Superchunk and The Arcade Fire will play two dates in North Carolina to support Barack Obama’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Merge Records announced today.
Thursday, May 1: Greensboro Coliseum Complex Pavilion parking lot
Friday, May 2: Carrboro Town Commons
Gates open at 1 p.m. for both events, and both shows start at 2 p.m. Tickets are free but required, as space is limited and admission is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets will be available in Forsythe, Guilford, Randolph, Almanace, Orange, Durham and Wake counties during early voting hours starting Thursday, April 24. Only one ticket can be picked up per person. Both shows are all-ages.
Pick-up spots for Carrboro tickets (more locations to come):
Obama table outside UNC-Chapel Hill Planetarium
(250 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Balloons and Tunes
(208 W. Main St., Carrboro, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. & Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
Morning Times Café
(10 E. Hargett St., Raleigh, Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m & Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Obama table outside of the Old Durham Ball Park
(Corporation and Morris streets, Durham, Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.)
Pick-up spots for Greensboro tickets (more locations to come):
Obama for America Office
(8 W. 3rd St., Winston-Salem, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.)
Greensboro Coliseum, Northside of Pavilion Parking Lot
(1921 W. Lee St., Greensboro, Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.)
Obama table outside Shaw Building
(158 Worth St., Asheboro, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Obama table outside Board of Elections office
(505 E. Green Dr., High Point, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Obama table outside Courthouse
(301 W. Market St., Greensboro, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
