Vampire Weekend Confirms 9/28 Hollywood Bowl Performance

By: Apr. 22, 2013
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Just added to the Hollywood Bowl 2013 summer season is VAMPIRE WEEKEND, confirmed to headline on Saturday, September 28, sharing the bill with BEIRUT.

Single tickets are available for purchase beginning Saturday, May 4. "Five or More" subscriptions for the Hollywood Bowl 2013 summer season are available now at http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/buy-5-or-more.

Vampire Weekend returns to the Hollywood Bowl in support of their anticipated third album, Modern Vampires of the City, scheduled for release on May 14 by XL Recordings. Ezra and Rostam, the songwriting team behind the band, worked more closely than ever on this album. Most songs began one of two ways: either with Rostam creating a piece of music that often included drums, bass, and chords and sending this to Ezra to write lyrics and melodies on top of, or with Ezra beginning the song by writing lyrics and melodies, sometimes chords as well, and the two of them sculpting the instrumental setting for the track around those. In the summer of 2012, the two traveled to LA to collaborate with Rostam's longtime friend, and fellow producer, Ariel Rechtshaid. They brought with them writing and recording sessions from New York and Martha's Vineyard. The three began to stride towards realizing the finished album and were later joined by drummer Chris Tomson and bassist Chris Baio. The album has a grandeur and romanticism evocative of the city where it was conceived. Church organs, deep synth bass, booming drums, choirs chanting in Latin are all combined with classic Vampire Weekend joyfulness and spry humor.


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