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Vampire Weekend Announces Huge North American Tour in 2024, Plus New Music

by Em Casalena February 16, 2024, 2:05 pm

American rock outfit Vampire Weekend surprised fans this week with the first singles from their much-anticipated studio album, Only God Was Above Us . The album is slated for release on April 5, but the singles “ Gen-X Cops ” and “ Capricorn ” just went live yesterday. 

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Only God Was Above Us Tour: Details

Along with the songs, Vampire Weekend has also announced a massive tour of North America to promote the album. Supporting acts include La Lom, The English Beat, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mike Gordon, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Princess, Ra Ra Riot, Cults, The Brothers Macklovitch, Turnstiles, and Mark Ronson.

The Only God Was Above Us Tour will start on April 8 in Austin, Texas at the Moody Amphitheater, which has already sold out. The tour is expected to close on October 17, again in Austin Texas at the Mood Amphitheater, pending any additional tour date additions.

The band has been pretty busy promoting the upcoming album and tour via Instagram , but they have also been mysteriously mum about the album and tour’s details. The only bit of info we could find was in a press release for the album which noted that frontman Ezra Koenig described the album as “inspired and haunted by 20th-century New York” and that it was co-produced by Ariel Rechtshaid.

How to Get Your Tickets

Getting tickets to this tour might be a little rough since fans are definitely going to be scrambling to get in on the presale events. Ticketmaster is the main ticketing platform for this tour, and the platform’s presale event will start on February 20 at 10:00 am CST. There are also some additional presale events available, and you can get the deets on those through Vampire Weekend’s website . You can also get your early access code for the presale event through the band’s website.

If you miss the presale event by the time tickets go on sale on February 23 at 10:00 am local time, we recommend using StubHub to get your tickets. StubHub is a solid third-party ticketing platform that makes scoring seats easy, and all tickets on the platform are protected by the FanProtect Program.

About Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend was formed back in 2006 in New York City by Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij (who has since left the band), Chris Baio, and Chris Tomson. They quickly rose to fame after the debut of their eponymous album in 2008 with hits like “A-Punk” and “Oxford Comma”. The band’s most recent album was Father of the Bride , which was released half a decade ago in 2019. Fans have been anxiously anticipating new music from the indie rock outfit, and it looks like they’ll get that and a massive tour as well!

This tour will sell out fast, and some of the early tour dates have already sold out or are coming close to selling out. Get your tickets now before it’s too late!

Vampire Weekend Only God Was Above Us Tour Dates 2024

Monday, April 8 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater [Sold Out]

Saturday, April 27 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Friday, May 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party*

Thursday, May 30 – Barcelona, Espana – Primavera Sound*

Thursday, June 6 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall

Friday, June 7 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

Sunday,  June 9 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre

Monday, June 10 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

Wednesday, June 12 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

Saturday, June 15 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley

Sunday,  June 16 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley

Tuesday, June 18 – Burnaby, BC – Deer Lake Park

Wednesday, June 19 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater

Thursday, June 20 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

Saturday, June 22 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater

Sunday,  June 23 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater 

Friday, July  19 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Monday, July  22 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre

Tuesday, July  23 – Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater

Thursday, July  25 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park

Friday, July  26 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

Saturday, July  27 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

Tuesday, July  30 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory

Thursday, August 1 – Milwaukee, WI – BMO Pavilion

Saturday, August 3 – St. Charles, IA – Hinterland

Thursday, September 19 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center

Friday, September 20 – Cincinnati, OH – The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park

Saturday, September 21 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park

Monday, September 23 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre

Tuesday, September 24 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

Wednesday, September 25 – Laval, QC – Place Bell

Friday, September 27 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Saturday, September 28 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann

Monday, September 30 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

Wednesday, October 2 – Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion

Saturday, October 5 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Sunday,  October 6 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 

Tuesday, October 8 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion

Wednesday, October 9 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater

Friday, October 11 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

Saturday, October 12 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park

Sunday,  October 13 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit

Tuesday, October 15 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Thursday, October 17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center

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It’s finally time to dust off your best boat shoes.

Vampire Weekend just announced they’re heading out their 43-concert ‘Only God Was Above Us Tour’ this spring, summer and fall with special guests Mark Ronson, Princess featuring Maya Rudolph, Ra Ra Riot, Turnstiles, The English Beat and more to celebrate the band’s upcoming fifth studio album, due out April 5.

Toward the end of the nationwide run, Ezra Koenig and co. are slated to bring their impeccable indie rock to New York City for two back-to-back gigs at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday, Oct. 6 .

For fans that don’t like late nights out in Manhattan, you’re in luck — the Sunday MSG show is a matinee, set to take place at 12:30 p.m.

Can’t wait to hear “A-Punk,” “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,” “Campus,” “Oxford Comma,” “Harmony Hall” and the new record live?

As of now, tickets are available for all upcoming concerts and festival dates.

At the time of publication, some venues have seats going for as low as $43 before fees on Vivid Seats.

Other shows on the run start anywhere from $65 to $165 before fees.

Wondering how much tickets will cost at the concert closest to you?

We’ve got all the information you’re looking for and more about Vampire Weekend’s ‘Only God Was Above Us Tour’ below.

All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.

Vampire Weekend 2024 tour schedule

A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here.

(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout .)

Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. 

They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event.

Vampire Weekend Solar Eclipse concert in Austin

On Monday, April 8, the trio will perform a noon concert at Austin’s Moody Amphitheater during the total solar eclipse.

According to the venue, doors open at 11 a.m. and eclipse glasses will be provided at the show.

If you’re planning on conveniently calling out sick that day, tickets start at $109 before fees .

Vampire Weekend 2024 festival appearances

This year, Ezra, Chris and Chris are lending their talents to three major music festivals.

To find the one that best suits your tastes, we’ve listed all the essential information about each below.

Vampire Weekend set list

Although it’s likely Vampire Weekend will work the new album into the upcoming jaunt — they did name the tour after the record, after all — here’s a look at what they played at a concert on their 2019 ‘Father of the Bride Tour,’ courtesy of Set List FM :

01.) “Bambina” 02.) “Unbelievers” 03.) “Holiday” 04.) “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” 05.) “Sympathy” 06.) “Sunflower” 07.) “White Sky” 08.) “How Long?” 09.) “Rich Man” 10.) “Step” 11.) “Harmony Hall” 12.) “Diane Young” 13.) “Cousins” 14.) “A-Punk” 15.) “Hannah Hunt” 16.) “Oxford Comma” 17.) “Walcott”

Note: Based on our findings, the band mixed up what they played most nights . For a fuller look at what made the set list at other gigs, check out their complete concert history here .

Vampire Weekend new music

Ahead of the album’s release — the band’s first since the experimental two-track 40-minute “40:42” EP — Vampire Weekend dropped a pair of singles “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops.”

“Capricorn” is a gorgeous piano ballad that fits right in with the group’s Grammy winning “Father of the Bride.” Koenig’s soft, unassuming vocals glide over lush keys until the tune goes into overdrive two minutes in with discordant noise-rock before bringing it back to basics.

Clocking in at 3:47, “Gen-X Cops” transitions from an out and out garage rock anthem into something a bit more precious — a hard driving, head bopping indie anthem.

The two songs couldn’t be more different but both are distinctly Vampire Weekendian.

You can listen to both here .

Prefer a visual experience?

Click here to check out their music videos featuring footage from 1980s New York.

Vampire Weekend special guests

At all shows, expect a handful of exciting openers.

To get you up to speed with each of their sounds, check out each act’s most streamed song on Spotify (or YouTube) here:

Mark Ronson: “Uptown Funk”

Princess featuring Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum: “Purple Rain”

The English Beat: “Mirror in the Bathroom”

Ra Ra Riot: “Water”

Cults: “She Knows”

Turnstiles: “Wasting Away”

LA LOM: “El Sueno”

Voodoo Glow Skulls: “El Coo Cooi”

Mike Gordon: “Sweet Emotion”

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram: “Outside of this Town”

The Brothers Macklovitch: “Feed The Fire”

Indie rockers on tour in 2024

Many bands that broke ground in the skinny jeans era are out and about this year.

Here are just five of our favorites you won’t want to miss live.

•  LCD Soundsystem

•  Death Cab For Cutie with The Postal Service

•  Modest Mouse with Pixies

•  Two Door Cinema Club

•  The Decemberists

Who else is on the road these next few months? Check out our list of the 50 biggest concert tours in 2024 here to find out.

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Vampire Weekend Releases First New Music In Five Years and Announces Massive Tour Across North America

“Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops” Available Now

Watch both videos here and here, only god was above us out april 5, tour dates include saturday night + sunday morning shows in berkeley, ca, bonner,  mt and at  new york’s madison square garden.

Having ended a half decade of anticipation with last week’s album announcement, Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio and Chris Tomson p/k/a Vampire Weekend now fill that void with “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops,” a double portion of first tastes of the anxiously awaited Only God Was Above Us , available April 5 via Columbia Records. Pre-order is available now here . Simultaneously, the band has confirmed a full scale North American headline tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 39-date trek follows a select few previously announced festival headlines, a sold out show in the shadow of the solar eclipse, and will include three unique two-show engagements that will see Vampire Weekend play Saturday night shows followed by Sunday morning sets at the Greek Theater in Berkeley CA, KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner MT and New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The newly released pair of advance tracks showcase distinctly different aspects of Only God Was Above Us, while feeling very much parts of the same whole. “Capricorn,” written by Ezra Koenig and produced by Ariel Rechtstaid and Koenig, begins on a deceptively subdued note, its honeyed melodies and arpeggiated keys launching into a transcendent chorus featuring a maelstrom of distorted guitars and vibrant drum fills. “Gen-X Cops,” co-written by Koenig and Chris Tomson, and produced by Rechtstaid, Koenig and Tomson, kicks off with a frantic guitar figure befitting a title lifted from a 1990s Hong Kong action movie, and rides a jaunty beat to an anthemic refrain of “Each generation makes its own apology.”

Each of the new tunes is accompanied by a new video built around footage of New York circa 1988 by Only God Was Above Us album art photographer Steven Siegel. Directed by longtime Vampire Weekend creative director Nick Harwood, “Capricorn” is a visual journey to late ‘80s New York City that showcases the alluring yet grimy era of the city— before breaking to modern day Vampire Weekend. “Gen-X Cops,” directed by Drew Pearce (The Fall Guy, Hotel Artemis, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Iron Man 3), takes a decidedly different route to authenticity, utilizing the exact film-stocks Siegel used in 1988, and tracking down the only authentic 1970s New York subway car on the west coast. Pearce and DP Doug Emmett then meticulously researched the actual light patterns of 1980s subway tunnels in order to build a rig that would emulate them as well as shooting “Gen-X Cops” on 8mm and 16mm cameras to ensure maximum precision.

Only God Was Above Us will be available April 5 via Columbia Records and  will be available digitally, and physically on CD, standard black vinyl, limited edition clear vinyl on the band’s webstore, and with an alternate album cover available exclusively at Independent retailers. Pre-order here: https://vampireweekend.lnk.to/OGWAU/vinyl1

Support acts for Vampire Weekend’s upcoming tour have been hand-picked and carefully curated by Koenig, Baio and Tomson. Every region of the country will be treated to their own very special guests — several of whom hold local significance —all of whom are beloved by the band. Those guests include: LA LOM, The English Beat, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mike Gordon, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Ra Ra Riot, Princess featuring Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum, Cults, a DJ Set By Mark Ronson, Turnstiles and The Brothers Macklovitch. Please refer to the tour poster for more information on which acts will appear on which dates.

Citi is the official card of the Vampire Weekend Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, February 20 at 10 AM local time until Thursday, February 22 at 10 PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com .

Fans are encouraged to sign up now for early access to the band’s presales at vampireweekend.com . Those presales start Wednesday February 21 at 10 AM local time. The general on sale will begin Friday, February 23 at 10 AM local time at vampireweekend.com .

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

Only God Was Above Us

Mon Apr 08 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater (Solar Eclipse) –  SOLD OUT

Sat April 27 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival*

Fri May 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party*

Thu May 30 – Barcelona, Espana – Primavera Sound*

Thu Jun 06 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall

Fri Jun 07 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

Sun Jun 09 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre

Mon Jun 10 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

Wed Jun 12 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

Sat Jun 15 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley

Sun Jun 16 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley (Matinee Show)

Tue Jun 18 – Burnaby, BC – Deer Lake Park

Wed Jun 19 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater

Thu Jun 20 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

Sat Jun 22 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater

Sun Jun 23 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater (Matinee Show)

Fri Jul 19 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Mon Jul 22 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre

Tue Jul 23 – Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater

Thu Jul 25 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park

Fri Jul 26 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

Sat Jul 27 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

Tue Jul 30 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory

Thu Aug 01 – Milwaukee, WI – BMO Pavilion

Sat Aug 3 – St. Charles, IA – Hinterland*

Thu Sep 19 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center

Fri Sep 20 – Cincinnati, OH – The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park

Sat Sep 21 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park

Mon Sep 23 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre

Tue Sep 24 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

Wed Sep 25 – Laval, QC – Place Bell

Fri Sep 27 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Sat Sep 28 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann

Mon Sep 30 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

Wed Oct 02 – Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion

Sat Oct 05 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Sun Oct 06 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden (Matinee Show)

Tue Oct 08 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion

Wed Oct 09 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater

Fri Oct 11 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

Sat Oct 12 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park

Sun Oct 13 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit

Tue Oct 15 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Thu Oct 17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center

*Festival date

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Vampire Weekend Announces 2024 Tour Ahead of New Music 

The indie-rockers of Vampire Weekend are heading out on a tour this year in support of their forthcoming record, Only God Was Above Us.

The 39-date trek kicks-off on June 8 at Austin’s Moody Amphitheatre, followed by appearances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest, Salt Lake City’s Kirby Block Party, and Primavera Sound in Barcelona. From there, they’ll stop in cities like Seattle, Chicago, New York City, Washington, D.C., Toronto, and Nashville before returning to Austin to wrap-up at the Moody Center on October 17.

Throughout the run, they’ll be joined by a handful of opening acts, varying per date, including La Lom, The English Beat, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mike Gordon, Christone Ingram, Ra Ra Riot, Princess, Turnstiles, Mark Ronson, The Brothers Macklovitch, and Cults.

Presale tickets will be available Thursday, February 22 (code ENERGY ), followed by a public on-sale on Friday, February 23 via Vampire Weekend’s official website. Fans can also score tickets via MEGASeats (use code TICKETNEWS for 10% off your order), StubHub, or Ticket Club, where readers can obtain a free membership and avoid service fees with the code TICKETNEWS.

Only God Was Above Us, due April 5th via Columbia Records, will include previously-released tracks “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops.” The LP follows 2019’s  Father of the Bride  and 2013’s  Modern Vampires of the City.  The group is best-known for their 2008 debut smash-hit self-titled, which features tracks “A-Punk,” “Campus,” and “Oxford Comma.”

Find Vampire Weekend’s full round of upcoming tour dates below:

Vampire Weekend 2024 Tour Dates

04/08 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater (Solar Eclipse) 04/27 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 05/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party 05/30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound 06/06 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall ~ 06/07 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ~ 06/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre ~ 06/10 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre ~ 06/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *\ 06/15 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley & 06/16 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley (Matinee Show) & 06/18 – Burnaby, BC @ Deer Lake Park & 06/19 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater & 06/20 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena & 06/22 – Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater 06/23 – Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater (Matinee Show) 07/19 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 07/22 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre # 07/23 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinewood Bowl Theater # 07/25 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Saint Louis Music Park # 07/26 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island +# 07/27 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island +# 07/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory # 08/01 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Pavilion # 08/03 – St. Charles, IA @ Hinterland 09/19 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center ^ 09/20 – Cincinnati, OH @ The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park ^ 09/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park ^ 09/23 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre ^ 09/24 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage ^ 09/25 – Laval, QC @ Place Bell ^ 09/27 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden ^ 09/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann ^ 09/30 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem ^ 10/02 – Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion ^ 10/05 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden $() 10/06 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden (Matinee Show) $x 10/08 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion ^ 10/09 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater ^ 10/11 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater ^ 10/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park ^ 10/13 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit ^ 10/15 – St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre ^ 10/17 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center ^

~ = w/ La Lom * = w/ The English Beat \ = w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & = w/ Mike Gordon @ = w/ Christone “Kingfish” Ingram # = w/ Ra Ra Riot + = w/ Princess $ = w/ Turnstiles () = w/ Mark Ronson x = w/ The Brothers Macklovitch ^ = w/ Cults

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The band's new album, Only God Was Above Us, arrives on April 5th

Vampire Weekend have announced a 2024 North American tour and shared the first two singles from their upcoming album Only God Was Above : “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops.”

The 40-date tour kicks off in early June, following the band’s record release show in Austin and festival appearances at New Orleans Jazz Fest , Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City, and Primavera Sound in Barcelona. As part of the North American headlining run, they’ll play multiple shows at Madison Square Garden in New York, Huntington Bank Pavilion in Chicago, KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner, MT, and The Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Perhaps most exciting for Jamie Lee Curtis , Vampire Weekend’s visits to New York, Bonner, and Berkeley include matinee shows.

On their upcoming tour, Vampire Weekend will also share the stage with an eclectic mix of support acts, including Phish’s Mike Gordon, Maya Rudolph’s Prince cover band Princess, The English Beat, Ra Ra Riot, Cults, and the Billy Joel tribute act Turnstiles.

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Fans can look for deals or get tickets to sold-out shows via StubHub , where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.

To preview Only God Was Above Us , which arrives on April 5th via Columbia Records, Vampire Weekend have unveiled “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops.”

Both singles premiere with corresponding music videos as well, featuring street footage of New York from 1988 filmed by photographer Steven Siegel, who took the photo that serves as the artwork for Only God Was Above Us . Additionally, the video for “Gen-X Cops” includes shots of a the New York subway from the ’80s re-created with an authentic subway car, even featuring a “meticulously researched” lighting rig to accurately emulate the light patterns of the subway tunnels from that era. Watch the videos below.

Editor’s Note: Learn how to get tickets to Vampire Weekend’s 2024 tour here .

Vampire Weekend 2024 Tour Dates: 04/08 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater (Solar Eclipse) 04/27 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 05/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party 05/30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound 06/06 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall ~ 06/07 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ~ 06/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre ~ 06/10 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre ~ 06/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *\ 06/15 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley & 06/16 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley (Matinee Show) & 06/18 – Burnaby, BC @ Deer Lake Park & 06/19 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater & 06/20 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena & 06/22 – Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater 06/23 – Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater (Matinee Show) 07/19 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 07/20 – Dillon, CO @ Dillon Amphitheater @ 07/22 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre # 07/23 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinewood Bowl Theater # 07/25 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Saint Louis Music Park # 07/26 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island +# 07/27 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island +# 07/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory # 08/01 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Pavilion # 08/03 – St. Charles, IA @ Hinterland 09/19 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center ^ 09/20 – Cincinnati, OH @ The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park ^ 09/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park ^ 09/23 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre ^ 09/24 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage ^ 09/25 – Laval, QC @ Place Bell ^ 09/27 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden ^ 09/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann ^ 09/30 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem ^ 10/02 – Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion ^ 10/05 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden $() 10/06 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden (Matinee Show) $x 10/08 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion ^ 10/09 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater ^ 10/11 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater ^ 10/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park ^ 10/13 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit ^ 10/15 – St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre ^ 10/17 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center ^

~ = w/ La Lom * = w/ The English Beat \ = w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls & = w/ Mike Gordon @ = w/ Christone “Kingfish” Ingram # = w/ Ra Ra Riot + = w/ Princess $ = w/ Turnstiles () = w/ Mark Ronson x = w/ The Brothers Macklovitch ^ = w/ Cults

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On Tuesday, the music festival unveiled the official set times for Weekend One, which includes the surprise addition of Vampire Weekend to the lineup for Saturday.

The group, which dropped their album Only God Was Above Us on Friday, will perform on the Outdoor Theatre stage on Saturday at 5 p.m, marking the group’s return to the festival after more than a decade. The group has performed at Coachella in 2008, 2010, and 2013.

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The festival performance follows the group’s opening tour show in Austin on Monday. They’ll return to Southern California for shows in San Diego and at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl in June.

Missing from the set times are EDM act Magnetic Man, whose member Benga had Visa issues , and Tyla, who announced she’d be skipping Coachella and her tour due to an injury.

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For all the hoopla over this being an eclipse show, most of the audience was content to just keep their unshielded eyes on Koenig and company, content to wait until it actually got dark to pay too much attention to the cosmos’ shenanigans. These were mostly Vampire Weekend chasers, with eclipse-chasing taking a back seat. As totality approached, though, Koenig announced that the band would be taking a short intermission to let everyone focus on the impending darkness. I’d assumed maybe the band would actually pick its spaciest song and jam all the way through the 3-4 minutes of Texas totality. Or break out “Gen-X Cops,” the new song that begins with the line: “Blacken the sky and sharpen the axe!” Or cover Pink Floyd or Bonnie Tyler. (“Total Eclipse of the Heart” was at least used as the band’s walk-up music.)

Actually, Vampire Weekend wasn’t in danger of being overshadowed, as it were. Inside the Moody Amphitheatre in downtown Austin, totality was a little underwhelming, as the cloud cover grew thicker by the minute, until the shrinking sun became completely obscured about 10 minutes before the darkness really kicked in. Except for one blink-and-you-missed-it  reapparance, in which a short roar went up as the flaming corona became visible for all of two seconds. “Did you catch that one moment?” Koenig asked, after the band returned to the stage. “Talk about a buzzer-beater!”

This is supposed to be a music review, not an eclipse review, but we feel comfortable going on record as giving this particular experience of the phenomenon a Pitchfork rating of 5.2.

We can go considerably higher for the band’s performance itself, and recommend seeing it in a more standard setting on the road this summer and fall, when their shows presumably won’t be accompanied by blatant signs of God’s judgment on America. (Unless all the merch selling out prematurely counts also as a sign of divine distress. This was the first time I’d ever seen a merch table being dismantled completely around the time the music was getting underway, thanks to all of the band’s bespoke shirts and hats having been manufactured in amounts guaranteed not to meet demand.)

It wasn’t quite Springsteen-ian in its epic qualities, but the band’s Austin show did stretch to two hours and 20 minutes (counting that 10-minute break for everyone to ponder twilight). Its highlights included six songs being debuted from “Only God Was Above Us,” which was even a couple less than the set could have withstood, but not a bad ratio of terrific new songs nonetheless. These included two newbies right at the top of the show, “Ice Cream Piano” and “Classical,” and then, over the course of nature playing with its faulty light switch, “Connect,” “Gen-X Cops,” “Capricorn” and “Hope,” all good candidates to stay in the set even by the time Vampire Weekend has moved on to album six.

The sound of Vampire Weekend on record is pretty different from the live experience, now, just as it was with the last album, 2019’s “Father of the Bride,” with Koenig and co-producer Ariel Rechtshaid treating the music almost as a sonically unpredictable duo project in the studio. (Bassist Chris Baio and drummer Chris Tomson at least show up on about half the tracks, more than they did on “Father.”) Sometimes, when the new material is being played live, there’s more of a rush to the music, with a full seven-piece band taking it on; other times, you miss the eclectic touches from the records that can’t or shouldn’t be exactly recreated live.

Some of the group’s seminal tracks felt quaint now in the context of the more expansive newer stuff, like “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa,” from a period when being audacious meant playing in a style meant to feel like it was taking place under African skies. But some of the chestnuts really blossomed to life with this version of the band. “Sunflower,” in particular, was a gas, alternating quick sax and fiddle riffs, then combining those two instruments in riffage alongside the guitar, like the art-rock equivalent of a Southern rock band doing a three-guitar attack.

The rarity most delighting some hardcore fans was “Jonathan Low,” “one of our least-known songs,” probably brought out for this occasion specifically because of its origin point: it was written and recorded for the “Twilight: Eclipse” movie. “We should play that one more often,” Koenig conceded, sounding surprised after sticking the landing. “That’s a good song… Shout-out to Robert Pattinson and the whole gang,” he joked. (Earlier he made it clear they never saw the film.)

The first-half highlight was “Flower Moon,” also clearly given a special place in the spotlight because of its appropriate title, written into the setlist to be the song that would precede the moony intermission no matter what time the show got underway. It was funky and fusion-y, with solos for bass, sax and what sounded like a vintage Synclavier. If they had just kept that eight-minute jam going all the way into and through the peak darkness, it would have been a real moment. It still was, even with the sun still out.

In the second half, guests included Thomas Mars of Phoenix, joining Koenig for a first-time performance of their prior studio collaboration “Tonight,” and Dave 1 from Chromeo then guesting for “Needy Girl” — followed by those two French speakers leading the audience in a French version of “Happy Birthday to You,” in honor of this coincidentally being Koenig’s 40 th birthday.

The band didn’t bring in any special production design to enhance the experience, beyond a backdrop portraying an eclipse in all its phases, from beginning to end. But the two drummers did arrive equipped with complementary bass drum heads, each depicting Méliès-like faces of the sun and the moon. “See our custom drumheads?” Koenig asked. “I think (the artist) got the expressions just right. The sun looks pissed, but he’s about to laugh.”

The audience might have known how the sun felt… maybe a little pissy about missing out on all that bespoke merch, but all is forgiven when performances as awe-inspiring as “Sunflower” and “Flower Moon” are involved. Being in the path of totality, and in the path of total virtuosity: they’re both rare enough things.

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Vampire Weekend will return to Indianapolis this fall. Here's where and how to get tickets

Vampire Weekend will perform in Indianapolis this fall as part of their "Only God Was Above Us" Tour.

The indie rockers will play Everwise Amphitheater in downtown Indianapolis Sept. 21.

When they played the venue at White River State Park in 2019 , the band recorded a 26-song set that would eventually become their first official live release. They made the surprise announcement during their headlining set at Indianapolis' inaugural WonderRoad music festival in 2022.

"You probably always get people coming from all over saying, 'We love Indianapolis so much,'" frontman Ezra Koenig told festivalgoers. "But here's the thing: We really love that show. We really love Indianapolis." 

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Tickets for the September show go on sale Feb. 23, with presales starting at 10 a.m. Feb. 20. Ticket information and more is available bit.ly/3SKPPjm .

Contact IndyStar newsroom development director Holly Hays at [email protected]. Follow her on X/Twitter:  @hollyvhays .

Vampire Weekend is playing Coachella’s first weekend

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Vampire Weekend will appear as a last-minute addition to the lineup for this weekend’s Coachella festival .

Coachella said on social media Tuesday that the popular indie-rock band would play the festival’s first weekend, which is scheduled to run Friday through Sunday at Indio’s Empire Polo Club before repeating April 19-21. (No word on whether Vampire Weekend will appear during Weekend 2.)

Vampire Weekend, which is set to perform Saturday at 5 p.m. on Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre stage, released its latest album, “Only God Was Above Us,” last week; it previously played Coachella in 2013 and 2008.

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Indie rock band Vampire Weekend was added to the lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival Tuesday (à la recent Goldenvoice last-minute Coachella lineup additions such as Blink-182 last year and Arcade Fire in 2022).

The group's 45-minute afternoon set at Coachella on Saturday was a fun ride featuring everything from new songs to a surprise appearance by Paris Hilton playing cornhole.

This was the setlist:

• "Classical"
• "Unbelievers"
• "This Life"
• "Gen-X Cops"
• "Diane Young"
• Cocaine Cowboys mashup: Medley of "Married in a Gold Rush" (Vampire Weekend)/"All the Gold In California" (Gatlin Brothers Band)/"Sin City" (Flying Burrito Brothers)/"Cumberland Blues" (Grateful Dead) / "Possum" (Phish)

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Editor's note: The promo image for this story was taken during the band's last time performing at the festival in 2013. Fresh photos will be added to this story when they're ready.

Vampire Weekend turns Austin fans into creatures of the night at total solar eclipse concert

Despite the name, it’s always been easier to picture the members of Vampire Weekend guzzling clam chowder than blood. On Monday, though, our favorite Ivy League rock stars finally found meaningful communion with their undead namesakes. They came to Austin, put an army of the living under their thrall and cheered as the sun went black.

Out-of-towners and townies alike staked spots around the city to watch the total solar eclipse that afternoon. Some marked the moment with their favorite alt-rock stars at Moody Amphitheater in Waterloo Park. 

When first announced, the concert felt a bit random. The band is more associated with preppy northeastern idiosyncrasy than the sound of Texas skies. Nevermind all that. Vampire Weekend took a once-in-a-lifetime moment on the shores of Waller Creek and made mystic music, happy to be the opening act at their own show. 

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Consider the components of the vamps’ spell. The symbols of the lunar phases adorned the stage backdrop. It was frontman Ezra Koenig’s birthday. On one of their drums, the moon smiled; on the other, a wary sun shot a sideways glance. 

A little after noon, a de rigueur Bonnie Tyler needle drop heralded the band members. All dressed in black or white, except Koenig, who met the stifling humidity and vexingly cloudy skies with a Blind Melon T-shirt. ( “No Rain,” get it?)

The live debut of two tracks from new album “Only God Was Above Us” kicked things off. “Ice Cream Piano” rollicked with classic Vampy Weeks rhythm. Fans wearing galaxy-pattern shirts bopped to “Classical.” Koenig sang of bleak sunrises, and his impish crooning hadn’t weakened a bit over the years. If anything, his voice rode the bubbling percussion and sultry keys with warmer blood than the early days.

The crowd-pleasers really brought the birthday boy to life. His adorable shoulder shakes on “Unbelievers” punctuated more celestial lyrics: “See the sun go down/ It's going on down and the night is deep/ Want a little light/ But who's gonna save a little light for me?” Listen, if there’s an eclipse, you’re gonna hear what you need to hear.

Koenig’s falsetto shot straight to the sky on “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.” People’s eyes, cowering behind commemorative Vampire Weekend eclipse glasses, traced the arc of his voice right up to the clouds. Practice glances, the first of many. 

Wind started to cut the muck in the air. Koenig gesticulated with purpose while performing, with two fingers held up like a Boy Scout. Or, as it was easy to think while he sang “White Sky” with a glowing ring at his back, like Benedict Cumberbatch opening a dimensional portal in “Doctor Strange.”

See? Mystical.

The energy at the concert, on stage and off, seemed to grow more frantic as wispy gray stuff rolled away overhead. “How’s the sun looking?” Koenig asked the crowd after “Sunflower,” quickly chiding: “With glasses only.” Answer: like a Hostess CupCake with a big bite taken out. 

Not for long. The band played “Capricorn,” and suddenly the sky held the remains of a pancake that the whole table shared at brunch. 

The free love jangle of “This Life” reminded everyone that “pain is as natural as the rain” — hopefully neither’s services would be required Monday. 

New song “Gen-X Cops” squealed and careened on its steely strings, a fresh sound for the band. On the roof level of the amphitheater, two police officers peered up at the sky through their special glasses. 

Bassist Chris Baio shook his tail as the band pummeled “Diane Young.” Horn trills drilled through a frenetic “Cousins,” and suddenly you could see an orange peel through your glasses. The band treated everyone to a rarity: “Jonathan Low” from the soundtrack to “Twilight: Eclipse.” If not then, when? “Shoutout to Robert Pattinson and the whole gang,” Koenig said.

The invocation of Edward Cullen shifted the celestial bodies — a much more exciting thought than the boring truth of a well-scheduled setlist. From the darkened stage, a funky miasma of guitar, cymbals and soprano saxophone plunged the venue into a more feral place. The orange peel above had dieted its way to a fingernail clipping. Suspense built. Perhaps, even, unease. Koening’s elfin demeanor turned to trickster glee.

“Curse the night/ If the sun don't make things right,” he sang on “Flower Moon.” A clattering klatch of shakers and discordant guitar broke into a jazzy reverie. 

And then, it all stopped. Totality knocked. Let the experience be “beautiful, restorative, mystical,” Koenig urged. The band left the stage. 

Soon, the office lights from nearby buildings shone brighter than anything else. Everybody made two pivots — first away from the stage, then upward. A few people squeaked. More shushed their neighbors. For a few surreal moments, the shadows stole all the sound. Still, clouds covered the big show.

People started howling. Vampirism? Out. Lycanthropy? In.

One eager soul shouted: “Moon!”

For a few seconds, the blanket of cotton above spun out into threads. Just long enough. The eclipse — black hole, white glow — took center stage. The crowd went wild.

But the sky was on a dimmer switch. God’s house lights came up. Vampire Weekend returned. Koenig clutched his own eclipse glasses.

“Talk about a buzzer beater,” he cracked, adding, “That’s the main event — nature, reality, the universe.”

The rest of the concert felt like one long cigarette drag with a sheet clutched to your chest. Remarkable, really, because the band brought out some special guests. First, Thomas Mars of Phoenix joined Koenig to perform their fabulous collab, “Tonight.” Koenig sang, “You need a little splendor,” and as the previous ten minutes had proved, so true bestie.

Another Francophone, Dave 1 of Montreal’s Chromeo, took the stage next to perform “Needy Girl” with the band. Guitar ace/Paramore touring musician/Vampire Weekend ally Brian Robert Jones joined the band for “Harmony Hall.” 

That led into fan faves “Oxford Comma” and “A-Punk.” It seemed like things might wind down. The moon had long since left the building.

But no. The eclipse seemed to inspire literal lunacy in the band. Since 2019’s “Father of the Bride,” Vampire Weekend has embraced their jam band dreams. They gave Austin an extended honky-tonk medley dubbed “Cocaine Cowboys.” 

“It’s a ride,” Koenig warned.

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Truly, the frontman became Cowboy Koenig on that stage. (Or he entered his “Joanne” era — choose your diva.) Lyrics from the song “Married in a Gold Rush” took up residency at the Broken Spoke, full of newfound twang and boot-scootin’. Ghosts who flew in express from Graceland possessed Koenig and Baio’s legs. The band switched pardners, and “All the Gold in California” by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band cut in. 

“Here at Vampire Weekend, we’re not just singing about gold — we’re giving it away,” Koenig said. The crew brought out a giant eclipse-themed cornhole board. One of the band’s stage techs tossed golden bean bags at the hole. He sank a shot. 

As a reward, venue staff came down the aisles and flung gold-wrapped chocolate bars into the audience. One man a few rows back from the stage promptly unwrapped his catch and broke off its tiles like communion wafers, sharing them with his neighbors. An eclipse miracle.

Before sending everyone home with “Walcott,” Koenig, Austin’s newest high priest of the astral realm, gave a benediction.

“Thank you,” he said, “to the sun and the moon.”

Eric Webb is an award-winning culture writer based in Austin. Find him at www.ericwebb.me .

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Setlist for Vampire Weekend at Moody Amphitheater on April 8, 2024

• “Ice Cream Piano”
• “Classical”
• “Unbelievers”
• “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
• “White Sky”
• “Sunflower”
• “Capricorn”
• “This Life”
• “Gen-X Cops”
• “Diane Young”
• “Jonathan Low”
• “Flower Moon”

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• “Tonight” (Phoenix song with guest Thomas Mars)
• “Needy Girl” (Chromeo song with guest Dave 1)
• “Harmony Hall”
• “Oxford Comma”
• “Cocaine Cowboys” (country Western medley of “Married in a Gold Rush” by Vampire Weekend, “All the Gold in California” by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band and more)

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Vampire Weekend closed out their Coachella set over the weekend by bringing out Paris Hilton for a game of ‘Cornhole’. Find footage of the moment below.

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Ezra Koenig and Co. performed on the Saturday edition of Coachella (April 13), after being added to the Californian Music and Arts festival line-up at the last minute .

The night was headlined by Tyler, The Creator , and others performing on the second day of the first weekend included Sublime , No Doubt , Blur , Justice and Jon Batiste .

To open their set at the Outdoor Theatre stage, Vampire Weekend launched into ‘Classical’ – a song taken from their latest studio album ‘Only God Was Above Us’ . From there, they performed renditions of ‘Holiday’, ‘Unbelievers’, ‘This Life’ and ‘Diane Young’.

However, it was at the end of their set at the Indio festival that the band turned heads by diving into a country covers medley and bringing out two unconventional guests.

Titled ‘Cocaine Cowboys’, the medley saw the indie veterans start off with their song ‘Married In A Gold Rush’ – taken from their 2019 LP ‘Father Of The Bride’ – followed by Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band’s ‘All The Gold In California’, Gram Parsons’, Flying Burrito Brothers’ ‘Sin City’, Grateful Dead’s ‘Cumberland Blues’ and Phish’s ‘Possum’.

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During the middle of the medley, Koeing and co. brought out Paris Hilton and an impersonator of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, to play a game of “gold rush back toss” – better known as ‘Cornhole’.

While on stage, Hilton said she hadn’t played cornhole since her time on the mid-’00s reality show The Simple Life , and she promptly missed her two attempts.

Following the game, security handed out bars of “gold” to the crowd (Chocolate bars wrapped in gold foil), as Koeing told the crowd: “We told you Coachella, it’s golden.”

Watch more clips from the set below, and check out the full Vampire Weekend setlist.

The Paris Hilton cameo during Vampire Weekend’s set wasn’t the Aughts Coachella crossover I expected. But here we are. pic.twitter.com/lU5jMctRln — Drew Tewksbury (@drewtewksbury) April 14, 2024

Vampire Weekend played: 

‘Classical’ ‘Holiday’ ‘Unbelievers’ ‘This Life’ ‘Gen-X Cops’ ‘Diane Young’ ‘Cousins’ ‘A-Punk’ ‘Married in a Gold Rush’ / ‘All the Gold in California’ / ‘Sin City’ / ‘Cumberland Blues’ / ‘Possum’

Before their last-minute Coachella gig, Vampire Weekend played a special gig to mark the recent total solar eclipse .

Held on April 8, the New York band took to the stage at the scenic Moody Amphitheater in Austin, Texas and played through the solar eclipse. The set included the live debut of new songs and a variety of special guests.

‘Only God Was Above Us’, which was released earlier this month (April 5) and was given a four-star review by NME . “It’s an ambitious concoction of sounds that don’t seem to exist in the same realm, yet intertwine naturally beneath [frontman Ezra] Koenig’s increasingly sullen vocals,” it read.

The band will head out on tour in North America , as well as in Europe, the UK and Ireland this year. Vampire Weekend are due to perform at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Luton next month .

For more live updates as it happens, check out NME’ s liveblog for Coachella 2024 here .

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Vampire Weekend’s New Album Goes Underground and All Over

Digging into “only god was above us,” an lp that’s both catchy and complex..

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Vampire Weekend recently released its fifth album, “Only God Was Above Us .” From the band that got started nearly two decades ago at Columbia University but now resides in Los Angeles, it’s an LP that ponders hitting 40, the lessons of history, generational legacies, myths and memories of New York City and Vampire Weekend’s own peculiar status as both an indie-rock success story and an arty pop outlier. It’s also the band’s noisiest album — and perhaps its kindliest.

On this week’s Popcast with the guest host Jon Pareles, three critics discuss Vampire Weekend’s latest conundrums, counterpoint, sonic extremes and hidden jam-band core — and its fascination with tunnels.

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Matthew Strauss, deputy managing editor of Pitchfork

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Vampire Weekend took over the SiriusXMU channel this past weekend to celebrate the release of their new album, Only God Was Above Us . The band hung out in the SiriusXM studio to record interview segments and a stripped-down live session, during which the group covered Grateful Dead’s “Peggy-O” with help from Amber Coffman and violinist Ray Suen. Vampire Weekend also played acoustic renditions of their new songs. Watch their take on “Peggy-O” below.

Only God Was Above Us is Vampire Weekend’s fifth studio and includes the singles “ Mary Boone ,” “ Capricorn ,” “ Gen-X Cops ,” and “ Classical .” The band also launched a podcast tied to the record, Vampire Campfire ; in each episode, band members discuss the making of the record and its songs.

Earlier this week, on Monday, April 8, Vampire Weekend played a special show in Austin, Texas, to coincide with the solar eclipse. And, last night, they joined the jam band Goose at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. Together, the groups played “Gen-X Cops” and a 31-minute take on “ Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa .” Watch the performance below.

In further Vampire Weekend news, they were on The Daily Show for an interview and “Mary Boone” performance. Check that out below, too.

Read about Vampire Weekend’s Contra and Modern Vampires of the City on Pitchfork’s list “ The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s .”

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Scenes From Coachella 2024

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• April 15, 2024

Crowds of music fans gathered once more in Indio, California, this weekend for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, catching performances by Doja Cat, Jon Batiste, Vampire Weekend, Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Yachty, Gwen Stefani, Peso Pluma, Atarashii Gakko, the Aquabats, and many more artists. Gathered below are images of this year’s performances and concertgoers during the first weekend of Coachella 2024.

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Brittany Howard performs onstage at Coachella 2024 in Indio, California, on April 12, 2024. #

Festivalgoers are seen running to the gates during the first weekend of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2024. #

From left: Muno, Foofa, Plex, Brobee, and Toodee, of Yo Gabba Gabba, pose at the Coachella Festival on April 13, 2024. #

Flore Benguigui of L'Impératrice performs at the Outdoor Theatre on April 12, 2024. #

Festivalgoers watch the 88rising Futures showcase at the Mojave Tent. #

Xin Liu performs at the Mojave Tent on April 14, 2024. #

A view of the festival grounds at the Empire Polo Club, seen on April 12, 2024. #

The Aquabats perform on the Sonora stage on April 13, 2024. #

Thuy poses for a portrait backstage on April 13, 2024, in Indio, California. #

From left: Chris Baio and Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend perform at the Outdoor Theatre. #

A festivalgoer attends the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. #

Sabrina Carpenter performs on April 12, 2024. #

Grimes performs at the Sahara Stage on Day Two of Coachella 2024. #

Festivalgoers watch Lil Uzi Vert perform on April 12, 2024. #

Doja Cat performs on the Coachella Stage on April 14, 2024. #

Peggy Gou performs at the Sahara Tent. #

Reneé Rapp performs at the Outdoor Theatre on April 14, 2024. #

Jon Batiste, seen onstage during the the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival #

Lil Yachty performs at the Mojave Tent on April 14, 2024. #

Festivalgoers watch a performance at the Mojave Tent on April 14, 2024. #

From left: Huh Yun-jin, Sakura Miyawaki, Kazuha, Kim Chae-won and Hong Eun-chae of Le Sserafim perform at the Sahara Tent on April 13, 2024. #

Shakira performs with the Argentine record producer and songwriter Bizarrap on the Sahara Stage. #

Damon Albarn of Blur performs on the Coachella Stage on April 13, 2024. #

NAV performs at the Sahara Stage on Day Three, April 14, 2024. #

From left: Gwen Stefani and Olivia Rodrigo perform on the Coachella Stage on April 13, 2024, in Indio, California. #

Gesaffelstein performs at the Outdoor Theatre on April 13, 2024. #

Ice Spice performs on the Sahara Stage on Day Two of Coachella 2024. #

Abigail Morris of The Last Dinner Party sings onstage on April 13, 2024. #

From left: Peso Pluma and Becky G, in performance on the Coachella Stage on April 12, 2024 #

Kanon, Rin, Suzuka, and Mizyu of Atarashii Gakko! perform in the Gobi Tent at Coachella 2024. #

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Kid Cudi Added to 2024 Coachella Weekend Two Lineup

The musician will return to the California festival and perform on the Sahara stage

Kid Cudi is the latest artist to join the 2024 Coachella lineup.

On Tues., April 16, the festival announced that the "Day 'n' Nite" artist, 40, would be a part of the Weekend Two lineup.

In an Instagram post of the updated schedule for Weekend Two, Cudi was slated to perform from 5:10 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. at the Sahara tent.

“On the pursuit of happiness," the post teased.

The rapper/singer is set to replace Vampire Weekend, who performed during Weekend One — with a surprise appearance from Paris Hilton — and will not be playing the festival during Weekend Two.

Cudi last performed at Coachella in 2019 where he wrapped up his set with a dedication to Nipsey Hussle and Mac Miller , singing “Pursuit of Happiness” to both musicians, who had died the year before.

In March, Cudder announced he would be hitting the road this summer for the Insano World Tour — in support of his ninth studio album of the same name, which was released in January — per Billboard .

Cudi is set to kick the tour off in Austin, Texas on June 28 and will perform at arenas across the country throughout the summer.

He will be joined by collaborator  Pusha T , as well as  Jaden Smith , EARTHGANG, Chelsea Pastel and Siena Bella on select dates.

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The Insano World Tour will feature 43 shows throughout cities including New York City, Nashville, Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Detroit, his hometown of Cleveland, Denver, Phoenix, San Diego, Las Vegas and Seattle.

Cudi will wrap up the North American leg in Los Angeles on Aug. 30 at the Crypto.com Arena.

At the top of 2025, he will head overseas to continue the tour, performing at London’s O2 Arena, Germany, Italy, France, Ireland and other cities throughout the U.K.

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