Vampire Weekend performing during the Father of the Bride Tour at the ACL Live Moody Theater in Austin, Texas on August 21, 2019, with Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, and Christopher Tomson.
Vampire Weekend formed in New York City in 2006 when bandmates Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson, and Chris Baio met while attending Columbia University and realized their shared interest in punk rock and African music. After graduating, the band began recording its self-titled debut.Setlist for the show at the ACL Live Moody Theater
The album received positive internet buzz before its official release, with the single “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” making it onto Rolling Stone’s 2007 list of “100 Best Songs of the Year.” Following the album’s release in 2008, Spin chose Vampire Weekend as “The Year’s Best New Band.” The band’s second album, Contra, was released in 2010, becoming Vampire Weekend’s first album to debut at the Number One spot on the Billboard 200, and received a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.
In 2013, the band released its third album, Modern Vampires of the City, to nearly identical success. The album debuted at the top of the charts (marking the first time an independent rock band has had two consecutive Number One releases) and earned the band its second Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. The album also topped Rolling Stone‘s list of the “50 Best Albums of 2013.”
- Holiday
- Boston (Ladies of Cambridge)
- Bambina
- How Long?
- Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
- Sunflower
- Unbelievers
- Sympathy
- Unbearably White
- Ottoman
- Big Blue
- Diplomat's Son
- This Life
- Hold You Now
- Harmony Hall
- Diane Young
- Cousins
- A-Punk
- Vampire Blues
- Giving Up the Gun
- Oxford Comma
- Obvious Bicycle
- Stranger
- Hudson
- California English
- Worship You
- Ya Hey
Vampire Weekend was the main act at the ACL Live Moody Theater with guests Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. The band continues across the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Australia with the last stop at the Falls Festival in Fremantle WA, Australia on January 4, 2020.
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