Vampire Weekend Playing Barclays Center, Presale Starts Tomorrow, New Album Being Released A Week Late

Vampire Weekend at Barclays Center
Vampire Weekend

Intrepid readers of this week’s presales column might have noticed that Vampire Weekend are playing a big show at the Barclays Center on September 20. Tickets for that show go on Amex presale on Wednesday, May 1 at 10AM.

Vampire Weekend’s new album, Modern Vampires of The City, will be released on May 14 via XL. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the album is being released a week late.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND’S UPCOMING ALBUM MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY WILL BE RELEASED ON MAY 13, ONE WEEK LATER THAN ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED DUE TO UNANTICIPATED DELAYS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PHYSICAL COPIES OF THE RECORD. THE NEW DATE ENSURES THAT CD’S AND VINYL WILL BE IN STORES ON RELEASE DAY.

WE ALL WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS RECORD AND PROMISE IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT. [VampireWeekend.com]

Videos for the new singles “Diane Young” and “Step” and more Vampire Weekend tour dates after the jump.

Last but not least, you can now relive Vampire Weekend’s live Amex Unstaged show from the Roseland Ballroom on YouTube.

Vampire Weekend 2013 Tour Dates
05/02/13 London, United Kingdom The Troxy
05/15/13 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
05/16/13 Toronto, ON Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
05/17/13 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
05/18/13 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
05/20/13 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
05/21/13 Salt Lake City, UT Red Butte Garden
05/23/13 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
05/24/13 Quincy, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
05/29/13 Paris, France Casino De Paris
06/23/13 Dover, DE Dover International Speedway
06/26/13 Glastonbury Festival, Pilton
06/27/13 O2 Academy Bournemouth, Bournemouth
06/28/13 Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth
07/04-07 Rock Werchter, Werchter
07/04/13 Werchter, Belgium Festivalpark
07/06/13 London, United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
07/07/13 Amsterdam, Holland De Werald Draait Buiten
07/09/13 Cholet, Poupet Festival
07/12/13 Lisbon, Portugal Passeio Maritimo De Alges
07/13/13 Bilbao, Spain BBK Live
07/19/13 East Sussex, United Kingdom The Convent Field
07/20/13 Dublin, Ireland Marlay Park
08/02/13 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
08/03/13 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
08/04/13 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
08/09/13 Squamish, BC Loggersports Grounds
08/11/13 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands
09/20/13 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
09/28/13 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
10/08/13 Kansas City, MO The Midland By AMC