Vampire Weekend

It’s been six years since Vampire Weekend won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City. But Ezra Koenig and company have now returned with the band's fourth album, Father of the Bride.

Both “Harmony Hall” and “This Life” have been warmly embraced by Triple A, but several other tracks off the Koenig-Ariel Rechtshaid co-produced project standout including “Big Blue,” “Unbearably White,” “Sympathy” and “2021.”

As an aside, Vampire Weekend’s eponymous debut album was recently certified Platinum by the RIAA. Between albums, Koenig has also been busy releasing his Netflix anime series Neo Yokio, continuing to host his Time Crisis show on Beats1 and co-writing and producing Beyoncé’s “Hold Up."

“We did our thing with the first three records, but it was clear to me that this album needed a different vibe,” Koenig (who now lives in L.A.) recently told the Los Angeles Times.

Vampire Weekend celebrated the album’s release with an all-day show Sunday, May 5th at New York’s recently reopened Webster Hall. Over the course of the morning and afternoon, the band played three sets including a performance of the new album in its entirety. 

And on Tuesday, May 7th, Vampire Weekend will make its first television appearance in five years with a performance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

Their extensive tour kicks off at the Hangout Festival.
5/17-19 Hangout Festival, Gulf Shores, A
6/ 05 Echo Beach, Toronto
6/07 White River State Park, Indianapolis
6/08 Harris Pavilion Milwaukee
6/09 The Armory, Minneapolis, OUT
6/11 The Sylvee, Madison, WI
6/12 Fox Theatre, St. Louis
6/14 Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, Cleveland
6/15 PNC Pavilion, Cincinnati
6/16 Huntington Bank Pavilion, Chicago
6/18 Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville
6/21 Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh
6/22 Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre, Charlotte 
6/23 Firefly Music Festival, Dover, DE 
7/27 Mo Pop Festival, Detroit
8/16 The Criterion, Oklahoma City 
8/17 White Oak Music Hall, Houston
8/18 The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Dallas
8/20-21 ACL Live, Austin
8/24 James L. Knight Center, Miami 
8/25 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL 
8/27 Fox Theatre, Atlanta,
8/30 Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk 
9/03 Agganis Arena, Boston 
9/04 Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
9/06 Madison Square Garden, New York
9/08 MTELUS, Montreal,
9/20-22 Life Is Beautiful, Las Vegas
9/25 Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park, Vancouver
9/27 WaMu Theater, Seattle
9/28 McMenamins Edgefield, Portland, OR 
10/01 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco 
10/ 02 Hollywood Bow, Los Angeles 
10/03 CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, San Diego
10/06 The Complex, Salt Lake City 
10/08-09 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver

Learn more at www.vampireweekend.com.
Photo Credit: Monika Mogi

 

« back to Triple A Artist Info