Today’s song is “Melody Calling” by The Vaccines. This song was released in anticipation of their upcoming North American tour dates (see below). “Melody Calling” was recorded in March at Eldorado Studios with producers John Hill (Rihanna, MIA, Santigold) and Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys); the band debuted “Melody Calling” on their recent U.K. Arena tour which included shows at London’s O2 Arena & Leeds Millennium Square.
The Vaccines made recent appearances at Governor’s Ball Festival and Bonnaroo and this past weekend the band returned to Glastonbury (links to their performance below). The Vaccines will return for a headline show in Philadelphia at Union Transfer on August 2 before they head to Lollapalooza. Later that month the band will join Mumford and Sons for 12 show across the U.S. After that they’ll play a handful of west coast headline dates before they join Phoenix for a handful of more U.S. dates (full list of date below).
Listen below and for more information check out their official website and Facebook page.
The Vaccines North American tour dates:
8/2 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer (headline show)
8/4 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
8/24 Simcoe, ON Norforlk County Fairgrounds* SOLD OUT (Gentlemen of the Road Stopover)
8/26 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre *
8/28 Queens, NY Forest Hills Stadium*
8/29 Burgettstown, PA First Niagra Pavilion*
9/2 Noblesville, TN Klipsch Music Center*
9/3 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre*
9/4 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center*
9/7 Guthrie, OK Cottonwood Flats * (Gentlemen of the Road Stopover)
9/9 Pelham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre*
9/10 Atlanta, GA Centennial Olympic Park*
9/11 Simpsonville, SC Charter Amphitheatre*
9/13 Orlando, FL The Social (headline show)
9/14 St. Augustine, FL Francis Field * (Gentlemen of the Road Stopover)
9/21 San Diego, CA The Casbah (headline show)
9/22 Los Angeles, CA Mayan Theatre (headline show)
9/23 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom (headline show)
9/28 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion **
9/29 Ypsilanti, MI EMU Convocation Center **
10/1 Boston, MA Agganis Arena **
10/2 Brooklyn, NY Barclay’s **
10/3 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion – Outdoor Stage **
*supporting Mumford and Sons
** supporting Phoenix