To celebrate the 15-year anniversary of the band’s first album, in August 2025 the band announced a tour, where they would play the album in full, around the UK and Europe. The tour features 20 dates, from February to April. British dates will be supported by American alternative rock band…
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The album was released on 12 January 2024.
In September 2023, the Vaccines announced their sixth studio album, Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations , alongside the release of its lead single “Heartbreak Kid”, recorded in Los Angeles with producer Andrew Wells. To coincide with the release of the album, the band announced a UK and European tour as…
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On 15 March 2023, Cowan announced that he was leaving the Vaccines “for the foreseeable future” and had already informed the other members of his decision during the previous summer. Having just become a father, Cowan was reluctant to be away on tour all the time. He also hoped to…
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Back in Love City charted at No.5 in UK upon release, marking the band’s fifth consecutive top 5 album, with NME citing a band “still at their very best and still brimming with ideas and invention”. Following a tour of small venues around the UK for Music Venue Trust ,…
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On 10 September 2021, the Vaccines released their fifth studio album, Back in Love City . Recorded at Sonic Ranch just outside of El Paso, Texas in December 2019, the album was produced by Daniel Ledinsky with additional production by Fryars .
On 13 May 2021, the band released the first single from their, as yet, untitled fifth record called ” Headphones Baby “. This was followed by singles ” Back in Love City ” and ” Alone Star “. With touring still restricted by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the band made…
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In February 2021, the Vaccines released a covers EP entitled Cosy Karaoke Vol. 1 . The EP consisted of cover versions of songs by Waxahatchee , Kacey Musgraves , Queens of the Stone Age , Buffalo Springfield , Wanda Jackson and the Tornadoes . This preceded the release of a…
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In April 2020, the band released a new YouTube-only song, “I Never Go Out on Fridays”. This was followed by another new song, “Internet Disco” featuring Agent Emotion, which was featured on the NHS fundraiser Songs for the National Health Service alongside unreleased songs by other British acts such as…
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In July 2019, it was announced that the band had recorded a duet with Kylie Minogue to accompany the trailer for the Aardman Animations Oscar nominated A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon .