As if there weren’t already enough reasons to vote in the November 4 presidential election, Wilco is offering a free MP3 download to fans who pledge to cast their ballot. Recorded live on August 23 at Bend, Oregon’s Les Schwab Amphitheater, Wilco’s cover of the Bob Dylan/Band Basement Tapes classic “I Shall Be Released” finds them joined onstage by tour-mates Fleet Foxes, who lend spectacular vocal harmonies to the performance.
The MP3 is available on WilcoWorld, but in order to get it, you have to pledge that you will vote. And really, if you’re 18 and a citizen of the US, you have no excuse not to vote anyway. This election is too important.
Download Wilco and Fleet Foxes’ cover of “I Shall Be Released”
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Tour dates after the jump.
Wilco:
10.25 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit)
10.26 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit)
11.29 – Halifax, NS – Halifax Metro Centre*
12.01 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre*
12.02 – Ottawa, ON – Scotiabank Place*
12.04 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre*
12.05 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre*
12.07 – Auburn Hills, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills*
12.12 – Philadelphia, PA – The Wachovia Spectrum*
12.16 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden*
* With Neil Young
-Sean H.
