Vampire Weekend, Girl Talk, N.E.R.D., Passion Pit Play Mexican Marlboro Shows Mired in Controversy

Time for another tobacco ad-related indie rock controversy! Remember when Rolling Stone and Camel featured a whole gang of bands in their "Indie Rock Universe" fold-out advertisement, pissing some bands off to the point where Fucked Up and Xiu Xiu actually filed class-action lawsuits against both companies? Now, Marlboro's MXBeat concert series will bring bands like Vampire Weekend, N.E.R.D., Primal Scream, and Girl Talk to Mexico. (That MXBeat website is inaccessible outside Mexico.) One prob...

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