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Photos by Jason Bergman

Vampire Weekend, perhaps you've heard of them? The Columbia-educated quartet took to the stage at New York City's Bowery Ballroom last night for a record release show that just as well might have been a post-tour homecoming gig: smiles all around, loads of people singing along, spastic fans losing their shit. Instead it was an auspicious start to an ambitious tour that won't wrap up until April. Given the rate things are going, these guys should have called themselves Vampire Decade.

Meanwhile, openers Beat the Devil came just shy of living up to their name, beating some drums instead and wielding an oversize shovel while screaming. Fun! More photos and all VW's tour dates below.

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BEAT THE DEVIL






Vampire Weekend:

01-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^
01-31 San Francisco, CA - Popscene
02-01 San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Records (in-store)
02-04 Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Records (in-store)
02-06 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
02-07 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
02-08 Williamstown, MA - Williams College Currier Ballroom
02-09 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
02-11 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
02-13 Cincinnati, OH - The Gypsy Hut
02-14 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center
02-15 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
02-21 London, England - ULU
02-22 Wolverhampton, England - Civic
02-23 Oxford, England - Academy
02-24 Brighton, England - Audio
02-27 Manchester, England - Academy 2
02-28 Glasgow, Scotland - Classic Grand
03-06 Orlando, FL - The Social *
03-07 South Florida Everglades, FL - Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation (Langerado)
03-08 St. Augustine, FL - Café Eleven *
03-09 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
03-10 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree *
03-12-16 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-19 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
03-20 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
03-22 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
03-23 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Shop
03-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03-26 Seattle, WA - Neumos
03-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
03-29 Missoula, MT - Badlander
03-30 Boise, ID - Neurolux
04-01 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
04-25 Indio, CA - Coachella

^ with Aa, Plastic Little
* with the Walkmen