The Vaccines have announced details of the release of a new double A-sided single. Wetsuit / Tiger Blood will be released on December 4th through Columbia Records.
To be released on 7” and as a download, Tiger Blood was recorded with The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr at his upstate New York studio during a gap in touring this summer.
The single is the latest to be taken from their debut album, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?, which was released in March of this year and was recently certified gold in the U.K. having now sold just over 200,000 copies.
The single is accompanied by a video featuring clips and images filmed by fans at Vaccines shows over the summer and submitted to and collated by Instagram. With contributions from fans from over 30 countries the video can be viewed here:
http://blog.instagram.com/post/11064572241/innovative-uses-of-instagram
Arguably the band of the summer, the last few months have seen them pack out tents at most of the major U.K. festivals.
Ecstatic performances at both T in the Park and Latitude were followed by a triumphant Reading appearance where they played late-afternoon to over 20,000 people in the Radio 1 tent and were hailed as number 1 band of the festival by the NME.
Earlier this year the band played a sold-out show at London’s Forum and the vast majority of their forthcoming headline tour is now sold out. Before heading out on their own they are due to support the Arctic Monkey’s on their arena tour in October.
Support on their November / December headline tour will be provided by Frankie & The Heartstrings and Howler.
Their full list of shows, including their U.K. headline tour and Arctic Monkeys arena tour is as follows:
OCTOBER
28th Nottingham Capital FM Arena - (Arctic Monkeys)
29th London 02 Arena - (Arctic Monkeys)
NOVEMBER
1st Cardiff Motor Point Arena - (Arctic Monkeys)
2nd Manchester Evening News Arena - (Arctic Monkeys)
4th Birmingham LG Arena - (Arctic Monkeys)
5th Newcastle Metro Arena - (Arctic Monkeys)
6th Aberdeen AECC - (Arctic Monkeys)
8th Glasgow SECC - (Arctic Monkeys)
9th Liverpool Echo Arena - (Arctic Monkeys)
17th Manchester Academy (Headline show) SOLD OUT
19th Glasgow Barrowland (Headline show) SOLD OUT
20th Glasgow Barrowland (Headline show)
21st Newcastle Academy (Headline show) SOLD OUT
23rd Sheffield Academy (Headline show) SOLD OUT
24th Lincoln Engine Shed (Headline show) SOLD OUT
25th Manchester Academy (Headline show) SOLD OUT
26th Leeds Academy (Headline show) SOLD OUT
28th Southampton Guildhall (Headline show) SOLD OUT
29th Oxford Academy (Headline show) SOLD OUT
30th Norwich UEA (Headline show) SOLD OUT
DECEMBER
2nd Bristol Academy (Headline show) SOLD OUT
3rd Cambridge Corn Exchange (Headline show) SOLD OUT
4th Leamington Spa Assembly (Headline show) SOLD OUT
6th Eastbourne Winter Gardens (Headline show)
7th London Brixton Academy (Headline show) SOLD OUT
8th London Brixton Academy (Headline show)
The Vaccines are: Arni Arnason (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar / vocals), Pete Robertson (drums) & Justin Young (vocals / guitar).
