Spectacular Vampire Weekend Concert @ Red Rocks 08Oct19

Kala & I and the Yohanans, and Scott Kaiser and lady Leigh, caught Vampire Weekend at Red Rocks. It was awesome... 1st, it's Red Rocks; 2nd it's VW; 3rd weather was awesome; 4th sound mix was spectacular; 5th we were with friends. We dined prior on steaks at The Fort and got great parking access in Upper South. Soccer Mommy opened with a short psychedelic melancholy Nashville vibe; production quality was excellent. Vampire Weekend shared a big set over 2.5 hours long including a 5 song encore where Ezra took two requests! The audience chose some harder to sing stuff including Stranger and California English - on which he kicked ass. Ezra and the band were amazing with nearly non-stop, high energy stuff from throughout the years. I was nervous with basically an all new lineup for the recent album and band, especially with Rostam gone, but it was great. Greta sang the lady parts carried by Dannielle Haim in audio and video productions and dispatched them well. The entire band had mad skills. The new icons and banners didn't drop till the encores but wow what a great night... we caught it perfectly with 25° and snow now happening. Shout out to Kize who climbed up from his VIP Row 9 seating to visit us in the cheap seats - really we had a great spot in #25 center behind the mixing booth.

Set List:

• Bambina 
• Unbelievers 


• Boston (Ladies of Cambridge) 


• Finger Back
• White Sky
• Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
• Bryn
• Run
• Rich Man
• Step
• My Mistake
• Sympathy
• New Dorp. New York 
(SBTRKT cover)
• This Life
• Diplomat's Son 
(with ‘Jessica’ interlude)
• Harmony Hall
• Diane Young
• Cousins
• A-Punk
• Married in a Gold Rush
• Hannah Hunt
• Hudson 
(Live debut)
• Giving Up the Gun
• Sunflower
• 2021 
(Extended) 

• Think Ur a Contra 

Encore:

• Big Blue 
• Stranger 
(Request)
• California English 
(Request) 
• Worship You 
• Ya Hey