The theme song for September’s Democratic National Convention might be “The Sound of Silence.” With less than a month until the Sept. 3-6 event in Charlotte, N.C., sources say party planners are having a hard time booking musical entertainment for the various events.
The problems began when MTV moved its annual Video Music Awards to Sept. 6, the Thursday when President Obama will deliver his acceptance speech at the convention. That means many A-list acts, which normally would have been tapped to perform at parties during convention week, will be tied up in Los Angeles.
It’s also a problem that the Dems’ post-Labor Day convention falls at the same time that many exhausted performers are returning home from summer tours. And even the president’s most ardent supporters admit there is somewhat deflated buzz around Obama, as opposed to the frenzy of 2008, when such acts as Kanye West, Nelly, Death Cab for Cutie and Sheryl Crow gladly performed in venues big and small every night of the convention.
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