Vampire Weekend Announce May Release For The New Album Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend's third album is titled Modern Vampires Of The City, and will be released on 6th May 2013 on XL Recordings (7th May in the US).

The band are also set to head out on tour surrounding the album's release. The tour dates are listed below, and include European shows in London (The Troxy, 8th May) and Paris (Casino De Paris, 10th May), in addition to a full North American tour and the previously announced Coachella Festival. The band will also perform in Austin at this year's SXSW.

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 Vampire Weekend's official website to sign up for a special ticket pre-sale which begins on Wednesday 6th February.

Modern Vampires Of The City Tracklist:
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

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
19th      Kansas City, MO - Midland Theater
20th      Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (co-headline with Of Monsters And Men)
21st       Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden Amphitheater
23rd      Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium

Vampire Weekend are: Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio