Vampire Weekend has confirmed the itinerary of its most ambitious North American tour to date, running May 17 through October 8. Produced by Live Nation, the Father of the Bride Tour will feature the band’s biggest headline shows to date, including a September 6 stand at Madison Square Garden, an October 2 stop at the Hollywood Bowl, and festival headlines including Hangout in Gulf Shores, AL and Firefly in Dover, DE.
Tickets for the Vampire Weekend 2019 Tour go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, February 8th at 12pm local time at LiveNation.com. To ensure tickets get in to the hands of fans and not scalpers or bots, the tour has partnered with Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan platform. Fans can register now through Sunday, February 3rd at 12pm EST HERE for the Verified Fan presale.
Registered fans who receive a code will have access to purchase tickets before the general public on Tuesday, February 5th at 10am local time through Thursday, February 7th at 10pm local time. More on verified fan here: https://verifiedfan.ticketmaster.com/vampireweekend.
Every online ticket purchased by U.S. residents will be accompanied by a physical CD copy of the band’s forthcoming album, Father of the Bride.
Last week Vampire Weekend released the songs “Harmony Hall” and “2021” from their upcoming fourth album, Father of the Bride, to an ecstatic critical reaction including:
Father of the Bride will be released spring 2019 on Columbia Records.
In other news, congratulations are due to Vampire Weekend and XL Recordings on the band’s eponymous debut album being certified Platinum by the RIAA for U.S. sales in excess of 1,000,000.
Vampire Weekend was released January 29th, 2008 by XL, and debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. In addition to being newly certified Platinum in the U.S., the album has previously been certified Platinum by the BPI in the UK, and Gold by Music Canada and ARIA in Australia.
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
North American Father of the Bride Tour 2019
May 17, 2019 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Festival
June 05, 2019 – Toronto, ON – RBC Echo Beach
June 07, 2019 – Indianapolis, IN – Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park
June 08, 2019 – Milwaukee, WI – BMO Harris Pavilion
June 09, 2019 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
June 11, 2019 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
June 12, 2019 – St. Louis, MO – Fabulous Fox Theatre
June 14, 2019 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
June 15, 2019 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion
June 16, 2019 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
June 18, 2019 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
June 21, 2019 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
June 22, 2019 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 23, 2019 – Dover, DE – Firefly Festival
August 16, 2019 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
August 17, 2019 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
August 18, 2019 – Dallas, TX – Toyota Music Factory
August 20, 2019 – Austin, TX – ACL Live
August 21, 2019 – Austin, TX – ACL Live
August 24, 2019 – Miami, FL – James L. Knight Center
August 25, 2019 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
August 27, 2019 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
August 30, 2019 – Norfolk, VA – Ted Constant Convocation Center
September 03, 2019 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
September 04, 2019 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts
September 06, 2019 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
September 08, 2019 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
September 25, 2019 – Vancouver, BC – Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park
September 27, 2019 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theater
September 28, 2019 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Edgefield
October 01, 2019 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
October 02, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
October 03, 2019 – San Diego, CA – CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
October 06, 2019 – Salt Lake City, UT- The Complex
October 08, 2019 – Denver, CO- Red Rocks Amphitheatre
