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US President Barack Obama is apparently seeking support from a host of music names for his re-election campaign, including Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend and Jay-Z.

Guitarist says the technology giant is making new bands 'bleed'

Florence And The Machine, Grizzly bear and The xx also set to play Suffolk bash

Read Uncut's verdict on the New Yorkers sophomore album!

Emily Eavis uses twitter to confirm the band will make an appearance at the festival

There’s a very interesting feature on Vampire Weekend in last week’s New Yorker, which includes a brilliantly ridiculous encounter while the band are on tour in California. With a documentary crew in tow, Vampire Weekend set about interviewing a bunch of allegedly notable Californian musicians, and fetch up at the operations centre of Blink 182’s Tom De Longe.

New Yorkers to promote new album release 'Contra'

Just in case you haven’t come across it yet, the first song to surface from Vampire Weekend’s forthcoming “Contra” album (due early January, I believe) turned up on their website yesterday.

First track from 'Contra' available now, plus intimate live shows confirmed

'Heart-breaker' portrait of the Rolling Stone to raise money for charity