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Vampire Weekend Take Screaming Steve Buscemi Bowling

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Vampire Weekend have been palling around with Steve Buscemi for weeks now. The New York four-piece hung out with the Boardwalk Empire star on Easter (they even painted eggs together), and soon after announced that Buscemi will be directing a live webcast of the band’s April 28 concert at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom as part of American Express’ Unstaged series. Since then, the Sopranos alum has been doling out advice to the Modern Vampires of the City via an ongoing series of promo videos; Buscemi even cast NYC Public Advocate (and mayoral candidate) Bill de Blasio in one clip, asking the pol to give Ezra Koenig and the boys a pep-talk on self-promotion. 

In the above short, Buscemi continues to spread the word about his collaboration with VW by handing out flyers and chatting with bowlers at Brooklyn’s Melody Lanes (“If you like rap, I think you’re going to love them,” he tells someone). Unfortunately, Buscemi can’t get Vampire Weekend to focus on the task at hand — they’re too busy munching on snacks, quoting The Big Lebowski, and knocking down pins to talk themselves up. The Reservoir Dogs MVP eventually freaks out, because, as usual, Mr. Pink is the only one acting like a professional.

Vampire Weekend 2013 tour:

April 28 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
May 2 – London, U.K. @ The Troxy
May 15 – Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
May 16 – Toronto, ON @ Sony Center for the Performing Arts
May 17 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
May 20 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater
May 21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
May 23 – Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
May 24 – George, WA @ Sasquatch Music Festival
May 29 – Paris, France @ Casino De Paris
June 23 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Festival
June 26-30 – Pilton, U.K. @ Glastonbury Festival
June 28 – Portsmouth, U.K. @ Portsmouth Guildhall
June 29 – Bournemouth, U.K. @ O2 Academy
July 4-7 – Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter
July 6 – London, U.K. @ Olympic Park
July 7 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ De Wereld Draait Buiten
July 9 – Cholet, France @ Poupet Festival
July 12 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Optimus Alive!
July 13 – Bilbao, Spain @  BBK Live
July 14 – Aix-les-Bains, France @ Musalic Festival
July 19 – Lewes, U.K. @ Gentlemen of the Road Lewes Stopover
July 20 – Dublin, Ireland @ Longitude Festival
August 4 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
August 9 – Squamish, BC @ Squamish Music Festival
August 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Festival
September 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
October 8 – Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater