The convention line-ups are set -- well, at least the musical ones.
Daughtry, Everclear and up-and-comers Flobots will appear at the Democratic convention on Aug. 26, as part of the Grammy Foundation's "Rock the Conventions," an attempt to convince conventioneers of the importance of music education and lobby them on other "issues that affect the creative community."
For the Republican convention, they have Brett James, who wrote Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel," and singer-songwriter Greg Laswell on Sept. 2. Um, really, Grammy Foundation? Was Ted Nugent not available? Are there really no musicians willing to even hang out with the Republicans?
After all, the Creative Coalition Gala at the Republican convention will have Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon and Maggie Gyllenhaal on Sept. 3.
UPDATE: Rage Against the Machine will play the Denver Coliseum on Aug. 27 as part of the Tent State Music Festival, with Flobots, The Coup and Wayne Kramer. Tent State is meant to confront the Democratic convention about stopping the war in Iraq.
PHOTO: Daughtry by Danny Clinch for 19/RCA