Vampire Weekend’s rumoured collaboration with Jonah Hill has surfaced in the form of the brand new video for “Sunflower”.
As previously reported, the video was directed by Hill, filmed at locations on New York’s Upper West Side including Zabar’s and Barney Greengrass.
The “Sunflower” clip stars Ezra Koenig and Steve Lacy (who features on the song), with surprise cameos including Jerry Seinfeld and Fab 5 Freddy.
“Sunflower” is half of the second pair of songs to be released in advance of Vampire Weekend’s forthcoming Father of the Bride, which will be released May 3rd on Columbia Records. Pre-orders are available now across digital platforms. For physical pre-orders, including CD, cassette, standard black vinyl and exclusive limited edition orange vinyl, click here.
Meanwhile, Vampire Weekend arrive in the UK next week to play three intimate underplay shows. The shows take place at London’s EartH in Hackney (Thursday March 21) and Islington Assembly Hall (evening show on Friday 22nd and a special morning event on Saturday 23rd) with tickets going on general sale 10am on Thursday March 14th. Fans who pre-order the album today will gain first access to tickets for the dates immediately.
Father of the Bride’s release will be followed by Vampire Weekend’s most ambitious north American tour to date, preceded by a headline appearance at the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and beginning a run of arena and amphitheatre headline dates throughout North America. The tour will include the band's biggest hometown show to date June 6th at Madison Square Garden—having immediately sold out the standard end stage configuration at MSG, Vampire Weekend have opened up every seat in the building to allow for a full 360 show. Full details via https://www.vampireweekend.com/
The March UK dates are as follows:
Thursday 21st March EartH, London, UK Friday 22nd March Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK (evening show) Saturday 23rd March Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK (morning show)
