Just a few days after Vampire Weekend released their great new album Father of the Bride back in May, they celebrated it with an intimate, all-day release show at Webster Hall in the city that birthed them. And this past Friday (9/6), after touring all over, Vampire Weekend returned to NYC for a much larger show at the iconic Madison Square Garden. They played a 32-song, almost-three-hour set that saw them bringing FOTB contributor Steve Lacy (of The Internet) on stage for their first joint live renditions of "Dark Red" and "Sunflower." Opener Angélique Kidjo also joined for pre-encore set-closer "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin," which worked in bits of Paul Simon's "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes." They've done a lot of location-specific covers on this tour, and the MSG show actually didn't get any full covers, but VW did also work in a bit of Toots and the Maytals' "Pressure Drop" into their own "Diplomat's Son" (as they've done before on this tour) and they played the SBTRKT song that Ezra Koenig sings on, "New Drop. New York" (ditto). Watch video of the whole show in eight parts (Steve Lacy comes out during part six) and see the full setlist below. Pictures of Vampire Weekend's set are in the gallery above.

During the MSG show, VW also announced a round of 2020 tour dates, including shows in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Upstate NY, Pittsburgh, Asheville, Boise, Columbus, Detroit, Kansas City, New Orleans, and more. All dates are listed below.

Vampire Weekend at MSG - 9/6/19 Setlist (via)

Bambina

Unbelievers

White Sky

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

Holiday

M79

One (Blake's Got a New Face)

Sympathy

Unbearably White

Step

New Dorp. New York (SBTRKT cover)

This Life

Diplomat's Son (Includes snippet of "Pressure Drop" by Toots and the Maytals)

Hold You Now (Ezra did his verse facing the audience behind the stage)

Harmony Hall

Diane Young

Cousins

A-Punk

Hannah Hunt

2021

California English

Dark Red (Steve Lacy cover) (with Steve Lacy)

Sunflower (with Steve Lacy)

Oxford Comma

Jerusalem, New York, Berlin (with Angélique Kidjo) (With 'Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes' interlude by Paul Simon)

Encore:

Big Blue

Ottoman (Request from the fan with the IKEA bucket hat)

Obvious Bicycle (Request from the fan with the FOTB bucket hat, with 'Son of a Preacher Man' interlude by John Hurley)

Run (Request from section of audience all “running” in place)

Worship You

Ya Hey

Walcott

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Vampire Weekend -- 2019/2020 Tour Dates

Sep 14 2019 - Sep 15 2019 Atlanta, GA Music Midtown

Sep 22 2019 Las Vegas, NV Life Is Beautiful

Sep 25 2019 Vancouver, BC Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park

Sep 27 2019 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater

Sep 28 2019 Portland, OR McMenamins Edgefield

Oct 01 2019 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Oct 02 2019 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl

Oct 03 2019 San Diego, CA CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU

Oct 06 2019 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex

Oct 08 2019 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Oct 09 2019 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Oct 18 2019 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Festival Coordenada

Oct 19 2019 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Live Out Festival

Oct 21 2019 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico Metropolitan Theater

Oct 22 2019 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico Metropolitan Theater

Nov 07 2019 Edinburgh, UK Usher Hall (SOLD OUT)

Nov 08 2019 Manchester, UK O2 Victoria Warehouse (SOLD OUT)

Nov 09 2019 Manchester, UK O2 Victoria Warehouse (SOLD OUT)

Nov 11 2019 Birmingham, UK O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)

Nov 13 2019 London, UK Alexandra Palace (SOLD OUT)

Nov 14 2019 London, UK Alexandra Palace

Nov 16 2019 Paris, France Le Zenith

Nov 18 2019 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique (SOLD OUT)

Nov 19 2019 Amsterdam, Netherlands AFAS Live

Nov 21 2019 Cologne, Germany Carlswerk Victoria

Nov 22 2019 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks

Nov 24 2019 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz

Nov 25 2019 Madrid, Spain La Riviera

Nov 26 2019 Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon Coliseum

Dec 30 2019 Marion Bay SA, Australia Falls Festival

Dec 31 2019 Lorne VIC, Australia Falls Festival

Jan 02 2020 Byron Bay NSW, Australia Falls Festival

Jan 04 2020 Fremantle WA, Australia Falls Festival

May 29 2020 Westbrook, ME, USA Maine Savings Pavilion

May 30 2020 Burlington, VT, USA Midway Lawn

May 31 2020 Gilford, NH, USA Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion

Jun 02 2020 Lewiston, NY, USA Artpark Mainstage Theater

Jun 03 2020 Pittsburgh, PA, USA Stage AE

Jun 12 2020 Asheville, NC, USA The Orange Peel Outdoors

Aug 09 2020 Bend, OR, USA Les Schwab Amphitheater

Aug 10 2020 Boise, ID, USA Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater

Aug 12 2020 Missoula, MT, USA Kettlehouse Amphitheater

Aug 14 2020 Calgary, AB, CanadaBMO Centre

Aug 15 2020 Edmonton, AB, CanadaEdmonton Convention Centre

Sep 23 2020 Columbus, OH, USA Express Live!

Sep 24 2020 Detroit, MI, USA Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill

Sep 26 2020 Cedar Rapids, IA, USA McGrath Amphitheatre

Sep 27 2020 Lincoln, NE, USA Pinewood Bowl Theater

Sep 29 2020 Kansas City, MO, USA Starlight Theatre

Sep 30 2020 Tulsa, OK, USA BOK Center

Oct 06 2020 New Orleans, LA, USA Saenger Theatre

Oct 07 2020 Birmingham, AL, USA BJCC Concert Hall

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photos by P Squared