Vampire Weekend announces North American tour
Not only did Vampire Weekend manage to pry itself from the local J.Crew long enough to record Contra, the follow-up to its 2008 self-titled debut, the preppy indie-pop quartet just announced an extensive North American tour, Pitchfork reports, with the band swinging through Chicago on March 25 at Riviera Theater. The band plans to be mighty busy until then, with three January shows in New York and a 19-date European tour afterward before heading back to the States in the spring. While Contra officially drops on Jan. 12, the band has taken the now standard "nobody's going to buy it anyway" approach by streaming the whole damn album on its MySpace page. The spring North American dates are below.
03-14 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Event Centre
03-15 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall
03-16 Missoula, MT - Wilma Theatre
03-18 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
03-19 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
03-20 Aspen, CO - Spring Jam Core Party
03-22 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
03-23 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
03-25 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
03-27 Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre
03-29 Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion
03-30 Toronto, Ontario - The Sound Academy
04-01 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
04-02 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
04-03 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall
04-05 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
04-06 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
04-08 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
04-09 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
04-10 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
04-11 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
04-13 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
04-14 Pomona, CA - Fox Theater
04-19 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
