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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBands that played for Obama vs. Bands that played for Trump
President Obama Had Heart And Soul,Chump Is Heartless And Cold.
— M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) 2026-06-01T21:28:33.475Z
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Bands that played for Obama vs. Bands that played for Trump (Original Post)
red dog 1
18 hrs ago
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Dave Bowman
(7,516 posts)1. Only the best!
The Wizard
(13,899 posts)2. Sir Paul McCartney.
AZJonnie
(4,114 posts)6. Yup, and if you use a slightly looser definition, he was at EVERY Kennedy Center Honors event for 8 years
You might say all these people "played for him" in a sense as well (naming the people I remember seeing when he was also there):
Heart (Ann & Nancy Wilson)
Dave Grohl / Foo Fighters
John Mayer
Alicia Keys
Lenny Kravitz
Bonnie Raitt
Tom Jones
Jeff Beck
Obama is infinity times cooler than DJT, and everyone it the world knows it.
sinkingfeeling
(58,115 posts)3. Hey, be fair, you left the Village People off TSF's list.
GenThePerservering
(3,826 posts)4. Kid Rock looks like he hasn't bathed in months nt
AZJonnie
(4,114 posts)5. Minor quibble: The Grateful Dead have not played since Jerry died
But otherwise, a great point.