The surprise Oscars team-up of Vice President Joe Biden and pop superstar Lady Gaga did so well, they’re taking it on the road—which, lucky for us, leads to UNLV. On Thursday, the VP and Best Song nominee will lead an It’s On Us rally at 1:30 p.m. at Cox Pavilion. The rally will be focused on combating and creating awareness of women-targeted assaults on campus, an important issue for both public figures, given that Biden spearheaded the 1994 Violence Against Women Act and that Gaga is a rape survivor.
Presumably they’ll have a lot more time than the Oscars’ notoriously impatient producers afforded them back in February, but details on how Biden and Gaga will fill it beyond discussing the issue at hand are scant. If they’re looking to liven things up after the serious stuff, we have suggestions. Like, who wouldn’t like to see Uncle Joe slide into Tony Bennett’s role and croon alongside the Mother Monster? We don’t even need a backing band—an a capella version of “Love For Sale” would more than suffice.
The event is open to the public, with tickets available 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today and Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the UNLV Student Union.
