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Vampire Weekend have ditched their preppy look for goth garbs in the video for their forthcoming single, 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa'.

Vampire Weekend are about to embark on their biggest UK tour yet.

Vampire Weekend have announced a nine-date UK headline tour, including two nights at London's Forum. The October dates will kick off at the Birmingham Academy

Were any other weekend to stretch on this long, there would be bottles strewn everywhere, ever-flimsier excuses for missing work, and maybe even some talk of rehab. But this is, of course, a Vampire Weekend. And when those boys get together to keep that Saturday/Sunday vibe alive for a few more months on the road? Well, I think we can all raise a glass to that.

The band recently snuck in a few more U.S. dates in September, plus a full-on UK jaunt to close out October [via NME]. And the days of wine and roses live on.

Hey, we're about to have us a Vampire Weekend of our very own here in Chicago too, what with the outfit's performance at the looming Pitchfork Music Festival.

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Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, The Hold Steady and Les Savy Fav are among the bands headlining this year's Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle.

Vampire Weekend have announced a new autumn UK tour.

It can be hard work going to gigs - particularly when you have to do the singing

Yeasayer wowed a small but excitable crowd at Oxegen's 2FM New Band Stage/ Futures tent going up against The Enemy on the nearby O2 Stage.

Vampire Weekend played their first ever Irish show tonight (July 12), playing to a packed out Green Room tent at the Oxegen Festival.

Australia's Splendour in the Grass festival returns to Byron Bay's Belongil Fields on August 2 and 3 for another couple days of splendid music. Despite its name, we can't imagine it's any easier to smuggle weed into this place than, say, Bonnaroo. Wait, so... it's really easy?! (Don't do drugs.)

ANYway...Splendour in the Grass' 2008 lineup includes Band of Horses, Sigur Rós, Vampire Weekend, Albert Hammond Jr., Robert Forster, the Drones, Devo, Tricky, MSTRKRFT, Wolfmother, Lightspeed Champion, Lyrics Born, Ben Lee, Cold War Kids, the Polyphonic Spree, the Grates, the Wombats, the Vines, Van She, and New Young Pony Club.