The Vaccines New Record Out Today, Summerstage Pics

The Vaccines at Central Park Summerstage (05/24/11)
The Vaccines at Summerstage
Photo: Geoff Green
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What Do You Expect From The Vaccines?, the debut LP from UK buzz band The Vaccines dropped in the US today (May 31) via Sony/Columbia. If you’re a fan of The Ramones then I expect you will either, a) love this record because it sounds like one of your favorite bands, or b) hate this record because it sounds like a cheap imitation of The Ramones. “Post Breakup Sex” (the song) is pretty good, and I’ve got “Blow It Up” stuck on repeat, but despite its bright spots, I’m pretty sure WDYEFTV won’t make my year end top 10. If you’re interested in hearing/judging for yourself, you can stream the new album from The Vaccines at Spinner.com for the rest of the week.

The Vaccines have a pretty heavy summer tour schedule ahead of them, but they’ll mostly be playing dates in Europe and the UK. The band will return to NY this summer to play the Escape To New York in the Southhampton, NY on Aug 6. Check out all The Vaccines upcoming tour dates and more pictures from their opening set for Arctic Monkeys at the Rumsey Playfield after the jump.

The Vaccines at Rumsey Playfield at Central Park by Geoff Green
The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines at Summerstage

The Vaccines 2011 Tour Dates
Jun 02 The Fox Theater Pomona, CA
Jun 03 The Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
Jun 10 Don Valley Bowl Sheffield, United Kingdom
Jun 11 Isle of Wight Festival Newport (Isle Of Wight), United Kingdom
Jun 12 Northside Festival Aarhus, Denmark
Jun 14 Mallorca Rocks Baleares, Spain
Jun 15 Ibiza Rocks Ibiza, Spain
Jun 17 Provinssirock, Törnävä Park Seinajoki, Finland
Jun 18 Hurricane Festival Scheessel, Germany
Jun 19 Southside Festival Tuttlingen, Germany
Jun 22 Eject Festival Athens, Greece
Jun 24 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL Somerset, United Kingdom
Jun 25 CD Cantarranas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid, Spain
Jun 26 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL Somerset, United Kingdom
Jun 28 Hove Festival Arendal, Norway
Jun 29 PEACE AND LOVE FESTIVAL Borlange, Sweden
Jun 30 Hyde Park London, United Kingdom
Jul 01 OpenAir St. Gallen, Switzerland
Jul 03 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium
Jul 03 Metropolis festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jul 05 Montreaux Jazz Cafe Montreux, Switzerland
Jul 08 Lounge On The Farm Canterbury, United Kingdom
Jul 09 Oxygen Festival Co Kildare, Ireland
Jul 10 T in the Park Kinross, United Kingdom
Jul 12 Deferlantes Argeles, France
Jul 14 Gurtenfestival Bern, Switzerland
Jul 15 Latitude Festival Suffolk, United Kingdom
Jul 16 Super Bock Super Rock Lisbon, Portugal
Jul 29 FUJI ROCK Naebacho, Japan
Jul 31 Splendour In The Grass Byron Bay Nsw, Australia
Aug 02 Metro Theatre Sydney, Australia
Aug 03 Hi Fi Bar & Ballroom Melbourne Vic, Australia
Aug 05 Grant Park Chicago, IL
Aug 06 Escape to New York New York, NY
Aug 10 Showbox Seattle, WA
Aug 11 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
Aug 12 Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA
Aug 16 Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
Aug 18 Frequency Festival Polten, Austria
Aug 20 Belsonic Belfast, United Kingdom
Aug 23 HMV Forum London, United Kingdom
Aug 24 HMV Picture House, Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Aug 26 Reading Festival Reading, United Kingdom
Aug 27 Leeds Festival Leeds, United Kingdom
Aug 28 Rock en Seine Festival Paris, France
Sep 03 Idays Bologna, Italy
Sep 18 Zilker Park Austin, TX