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Vampire Weekend and Emmy® Nominated Director Steve Buscemi Named as First Pairing in "American Expre

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Vampire Weekend and Emmy ® Nominated Director Steve Buscemi Named as First Pairing in “American Express® Unstaged” for 2013

Live VEVO Event on YouTube will be Streamed Globally from the Last Night of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 28 th

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– American Express, in partnership with VEVO and YouTube, announced today that Vampire Weekend, and award-winning actor, director and producer Steve Buscemi, have been selected to kick-off the fourth year in its popular live stream music series, “American Express Unstaged.” Vampire Weekend‘s exclusive performance will be live streamed on the last night of the Tribeca Film Festival at Roseland Ballroom on Sunday, April 28th at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT in New York City at www.amexunstaged.com. Fans can also watch the live event on YouTube’s mobile website, VEVO‘s free apps for iPhone®, iPad® and on the American Express Channel, available through the American Express app on LG and Samsung connected TVs. The global event precedes the anticipated May 14th U.S. release of MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY (XL Recordings).

Created by American Express as a means for delivering premium music experiences to fans everywhere, the “American Express Unstaged” music series is a cutting-edge live event and interactive digital platform, bringing together popular musical artists with renowned film directors. This will be the 12th innovative digital stream and pairing within the award-winning series.

“We are thrilled to be working with Steve Buscemi, a wonderful actor, a NYC legend and a great director. We couldn’t have picked a better guy to man the cameras for our April 28th event, ” said band lead singer Ezra Koenig.

The work of Vampire Weekend will be brought to life for the at-home audience by director Steve Buscemi. Known best for his roles in HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and films such as “Reservoir Dogs,” “Fargo” and many others, Buscemi has also garnered respect for his role as director of films including “Trees Lounge” and “Animal Factory,” as well as multiple episodes of the award-winning shows “Sopranos” (HBO), “30 Rock” (NBC) and “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime). Buscemi’s Olive Productions will also produce the event. The creative and dynamic pairing of Vampire Weekend with Buscemi represents the latest unique collaboration in the “American Express Unstaged” live stream music series, building on previous duos such as The Killers and Werner Herzog, Kenny Chesney and Jonathan Demme, Jack White and Gary Oldman and many more.

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Followup: Vampire Weekend singer responds to burning Saab controversy [w/video]

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By Chris Paukert

Vampire Weekend burns classic Saab 900 Turbo Convertible for

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Last week, we tipped you off about Vampire Weekend and their new music video for the song Diane Young, a short film that consists entirely of setting fire to two perfectly nice-looking Saab 900 automobiles. The indie rock band’s video – viewable by scrolling down – predictably triggered the internet ire of classic car enthusiasts – Saabophiles in particular – and word of the unrest eventually got back to the band itself.

According to music site Spinner (nb: owned by Autoblog parent AOL), the group was “stunned” at the backlash – enough that lead singer Ezra Koenig felt compelled to respond himself. According to Koenig, the band was under the impression that their record company was “looking to purchase the cheapest, oldest cars possible; they weren’t trying to buy a beautiful perfect condition car.” By way of apology, Koenig even goes so far as to note that bandmate Rostam Batmanglij is a keen fan of Saab.

Other reports have claimed that the cars may have been purchased under false pretenses, sold by owners who “wanted to see them go to a nice new home,” but Koenig takes issue with that characterization, countering that he understood that the cars had substantial electrical problems.

Interestingly, more vitriol appears to have been spilled over the fiery deaths of these two Saabs than was drummed up by Jay Z and Kanye West in their music video for Otis, which saw the superstar rappers take a blowtorch to an exponentially costlier Maybach. Either way, Koenig and Co. appear to have at least some regret that they elected to base their video on the song’s opening line, “You torched a Saab like a pile of leaves.”

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