Tonight (June 23rd), Vampire Weekend play an intimate free gig in Torino, Italy. The gig is being filmed in 3-D for screening by MTV at a later date. We have 10 pairs of tickets to give away. To stand a chance of winning a pair of tickets pls e-mail rsvp@xlrecordings.com by 6pm CEST to be entered into the draw.
However, if you can't make it to Italy tonight, Vampire Weekend will be heading to a town near you very soon. The entire run of shows include dates in some legendary venues. They include a show at Red Rocks, a sold-out three night stand in the band's hometown at the legendary Radio City Music Hall, and a show in Los Angeles at the gorgeous Hollywood Bowl.
The band's sophomore release, Contra, was released by XL Recordings on January 12th and debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, which was a first for a truly independent release by an indie rock band. Their self-titled debut album was recently certified gold. Since the album's release, the band has performed on a number of late-night television shows, including most recently The Colbert Report where they performed"Holiday"and debated the need for an Oxford Comma with Stephen Colbert.
Watch here (US Only):Interview/Performance
Earlier this month, the band also made a surprise appearance in New York at Conan O'Brien's Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Televisiontour. The band played"Walcott"and Conan even joined them on guitar for the rendition. Vampire Weekend is spending most of the summer playing shows all over the world including Glastonbury, Roskilde, Montreaux Jazz Festival, T In The Park, Benicassim, Latitude and more before the start of their tour in Vancouver on 8/27.
8/27 Vancouver, BC Malkin Bowl *
8/28 Vancouver, BC Malkin Bowl *
8/29 Redmond, WA Marymoor Amphitheater *
8/31 Troutdale, OR Edgefield Amphitheater *
NEW - 9/1 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre #
NEW - 9/2 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue #
9/3 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater *
9/5 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom *
NEW - 9/6 Bloomington, IN IU Auditorium *
9/7 Toronto, ONT Molson Canadian Amphitheater *
9/8 Montreal, QUE Metropolis Theater£
NEW - 9/10 Rochester, NY Main Street Armory *
9/11 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion *
9/12 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion *
NEW - 9/13 Holyoke, MA Mountain Park *
9/15 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall *
9/16 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall *
9/17 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall *
NEW - 9/25 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre Berkeley $
9/26 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl $
NEW - 9/28 San Diego, CA Soma $
NEW - 9/29 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl At The Palms $
NEW - 10/3 St.Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena $
NEW - 10/4 Tulsa, OK The Brady Theater $
NEW - 10/6 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom $
NEW - 10/7 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre $
10/8 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
NEW - 10/11 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live $
NEW - 10/13 Miami Beach, FL The Fillmore Miami Beach $
* = with Beach House + Dum Dum Girls
$ = with Beach House + The Very Best
£ = with Dum Dum Girls
# = with Beach House
