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The Vaccines posing together in a warm-toned promotional band photograph.

Current conditions

#14 The Vaccines

Mid Card • 14°TEMPERATURE

The Vaccines grade out well because of agency relationship, active cycle, shaky genre fit. There are no major penalty conditions dragging the profile down at the moment.

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Genre Fit

3/3

Agency

THE·TEAM

Last Shaky

2016

Festival Fronts

0

Booking outlook

Straight-line indie-rock fit with a poster shape that would make immediate sense.

Artist Bio

The Vaccines are associated with London, England and formed in 2010 and fronted by Justin Young. Their music is known for indie rock drawing from garage rock, surf music, punk, and pop. What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? produced songs such as “If You Wanna,” and the band built a lasting UK and European festival audience through concise hooks and energetic live shows. Across their career, the project has built its reputation through a combination of recorded work and live performance, making them a recognizable presence in the alternative, rock, or festival world relevant to this forecast.

Signal report

Why This Forecast Works

Easy undercard-to-midcard logic if the cycle returns.

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  • Current release/touring/festival research completed in Batch 02. Positive conditions are source-backed; negative findings mean no qualifying current/2027 evidence was verified in this research pass.
  • Current-activity batch 03 research gaps now: Verify image credit/rights metadata; Verify booking agency; Verify management; Verify record label.
  • Research Batch 10 (COMPLETE): All four original gaps resolved. Codex should replace/validate the current local image with an exact Wrenne Evans asset from the press page.
  • Research Batch 10: listed research gaps resolved.

Forecast factors

Pressure Breakdown

This is the weighted case behind the ranking. It explains where the Forecast Index comes from without pretending the number is a literal probability.

  • Agency relationship+4

    THE·TEAM has a meaningful recent Shaky/C3 footprint.

  • Active Cycle+4

    Correlated activity evidence is bundled with diminishing returns: festival (2), release (1), touring (1).

  • Shaky genre fit+3

    Straight-line indie-rock fit with a poster shape that would make immediate sense.

  • Returner sweet spot+3

    The Vaccines last played in 2016, which sits in the ideal return window.

Forecast Index: 14

Routing map

Festival Fronts

  • No festival fronts are currently on the desk.

Release climate

Music Weather

Album

No title tracked

Status

Unknown

Release

Not announced

2027 Touring

No confirmed 2027 North American tour is currently on the desk

Forecast Impact

+0 release-climate points

This profile does not currently receive any verified release-climate points.

  • World Tour (2027)Confirmed

    Red Light Management lists extensive late-2026 international routing and a May 29, 2027 appearance at Neighbourhood Weekender.

Historical conditions

Shaky History

Past appearances2016

Receipts

Sources

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