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Wilco's Jeff Tweedy To Headline Rahm Emanuel Fundraiser

First Posted: 01/20/11 02:03 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:25 PM ET

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Wilco's Jeff Tweedy will perform at a fundraiser for Rahm Emanuel on Jan. 30 in Chicago.

Wilco frontman and Chicago favorite Jeff Tweedy is the latest celebrity to help Rahm Emanuel raise some cash for his mayoral campaign.

Tweedy will join another Chicago band, JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound, at Park West on January 30 for a special performance to support Emanuel's campaign. The all-ages show starts at $85 for general admission, and costs $150 for guaranteed seating with one drink ticket.

So far, Emanuel has brought in big-name supporters in his quest to replace Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Oscar and Grammy-award winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson headlined a House of Blues fundraiser for the former White House Chief of Staff, former President Bill Clinton showered Emanuel with praise in Chicago Tuesday and "Saturday Night Live" star Andy Samberg is slated to headline another Emanuel fundraiser at the Paris Club this Friday.

Emanuel has maintained a steady lead over opponents Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle, Patricia Watkins and Dock Walls. Candidates must receive at least 50 percent of the vote in the Feb. 22 primary to win outright, or a runoff will be held in April.

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Wilco frontman and Chicago favorite Jeff Tweedy is the latest celebrity to help Rahm Emanuel raise some cash for his mayoral campaign. Tweedy will join another Chicago band, JC Brooks and The Uptown...
Wilco frontman and Chicago favorite Jeff Tweedy is the latest celebrity to help Rahm Emanuel raise some cash for his mayoral campaign. Tweedy will join another Chicago band, JC Brooks and The Uptown...
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Dameocrat
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06:58 AM on 02/02/2011
maybe he is managed by emanuels brother having said that it is amazing that people who made their career on woody guthrie music would support that antiunion goon.
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heboprotagonist
Excuse me, your caps lock is on. Please fix.
183 Fans
02:45 PM on 01/22/2011
I'm a Wilco fan, obviously love Tweedy, but not in this case.

Carol Moseley Braun all the way!
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dancairo
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05:29 PM on 01/21/2011
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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02:57 PM on 01/21/2011
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07:09 AM on 01/21/2011
Establishment insiders up the gazoo! Where they all wearing their Goldman Sach's t-shirts?
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Ramon Moreno
Read below.
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03:17 PM on 01/23/2011
The guy from Wilco?
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theseusofaustralia
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02:07 AM on 01/21/2011
Anyone bill clinton supports is bound to be rubbish, kind of like the dictator he used to support in haiti.
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KCFreedom
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12:31 AM on 01/21/2011
Jeff, put away the smoke.

Your judgement is cloudy. Rahm is NOT on your side.
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BushBites
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09:01 PM on 01/20/2011
What does Kanye have to say about all this?
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KCFreedom
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12:37 AM on 01/21/2011
Nobody wants to know.
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ExcellentObservation
I've made some terrible decisions sober.
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05:10 PM on 01/20/2011
My avatar is very pleased there's a Jeff Tweedy story on HuffPo.
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KCFreedom
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12:38 AM on 01/21/2011
Too bad it's this one.
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ExcellentObservation
I've made some terrible decisions sober.
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01:27 AM on 01/21/2011
Not sure I agree. I know some of the Emanuel family, and they're decent people. It seems like you have your mind made up, or some axe to grind. Care to elaborate on your sentiments?
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Aldyth
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04:51 PM on 01/20/2011
A big name I've never heard of.
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ExcellentObservation
I've made some terrible decisions sober.
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05:09 PM on 01/20/2011
You should look in him- musical genius.
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Conduct business honestly; spend money wisely
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08:52 PM on 01/20/2011
Go on Youtube and find him. He's great.
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hottingers
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04:50 PM on 01/20/2011
Who?
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maxfax
Taa - dah!
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04:48 PM on 01/20/2011
Tweety and Wilco are a phenom in music, hope his support helps.
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ExcellentObservation
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01:28 AM on 01/21/2011
Tweedy.
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Ramon Moreno
Read below.
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03:19 PM on 01/23/2011
Excellent observation.
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dtlewis
No micro-bio for you!
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04:44 PM on 01/20/2011
Sell out (and I ain't talkin bout the show).
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maxfax
Taa - dah!
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04:49 PM on 01/20/2011
Wilco were big supporters of the President.
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dtlewis
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10:42 AM on 01/21/2011
So was I but that means little more than I saw him as the lesser of two evils. Rahm on the other hand is more interested in feathering his own nest with little or no interest in serving the public at large. He's a corporatist and that simply does not jibe with any progressive agenda I've ever seen or heard of.
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ExcellentObservation
I've made some terrible decisions sober.
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05:09 PM on 01/20/2011
Explain.
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dtlewis
No micro-bio for you!
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10:38 AM on 01/21/2011
Rahm's a DLC corporatist having little or no interest in serving what remains of the middle and working class. Not even close to progressive and right of center. In my book that qualifies him as fit for shilling for the fortune 500 but not for serving the public.
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kamandi777
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04:38 PM on 01/20/2011
Who would Mos Def vote for? Ask your self that.
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theseusofaustralia
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02:04 AM on 01/21/2011
not rahm thats for sure
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04:36 PM on 01/20/2011
Say it ain't so Jeff. Rahm mandatory military service Emanuel? Really?
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