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Vampire Weekend Share 2 New Songs Ahead Of North American Tour
Vampire Weekend fans, rejoice! The beloved indie rock band has just announced an extensive North American tour for 2024. Accompanying this thrilling news are the release of two singles, “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops,” from their highly anticipated upcoming album, ‘Only God Was Above Us.’
The tour, consisting of a whopping 39 dates, is set to kick off in early June, following a record release show in Austin and several festival appearances. Among the notable stops on the tour are multiple shows at iconic venues such as Madison Square Garden in New York and The Greek Theatre in Berkeley. What’s more, matinee shows have been scheduled in select cities, including New York, Bonner, and Berkeley, catering to fans of all ages.
Adding to the excitement of the tour are the eclectic mix of support acts joining Vampire Weekend on stage. From Phish’s Mike Gordon to Maya Rudolph’s Prince cover band Princess, the lineup promises a diverse and unforgettable concert experience.
Fans eager to secure their tickets can take advantage of the Live Nation ticket pre-sale starting on February 22nd, with the public on-sale following on February 23rd via Vampire Weekend’s website.
Accompanying the tour announcement are the release of two singles, each accompanied by a music video featuring footage of New York from 1988, providing a nostalgic backdrop to Vampire Weekend‘s distinctive sound.
‘Only God Was Above Us’ is slated for release on April 5th via Columbia Records, with pre-orders available now. Fans can choose from various formats, including CD, standard black vinyl, and limited edition clear vinyl.
With carefully curated support acts and a collection of new music that promises to captivate audiences, Vampire Weekend‘s 2024 tour is shaping up to be a must-see event for fans old and new alike.
Vampire Weekend ‘Only God Was Abose Us’ 2024 Tour Dates:
Mon Apr 08 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater (Solar Eclipse)
Sat April 27 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fri May 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party
Thu May 30 – Barcelona, Espana – Primavera Sound
Thu Jun 06 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
Fri Jun 07 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Sun Jun 09 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
Mon Jun 10 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Wed Jun 12 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
Sat Jun 15 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley
Sun Jun 16 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley (Matinee Show)
Tue Jun 18 – Burnaby, BC – Deer Lake Park
Wed Jun 19 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Thu Jun 20 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
Sat Jun 22 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater
Sun Jun 23 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater (Matinee Show)
Fri Jul 19 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Mon Jul 22 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
Tue Jul 23 – Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater
Thu Jul 25 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park
Fri Jul 26 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Sat Jul 27 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Tue Jul 30 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
Thu Aug 01 – Milwaukee, WI – BMO Pavilion
Sat Aug 3 – St. Charles, IA – Hinterland
Thu Sep 19 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
Fri Sep 20 – Cincinnati, OH – The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park
Sat Sep 21 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
Mon Sep 23 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
Tue Sep 24 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Wed Sep 25 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
Fri Sep 27 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Sat Sep 28 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann
Mon Sep 30 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Wed Oct 02 – Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion
Sat Oct 05 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Sun Oct 06 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden (Matinee Show)
Tue Oct 08 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion
Wed Oct 09 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
Fri Oct 11 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
Sat Oct 12 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
Sun Oct 13 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit
Tue Oct 15 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Thu Oct 17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
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Trevor Noah Announces New An Evening Of Stand Up With Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah, best known for being the Emmy Award-winning host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central and for hosting the Grammy Awards for six consecutive years, has announced a special performance in New York City on Tuesday, December 15, 2026. Taking place at The Beacon Theatre, the show will feature all new material.
The announcement comes as Noah is about to kick off his sold-out Asia tour, with stops in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur, as well as a four-night run in Dubai next month.
TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with the Artist presale on Thursday, October 22 at 10 am local time on Trevornoah.com. Additional presales will run ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, Oct. 23 at 10 am ET at Ticketmaster.com
ABOUT TREVOR NOAH
Trevor Noah is one of the most successful comedians in the world and was the host of the Emmy® Award-winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central for seven years. Under Trevor, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” broke free from the restraints of a 30-minute linear show, producing engaging social content, award-winning digital series, podcasts and more for its global audience. In January of 2024, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” won an Emmy for “Outstanding Talk Series.” Trevor has also notably served as the Grammy Awards host for six years in a row, with the 2024 show bringing in 16.9 million viewers, a 34% increase from 2023.
Trevor currently hosts a SiriusXM weekly podcast titled What Now? With Trevor Noah. In this podcast, listeners get a chance to hear Trevor like never before. Trevor is joined each episode by celebrities, thought leaders, athletes, and friends to chat about the contemporary topics on everyone’s minds. He brings the kinds of conversations that happen behind the scenes to light – full of radical candor, authentic back-and-forths, and honest reactions, with Trevor bringing to bear his classic, effortlessly playful and equally probing style.
Trevor is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” and its young readers adaptation, released in 2019, titled “It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood,” which also debuted as a New York Times bestseller. The Audible edition of “Born a Crime,” performed by Trevor, remains one of the top-selling, highest-rated, and most-commented-on Audible performances of all time. To date, “Born a Crime” has sold over 3 million copies across all formats.
Following the extraordinary success of “Born a Crime,” Trevor’s most recent book titled “Into the Uncut Grass” was released in October 2024 and is a #1 New York Times bestseller. It is a gorgeously illustrated and moving modern fable for readers of all ages about forgiveness, acceptance, and the secret to solidarity.
Trevor’s success has also spanned to sold out stand-up comedy shows across 5 continents. His “Off The Record” World Tour stopped in 28 cities across the US before heading to international destinations, and a set from “Off the Record” became available as his fourth Netflix stand-up special titled Where Was I in 2023. Where Was I has recently scored a 2025 Grammy nomination for ‘Best Comedy Album,’ two 2024 Emmy nominations for ‘Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) and ‘Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special’ as well as Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice Association nominations, sold out Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, enjoyed a 10-consecutive-show run at the Beacon Theatre, sold out three O2 shows (50K tickets total) in London, and set a record for the most tickets sold by a non-German comedian in history in Berlin.
Trevor has written, produced, and starred in 12 comedy specials total, including Grammy and Emmy-nominated “I Wish You Would” for Netflix, which premiered globally in November 2022. True to form, Trevor hilariously shares revelations about learning to speak German, modern communication, and his love for curry. His previous special for Netflix, “Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia” received a NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Variety Show,” as well as a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Comedy Album”.
Emmy Nominated Day Zero Productions, a joint venture between Trevor Noah and Paramount Global, develops and produces diverse, high-quality creative content for a global audience. With projects set up both within the Paramount Global family, as well as at other studios, streamers, and live platforms, Day Zero focuses on entertaining and impactful content with an eye toward authentic stories from diverse points of view. Current feature film projects include a reimagining of the classic Paramount feature President’s Analyst, a biopic centered on 8-year-old Nigerian chess champion Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a feature adaptation of Kiese Laymon’s novel Long Division, and an untitled animated feature based on an original idea from Noah.
On the television side, Day Zero is producing several scripted and documentary series including an adaptation of Noah’s best-selling and award-winning autobiography Born A Crime, with Lupita Nyong’o starring; partnering with Time Studios and Sugar23 on MSNBC/Peacock’s The Turning Point, which features standalone documentaries on voting rights, climate change, and the global refugee crisis; Showtime’s The World According to Football in partnership with Religion of Sports; Amazon Prime Video’s first South African original LOL: Last One Laughing; two seasons of Nickelodeon’s Kid of the Year TV special alongside TIME Studios; and the Discovery+/ HBOMax special For All Humankind. Day Zero also produced Trevor Noah’s most recent stand-up specials I Wish You Would and Where Was I for Netflix, and produces his hit podcast What Now? With Trevor Noah.
In 2018, Trevor launched the Trevor Noah Foundation to improve equitable access to quality education for underserved youth in South Africa. Trevor’s vision is a world where education enables youth to dream, see and build the impossible.
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Cleo Sol Announces The Gentlewoman Tour
Acclaimed British singer-songwriter Cleo Sol has announced the Gentlewoman Tour, her long-awaited first-ever tour and first North American arena headline run. The tour follows the August 20, 2026 release of her fifth studio album, Gentlewoman.
Promoted by Live Nation, the North American arena run begins Tuesday, April 13, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, before traveling to Baltimore, Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Oakland. Cleo will make her New York arena debut following three sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall last March. The North American leg concludes Saturday, May 1, at Oakland Arena in Oakland, CA, and includes a Los Angeles date at The Kia Forum, marking her second LA headline show following a sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl in April 2025.
Cleo’s live shows earned widespread acclaim, with her first North American appearances selling out in record time and prompting multiple added dates in New York. The Gentlewoman Tour will also feature her debut performances in several key markets, including Baltimore, Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, Oakland.
TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting Thursday, October 22 at 10am local time at ticketmaster.com.
CLEO SOL 2027 TOUR DATES:
Tue, Apr 13 — New York, NY — Madison Square Garden Arena
Fri, Apr 16 — Baltimore, MD — CFG Bank Arena
Mon, Apr 19 — Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena
Wed, Apr 21 — Chicago, IL — United Center
Sun, Apr 25 — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena
Wed, Apr 28 — Los Angeles, CA — Kia Forum
Sat, May 1 — Oakland, CA — Oakland Arena
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