Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend “having more fun on the road” ahead of Edinburgh gig

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Vampire Weekend “having more fun on the road” ahead of Edinburgh gig

Ahead of their visit to Edinburgh later this year, New York indie favourites Vampire Weekend have said expanding their live show and recruiting new members has changed their touring dynamic. Speaking to NME, Ezra Koenig said: “We’re having more fun on the road these days. In the early days, we never had enough people to cover all the parts. It was just a little more intense, playing live with only four people. “The records were…

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Listen to two new songs from Vampire Weekend

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Listen to two new songs from Vampire Weekend

Ahead of their visit to Edinburgh later this year, Vampire Weekend have shared two new tracks from their forthcoming album. You can listen to them right here. The New York indie favourites, who will call at the Usher Hall on 7 November before playing headline shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London, continue to preview Father of The Bride ahead its release. The band’s last album was 2013’s Modern Vampires Of The City. After previously debuting…

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Vampire Weekend to kick off 2019 UK tour in Edinburgh

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Vampire Weekend to kick off 2019 UK tour in Edinburgh

New York indie favourites Vampire Weekend will kick off their first full UK tour in six years in Edinburgh later this year. The band will call at the Usher Hall on 7 November before playing headline shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London. The tour news follows Vampire Weekend’s recent announcement that they will return to London later this month for a string of intimate shows. Vampire Weekend will be touring the UK this November in…

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Listen: Vampire Weekend share new songs Harmony Hall and 2021

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Listen: Vampire Weekend share new songs Harmony Hall and 2021

New York indie favourites Vampire Weekend have returned with their first new material in six years – and you can listen to new tracks Harmony Hall and 2021 here. Lifted from forthcoming album Father Of The Bride, the two tracks were teased earlier this week in a two-hour instrumental video. Now, the band have finally shared the songs. Harmony Hall was written by Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig and produced by Ariel Rechtshaid and Koenig,…

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Vampire Weekend set to release double album

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Vampire Weekend set to release double album

New York indie outfit Vampire Weekend have revealed they are to release an 18-song double album – with the first two songs set to drop next week. Frontman Ezra Koenig announced on Instagram that the band plans to release “three 2-song drops every month until the record is out,” starting next week. In the post, Koenig wrote: “This album didn’t really take any longer to write/record than MVOTC [‘Modern Vampires Of The City’]. We just…

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“Brilliant” new Vampire Weekend album on its way, says label boss

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“Brilliant” new Vampire Weekend album on its way, says label boss

With Vampire Weekend’s eagerly-awaited fourth album set to be released next year, the president of Columbia Records has claimed that the New Yorkers’ newbie will be “your favourite record next year”. Speaking to Music Week about the band’s as-yet untitled record, Ferdy Unger-Hamilton said: “The record’s brilliant, it’s going to go really well.” “It will be your favourite record next year – and they’ll come in and do some shows. Unger-Hamilton went on to say…

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