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Contra Album Cover Girl Is Sueing Vampire Weekend

5465 days ago
We All Want Someone To Shout ForSo the girl who is on the Contra album cover is sueing Vampire Weekend. This news is a few days old, but I am still in shock and figured it was time for me to comment on it. The girl who is on the photograph is named Kirsten Kennis. She claims that n... more info

Florence & The Machine, Vampire Weekend Thrill At Latitude Festival 2010

5465 days ago
GigwiseSee Gigwise's round-up... more info

Vampire Weekend 'Look Forward' To Resolving Contra Lawsuit, Label Says

5465 days ago
MTV.com NewsFrontman Ezra Koenig calls album-cover suit 'a little frustrating.'By James Montgomery Kirsten Kennis featured on the Vampire Weekend's album "Contra" Photo: XL Recordings Last week, Ann Kirsten Kennis — the cover star of Vampire Weekend'... more info

Vampire Weekend to play biggest-ever venues on UK tour - ticket details

5467 days ago
NMENew York band will play London Alexandra Palace on the jaunt more info

Vampire Weekend sued by 'Contra' cover model

5467 days ago
TopixA faintly smiling young woman wearing a yellow Ralph Lauren shirt became instantly famous earlier this year when a vintage photo of her appeared on the front cover of Vampire Weekend's chart-topping "Contra" album. more info

Sex Pistols, 'posh boys' Cameron and Clegg, and those butter ads

5467 days ago
Guardian MusicAhead of PiL's UK tour, frontman John Lydon scratches his nuts and surveys the pop-cultural landscape – Lady Gaga, Vampire Weekend, Jay-Z and allIt's 2pm in Los Angeles and John Lydon is slumped on his sofa, drinking beer and watching World Cup foo... more info

Vampire Weekend sued by 'Contra' cover model

5468 days ago
CNN ShowbizA faintly smiling young woman wearing a yellow Ralph Lauren shirt became instantly famous earlier this year when a vintage photo of her appeared on the front cover of Vampire Weekend's chart-topping "Contra" album. Now someone has come forward as the... more info

Vampire Weekend model sues band for $2m

5468 days ago
Guardian MusicKirsten Kennis claims the band did not have permission to use a 1983 image of her on their second album, ContraTo fans who bought Contra, Vampire Weekend's second album, she was simply a pretty face in a preppy white polo shirt. To the band, the pict... more info

Who is Ann Kirsten Kennis? (besides the Contra album cover model suing Vampire Weekend, XL & photographer Tod Brody)

5468 days ago
Brooklyn VeganYou may have heard by now that Vampire Weekend, XL Recordings and a photographer named Tod Brody are being sued for 2 million dollars by Contra cover model Kirsten Kennis. She claims that she never gave permission for them... more info

Cover girl sues Vampire Weekend

5468 days ago
Jam! Showbiz Music, CanadaRockers Vampire Weekend have been slapped with a $2 million lawsuit over the cover of their latest album Contra - the model featured on the artwork insists she didn't sign over the rights to the photo. more info

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