One second, Vampire Weekend is performing a 30-minute jam of “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” with Goose, and the next, they're bringing in Paris Hilton for a game of cornhole. The reality TV star's random cameo occurred during Vampire Weekend's surprise performance Saturday afternoon at Coachella.
To close the set, the veteran indie rockers performed a 15-minute honky tonk medley called “Cocaine Cowboys,” which included renditions of their own song “Married in a Gold Rush” along with covers of “All the Gold In California” ( Gatlin Brothers). Band), “Sin City” (Flying Burrito Brothers), “Cumberland Blues” (The Grateful Dead) and “Possum” (Phish). During the medley, Vampire Weekend invited two special guests on stage for a game of cornhole: Hilton and an Abraham Lincoln impersonator. For his part, Hilton said he hadn't played cornhole since his mid-2000s reality show. life simply and quickly failed both of his attempts.
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Elsewhere during their Coachella performance, Vampire Weekend performed “Classical” and “Gen-X Cops,” from their newly released album. Only God was above usplus classic hits like “Diane Young,” “Cousins” and “A-Punk.”
Vampire Weekend have a few more festival appearances lined up before properly kicking off their world tour in early June. Tickets can be found for upcoming tour dates. here.
Paris Hilton came out during Vampire Weekend's set at Coachella to play cornhole pic.twitter.com/J5lQ0kfZur
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