Today, Vampire Weekend revealed full details of their new album, Modern Vampires Of The City, to be released by XL on May 13th/14th (US).
Eagle-eyed readers of New York Times would've noticed this in today's classified section:
The band then tipped off fans by Twitter at 8am in New York.
At 9am in New York, the band relaunched their website to reveal full details of the album. The tracklist of Modern Vampires Of The City is:
1) Obvious Bicycle
2) Unbelievers
3) Step
4) Diane Young
5) Don't Lie
6) Hannah Hunt
7) Everlasting Arms
8) Finger Back
9) Worship You
10) Ya Hey
11) Hudson
12) Young Lion
The band are set to head out on tour surround the album's release, playing across North America (including Coachella and SXSW), London (The Troxy, 8th May) and Paris (Casino De Paris, 10th May).
More dates will be announced soon.
Tickets for the London and Paris shows go on general sale at 9am on Friday 8th February but fans can head to www.vampireweekend.com to sign up for a special ticket pre-sale which begins on Wednesday 6th February.
TOUR DATES:
March
13th-16th Austin, TX - SXSW
April
12th Las Vegas, NV - The Cosmopolitan
14th Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
16th Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall at UC Davis
17th Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
21st Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
May
8th LONDON, UK - The Troxy
10th PARIS, FR - Casino De Paris
15th Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
16th Toronto, ONT - Sony Centre
17th Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
20th Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
21st Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheater
23rd Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium
