On saturday night I saw Vampire Weekend for the second time in my life. The day started with slight disappointment, as me and my two sisters arrived at the arena 10 minutes after Ezra and Baio went into the arena, meaning we missed them! However, we did get there early enough to be at the front of our queue and get to the barrier.
I really enjoyed the support act, Noah and the Whale, which I doubted I would after seeing them at Glastonbury 2011 and be sorely disappointed. However they were a good opening act, and pretty much the entire crowd knew L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N and 5 Years Time which made for a nice sing along. A highlight of the evening, I must admit, was at the end of 5 Years Time a girl next to me just throwing up all over the floor and there being a huge circle of people in the middle of this crowd, trying aimlessly to stop drunk lads from stumbling through this pile of vomit. As sorry as I felt for the poor girl, it was hilarious.
Vampire Weekend were brilliant. Baio and his dance moves provided great entertainment as he hops around the stage. They opened with Diane Young, and moved through their songs pretty swiftly with little talk in between them. I was at the barrier for about half of the show with my little sister, who's 10. She did really well getting squashed at the front, and the security guys looked after her well. However, half way through she got a bit overwhelmed and wanted to get out so both of us got lifted over the barrier (Ive never done that before and it's really fun) so I watched the remainder of the show from the back. Regardless, it was a really enjoyable show.
If I realised anything about Vampire Weekend it's how amazing their new album is. Their album Modern Vampires of the City, which came out in May, slipped into the set really well, and although these songs are relatively new, people knew and enjoyed them as if they were classics already. They ended with Walcott, a classic off of their first album and the crowd left the arena to the sound of New York, New York.
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