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Watch Kurt Vile Pick Up Philadelphia’s Highest Honor Award
Kurt Vile Day went down a storm, according to this footage.
This time last week Kurt Vile was awarded with Philadelphia’s Highest Honor, on what was being celebrated as Kurt Vile Day. Everyone got involved. DIY celebrated his finest moments, just for the hell of it.
On 28th August, Kurt Vile picked up the award while also playing ‘Wakin On A Pretty Day’.
Kurt Vile’s ‘Wakin On A Pretty Daze’ is out now via Matador.
Watch footage of the Philadelphia celebrations below:
Kurt Vile Day + Wakin On A Pretty Day from Bob Sweeney on Vimeo.
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