The Vaccines Announce New Single and Support Acts for Massive UK Tour
Thursday, 07 July 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
Newcomer indie rock band The Vaccines have announced details of a new single, as well as the support acts for their up and coming tour – which is proving so popular that a second Manchester date has had to be added.
‘Norgaard’ is the freshest single to be taken from the band’s debut album ‘What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?’ , which was recently certified gold after selling 100,000 copies, and will see release on August 21st. The video to the single is embedded below.
Additionally, following the recent announcement of their U.K. headline shows and their support slots on the Arctic Monkeys arena tour, due to phenomenal demand The Vaccines have announced details of 2nd Manchester show on November 17th. Their London Forum, Edinburgh Picture House, Norwich and 1st Manchester shows have already sold out. Tickets for the second Manchester show are now onsale. The band has announced that they will be joined on their headline tour by Sunderland rockers Frankie and the Heartstrings and Howler.
The Vaccines recently made two triumphant appearances at the Glastonbury Festival this year – their slot on the Other Stage on Friday opened the BBC coverage of the festival. And as well as two Glastonbury performances, they just completed a U.S. tour with the Arctic Monkeys, where Lyle Preslar, formerly of Minor Threat, joined them on stage in NYC. Its official – The Vaccines are one of the hottest bands of the moment, and have had an undeniably monumental year.
For the band’s tour dates and ticket information, look below the video.
The Vaccines UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Sun August 7th 2011 - Southampton, Long Island, New York
Tue August 23rd 2011 - HMV Forum, London
Wed August 24th 2011 - HMV Picture House, Edinburgh
Fri August 26th 2011 - Richfield Avenue, Reading
Fri October 28th 2011 - Capital FM Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Sun October 30th 2011 - O2 Arena, London
Wed November 2nd 2011 - Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester
Fri November 4th 2011 - LG Arena, The NEC, Birmingham
Sat November 5th 2011 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Sun November 6th 2011 - Aberdeen Exhibition Centre, Aberdeen
Tue November 8th 2011 - S.E.C.C., Glasgow
Wed November 9th 2011 - Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool
Mon November 21st 2011 - O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Wed November 23rd 2011 - O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield
Thu November 24th 2011 - Engine Shed, Lincoln
Fri November 25th 2011 - Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sat November 26th 2011 - O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds
Mon November 28th 2011 - Southampton Guildhall, Southampton
Tue November 29th 2011 - O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford
Wed November 30th 2011 - Norwich Uea, Norwich
Fri December 2nd 2011 - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
Sat December 3rd 2011 - Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Sun December 4th 2011 - Leamington Spa Assembly, Leamington Spa
Tue December 6th 2011 - Eastbourne Floral Hall, Eastbourne
Wed December 7th 2011 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
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