Madonna is set to perform an acoustic gig in Brooklyn in support of Hillary Clinton, while Aphex Twin has made an apocalyptic election-themed video – as Donald Trump continues to attack Jay Z and Beyonce
It’s been a presidential campaign which has seen the music world taking sides – with Loretta Lynn, Kid Rock and a crotch-grabbing Ted Nugent endorsing Donald Trump, and pretty much every other musician who expressed a view throwing their weight behind either Bernie Sanders or the eventual Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton.
Madonna has been one of the most vociferous Hillary Clinton supporters, and announced on Instagram that on Monday night she would play an “intimate very small acoustic concert” somewhere in Brooklyn for Clinton. Further details have not been released.
In another recent post, Madonna declared: “If Trump were elected we would be at war in no time at all. The whole world is laughing at us right now. I can only imagine what Trump writes in his emails. Wait – can he even write?? Wake up people this is not a reality show. I appreciate his charm and entertainment value but he is not qualified to be a head of state!”
This is not Madonna’s first intervention in a US presidential election. In 1990 she made a video encouraging fans to vote, dressed in lingerie while wrapped in the stars and stripes.
Meanwhile, in a more ambiguous contribution, Aphex Twin also commented on the US election with a video to promote his first appearance in the country in over eight years, at Houston’s Day for Night festival.
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