The Vaccines have toured extensively, playing with and opening up for acts such as The Rolling Stones, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Stone Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons, and Muse.
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On 10 June 2011, The Vaccines performed as a support act for the Arctic Monkeys in a 10,000-capacity tent venue at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, UK.
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The Sheffield performance followed a joint trip that the two bands had made to America, during which time the Vaccines made their network television debut, performing "If You Wanna" on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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The Vaccines ended the summer at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, joined on stage by members of The Horrors.
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In turn, The Vaccines appeared on stage with The Horrors later in the day.
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The Vaccines have frequently collaborated on stage, including guest spots with Lyle Preslar of Minor Threat, Ryan Jarman of The Cribs, members of Savages and Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand.
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On Christmas Day of 2011, The Vaccines appeared on Top of the Pops for the first time, before welcoming in the New Year on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny.
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The Vaccines recorded their second LP in March 2012 with producer Ethan Johns.
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On 29 January 2013, The Vaccines began its first headliner tour of the US with a show at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts, supported by Australian band San Cisco.
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The Vaccines featured on the cover of the 30 April 2013 issue of NME magazine, in which they revealed that they were working on some new material which may either be part of an EP or part of a third album.
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On 24 June 2013, The Vaccines revealed a brand new track titled "Melody Calling" that premiered on Radio 1.
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The producer Dave Fridmann, who has worked on records for artists including Flaming Lips, MGMT and Tame Impala told NME that The Vaccines want to create a similar sound to Sleater-Kinney's The Woods, though Arnason and Young later attributed that statement to Fridmann's habit of lying to the press and not something the band had ever discussed.
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English Graffiti live shows, The Vaccines recruited a new touring keyboardist, Timothy Lanham.
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On 17 June 2016, The Vaccines announced Pete Robertson's amicable departure "to focus on other things", with their recent US tour which had ended a month prior to the announcement being the drummer's last shows with the band.
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On 26 and 28 August 2016, The Vaccines played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, some of their first British concerts with Intonti playing drums, before headliners Fall Out Boy and Biffy Clyro.
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