Vampire Weekend will livestream a concert in Austin, Texas next month that is set to take place during a total solar eclipse.
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The band will play the Moody Amphitheater in the city on Monday, April 8, with the show expected to start at 12pm local time (5pm UK time), and run for approximately two and a half hours.
At 1:36pm, there will be around two minutes of complete darkness as the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun, with parts of North America projected to experience the rare event.
The band will livestream the show via the streaming platform Veeps. Tickets are free and can be claimed here.
The show will take place just three days after the release of the bandâs fifth album âOnly God Was Above Usâ, and last week, they released the latest single âClassicalâ.
That followed up the two previously released singles âCapricornâ and âGen-X Copsâ. The album is out on April 5 via Columbia and you can pre-order/pre-save it here.
It is their first album since 2019âs âFather Of The Brideâ. In a four-star review, NME wrote: âDepending on your mood, thereâll be songs youâd happily lop off for a more streamlined listen, but by and large, all of these songs make the patchwork much more vibrant. If thereâs another wait this long for album five, we trust that theyâll make use of the time.â
The band also recently launched a new podcast called âVampire Campfireâ. Episodes will be âreleased semi-regularly for the foreseeable futureâ, offering an invite âbehind the scenes into a longstanding and formerly private Vampire Weekend ritual: the frequent campfire chats where Baio, CT and Koenig convene to discuss and brainstorm all things Vampire Weekend â and so much more.â
Fans have also been told that there will be Vampire Weekend âEaster Eggsâ on the podcast and they will be given âadvance insightsâ into the bandâs new album.â
Elsewhere, they also recently announced a huge 2024 North American tour kicking off in April.
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