elections. They do not want Republicans to decimate Social Security and the Veterans Administration. They do not want huge tax breaks for the wealthiest people in the country paid for by massive cuts to Medicaid and other programs that working families rely on. That is why I will be visiting Republican-held districts all over the Western United States. When we are organized and fight back, we can defeat oligarchy.' Sanders' website says the tour has been attended by 107,981 people across seven states so far, and that livestreams of the tour have been watched more than 5 million times. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in April 2025 The Best Celebrity Memoirs to Read This Year: From Chelsea Handler to Anthony Hopkins
