According to stereogum.com, Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us album release show took place during the solar eclipse earlier today outside the Moody Amphitheater in Austin, Texas. Vampire Weekend’s  performance was full of surprises because of live debuts of the songs “Ice Cream Piano,” “Connect,” “Gen-X Cops” and  “Hope.”

During their show, the band brought out Phoenix’s Thomas Mars to sing on “Tonight,” which Ezra Koenig provided guest vocals for on its appearance on 2022’s Alpha Zulu. Vampire Weekend also brought out Chromeo’s Dave 1 for a performance of “Needy Girl.” In between those two, Mars and Dave 1 sang “Happy Birthday” in French to Koenig.

Toward the end of the set, the band debuted an extended jam “Cocaine Cowboys, which was a medley that included a reimagined version of their own “Married In A Gold Rush,” a take on Larry Gatlin’s “All The Gold In California,” Gram Parson’s “Sin City” and Grateful Dead’s “Cumberland Blues.”

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