Fortunately Vampire Weekend care much more concerning the 2024 photo voltaic eclipse than concerning the Oxford comma. They will be taking the stage at Austin’s Moody Amphitheater on April 8 and taking part in whereas Central Texas is shrouded in darkness. Though there shall be lots to do close to San Antonio, this present underneath extraordinarily uncommon circumstances needs to be value touring for.
Vampire Weekend, led by the enigmatic and perpetually collegiate Ezra Koenig, is understood for buoyant guitar riffs, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, and the euphoric power that drove indie music within the late aughts and early 2010s. The band introduced the present on February 8 along with their fifth studio album, Solely God Was Above Us — a fittingly ironic title for the event within the sky.
Though a press launch doesn’t supply an album launch date, it does verify that it’ll occur the week of the Waterloo Greenway present. Like a lot of Vampire Weekend’s catalog, the primary album in 5 years was “impressed and haunted” (per the discharge) by New York Metropolis. It would “[show] the band without delay at its grittiest, and likewise at its most lovely and melodic.”
Music festivals have been benefiting from celestial occasions not too long ago. Austin Metropolis Limits Musical Competition appeared to have timed itself with the annular eclipse by coincidence in 2023, and nobody was taking part in when it was at its peak — however festival-goers did collect at Zilker to understand the spectacle. Subsequent up, we have now UtopiaFest within the Hill Nation, an outdoorsy tenting competition with a principally native lineup.
The Hill Nation has additionally been getting a lot of nationwide consideration as potential vacationers begin scoping out their yr’s plans. Sadly, even vampires can solely be in a single place at a time.
Nostalgic indie lovers can take pleasure in this present as a part of Waterloo Greenway’s bid for people’ consideration through the uncommon crossing of heavenly our bodies. It is alongside — however apparently not aside of — an occasion sequence referred to as Within the Path of Totality, which has curated “poetry and storytelling, family-friendly academic applications, music, and extra,” in keeping with the Greenway’s web site.
An eclipse viewing social gathering will begin on the Lengthy Heart at 11 am. Vampire Weekend is scheduled for midday. Nationaleclipse.com locations the occasion at 1:36:11 CDT. It is laborious to say what music the band will play for the one minute and 44 seconds of full eclipse, however it needs to be in direction of the top of the set — most likely “A Punk” if they are going for affect through recognition.
Tickets go on common sale Tuesday, February 13, at 10 am through Ticketmaster. Numerous pre-sales begin operating February 9. Occasion organizers will hand out eclipse glasses on the present. For each live performance at Moody Amphitheater, Waterloo park provides away 100 free tickets via a web-based giveaway system. Extra data from the discharge under:
Submission types open at the least two weeks previous to the present, and randomly chosen winners are notified one week previous to the present. This ticket giveaway is made doable via a novel partnership between Waterloo Greenway Conservancy, C3 Presents, and Dwell Nation. Please go to waterloogreenway.org for extra data.
