The Vaccines

MCD Presents
The Vaccines
The Olympia Theatre
Tuesday 8th December 2015

Following their main stage set at Longitude Festival this past summer, The Vaccines have announced their Irish return with a date at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on Tuesday 8th December 2015.

Tickets priced from €23 inclusive of booking fee on sale NOW via Ticketmaster.ie, usual Ticketmaster outlets nationwide (list here) including The Olympia Theatre Box Office, and by calling Ticketmaster at The Olympia Phone Bookings on 0818 719 330.

Under 14's must be accompanied by an adult, Over 18's ID required to gain access to the bars where alcohol is served.

“With English Graffiti, we’ve embraced modernity. I’m immensely proud of it.”

Few modern British guitar bands have had such an instant impact as The Vaccines. Emerging in the summer of 2010 with blend of retro surf punk, Ramones guitars and Everly Brothers pop hooks, their high octane, ultra-melodic sound saw them instantly adopted as the hot new guitar band on the block. The London four-piece – Justin Hayward-Young (vocals/guitar), Freddie Cowan (guitar), Arni Arnason (bass) and Pete Robertson (drums) had only formed in early 2010, but in early 2011, debut album What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Quickly achieved platinum status. Just 18 months later, the follow-up, Come Of Age, hit Number One.

It was a mercurial rise, not least because guitar pop was unfashionable at the time and Young had previously been a struggling singer-songwriter. Under the monicker Jay Jay Pistolet, he’d hauled himself up and down the motorway to small audiences before forming The Vaccines and writing the songs that changed the game.