Vampire Weekend has more than made up for their absence in just 2019 alone. They released their first LP in six years, Father of the Bride, and then shortly after embarked on an extensive tour around North American that's equipped with summer festivals galore.
The NYC indie-rock vets have been offering fans an all encompassing setlist each night of the tour that is filled to the brim with both FOTB songs and older licks off their other three LPs. Their setlists have been reaching up to 29-songs which often includes a seven song encore.
Even their festival sets, while much shorter than a normal gig, still carries on average 19 songs! Check out their most recent setlist from Firefly Festival below.
It doesn't end there, VW also graciously take song requests from the audience during the encore so you can literally hear any track during your date with the band.
With that said, we were curious which songs VW has either 1) Only performed once or twice on the tour and then not again, 2) Not performed the track on this tour at all and 3) Haven't performed a track in a really long time.
Believe or not, this was a difficult task, as VW has managed to include almost all of their catalog on the tour thus far. But we were able to find five songs that fit the above criteria, then we crunched in some numbers and came up with the odds that VW will add this song to their setlist going forth.
Check out our results below!
Song: “Campus” 57.7%
First Show Played: July 17, 2007
Last Show Played: June 12, 2019 - They've performed this song at a handful of shows during the first have of the tour, but have left it off for the last couple of weeks.
Play Count: 304
Song: “California English” 52.1%
First Show Played: October 21, 2008
Last Show Played: June 22, 2019 - This is the only show they've performed this song at on the tour so far. Considering they performed it recently, I'd expect to see it pop up a couple more times.
Play Count: 219
Song: “Taxi Cab” 27.4%
First Show Played: January 12, 2010
Last Show Played: December 10, 2010 - This song never lived past 2010, but there's a near 30% chance that will change this year!
Play Count: 96
Song: “Don’t Lie” 12.9%
First Show Played: May 20, 2013
Last Show Played: June 15, 2019 - They've performed this song twice on the tour so far!
Play Count: 20
Song: “Arrows” 0.1%
First Show Played: July 17, 2007
Last Show Played: June 25, 2018 - This rare, deep cut was only performed three times. The last time was a year ago, however, so although it's a 0.1% chance, maybe a fan will request this track at an upcoming show!
Play Count: 3
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Vampire Weekend will resume their tour in August! Catch them at one of the dates below and check back with Setlist.Fm to see if they add any of these tracks to their setlists!
Vampire Weekend 2019 Tour Dates
August 16, 2019 — Oklahoma City, OK — The Criterion
August 17, 2019 — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall
August 18, 2019 — Dallas, TX —The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
August 20, 2019 — Austin, TX — ACL Live
August 21, 2019 — Austin, TX — ACL Live
August 24, 2019 — Miami, FL — James L. Knight Center
August 25, 2019 — St. Augustine, FL — St. Augustine Amphitheatre
August 27, 2019 — Atlanta, GA — Fox Theatre
August 30, 2019 — Norfolk, VA — Ted Constant Convocation Center
September 03, 2019 — Boston, MA — Agganis Arena
September 04, 2019 — Philadelphia, PA — Mann Center for the Performing Arts
September 06, 2019 — New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
September 08, 2019 — Montreal, QC — MTELUS
September 25, 2019 — Vancouver, BC — Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park
September 27, 2019 — Seattle, WA — WaMu Theater
September 28, 2019 — Portland, OR — McMenamins Edgefield
October 01, 2019 — San Francisco, CA — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
October 02, 2019 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Bowl
October 03, 2019 — San Diego, CA — CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
October 06, 2019 — Salt Lake City, UT— The Complex
October 08, 2019 — Denver, CO— Red Rocks Amphitheatre
