{"id":74208,"date":"2026-10-03T18:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/see-aoc-bernie-sanders-introduce-the-strokes-at-queens-concert\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T18:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:30:35","slug":"see-aoc-bernie-sanders-introduce-the-strokes-at-queens-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/see-aoc-bernie-sanders-introduce-the-strokes-at-queens-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"See AOC, Bernie Sanders Introduce the Strokes at Queens Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Vermont senator praises band for &#8220;standing up for economic justice, fighting racism, and understanding that healthcare is a human right&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alexandria-ocasio-cortez\" data-tag=\"alexandria-ocasio-cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bernie-sanders\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bernie-sanders\" data-tag=\"bernie-sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> made a surprise onstage appearance Friday to introduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-strokes\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-strokes\" data-tag=\"the-strokes\">the Strokes<\/a> prior to the band\u2019s concert at Queens, New York\u2019s Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWith a crucial Election Day just over a month away, both New York-born politicians praised the Strokes\u2019 stance on issues before reminding the 40,000 or so fans in the crowd to vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThe greatest city in the world is now welcoming the greatest rock band of our generation who have always been committed to a better future for all of us as we fight fascism and genocide, raise wages, and guarantee healthcare to everyone,\u201d AOC told the crowd before bringing out the Vermont senator.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AOC, Bernie  Sanders and The Strokes \u201cLonely In The Future\u201d live @ Flushing Meadows  Park 10.02.2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EFljPHN4UwY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWell, I\u2019m gonna sing a few songs. No, you wouldn\u2019t want to hear that,\u201d Sanders joked as he took the stage. \u201cLook, I\u2019m here tonight to thank the Strokes for not only being one of the great bands in the world, but \u2014 for years and years and coast to coast \u2014 for standing up for economic justice, fighting racism, understanding that healthcare is a human right, and understanding that we have all got to get out to vote to stand up to authoritarianism, and to win in November. And with that, it\u2019s my honor to introduce the Strokes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/julian-casablancas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_julian-casablancas\" data-tag=\"julian-casablancas\">Julian Casablancas<\/a> then quipped upon taking the stage, \u201cFab, would you quit making out with Bernie Sanders? We got a show.\u201d The group then launched into \u201cLonely in the Future.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Strokes previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-live-reviews\/strokes-bernie-sanders-new-hampshire-primary-951081\/\">headlined a \u201cGet Out the Vote\u201d rally<\/a> in support of Sanders in the New Hampshire primary in 2020 when the Vermont senator ran for the Democratic nomination. \u201cWe are honored to be associated with such a dedicated, diligent, &amp; trustworthy patriot \u2013 and fellow native New Yorker,\u201d Casablancas said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cAs 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/aoc-bernie-sanders-introduce-the-strokes-queens-concert-1235636485\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vermont senator praises band for &#8220;standing up for economic justice, fighting racism, and understanding that healthcare is a human right&#8221; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":74209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}