Sugarland, Sheryl Crow Perform at Democratic Convention Kickoff Concert
Sugarland, Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews performed Sunday night (Aug. 24) near Denver during a kick-off concert for the Democratic
national convention. The event at Red Rocks Amphitheatre was designed to call attention to environmental issues. During the
concert, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles told the crowd, "I wonder how many of you know who we are and what we do. We are here
to support environmental awareness. ... Country music artists are stereotyped in so many ways. You think we don't care about
the environment. We do." Nettles and Sugarland partner Kristian Bush have not endorsed a candidate and declined to divulge
whether they are Democrats or Republicans. "This show has us here, specifically for this issue," she told Denver's Rocky
Mountain News newspaper. "It's the first time in history -- that I've heard about or read about -- that the issue of environmental
awareness has been at the forefront ... of a [major political convention] of any sort."
