Arni Arnason with The Vaccines in NYC (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever)
The Vaccines have added a date with London’s Community Festival to the 2018 touring which will start after the release of their new album Combat Sports on March 30th.
With a headline UK tour already booked for April next year, the band are among the first acts confirmed for the Community event which is due to take place at Finsbury Park on July 1st. Other initial names include Two Door Cinema Club, Circa Waves, Sundara Karma, Rat Boy, Tom Grennan and Pale Waves.
Combat Sports has been described as a return to The Vaccines’ roots, and is the follow-up to English Graffiti. It’ll be their first without drummer Pete Robertson, whose departure was announced in June 2016.
The Vaccines tour dates:
April 2018
3 – Bristol, Academy
5 – Bournemouth, Academy
6 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
7 – Birmingham, Academy
9 – Manchester, Academy
10 – Nottingham, Rock City
12 – Glasgow, Academy
13 – Sheffield, Academy
14 – London, Alexandra Palace
July 2018
1 – Community Festival, Finsbury Park, London