The Vaccines have openly criticized the Glastonbury organizers for booking The Who, claiming it was a "safe bet" and have suggested that Florence & The Machine should've topped the bill instead.
Florence is set to play during the June Festival but The Vaccines Front man Justin Young thinks she should be the final headliner. Young explains in the new issue of NME, "I know she's playing anyway, but people are complaining about the lack of women at the top of festival bills and the lack of new artists".
"There's a great artist who's huge as well and progressing in more than one sense of the word. Whether that's your thing or not I think it would've been a really big statement if Glastonbury put her at the top of the bill."
"The Who are such a safe booking. I would've had Florence headline".
The band's opinions on Florence are equally felt as guitarist Freddie Cowan added: "Headlining a festival is really self-fulfilling and if you give someone the opportunity like Florence, she'd just take it and run with it and the year after she'd be headlining everything".
"She's definitely a strong enough artist to step up to the plate."
Below: Watch Gigwise's Vaccines interview below
The Vaccines embark on a UK tour this November, which includes two dates at London's Brixton Academy, but before that they will play a few festivals including T In The Park, Latitude and Kendal Calling.
JULY
11th Strathallan Castle T in the Park
18th Southwold Latitude Festival
31st Kendal Kendal Calling
NOVEMBER
10th Blackpool Empress Ballroom
12th Plymouth Pavilions
13th Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
15th Bournemouth International Centre
16th Bridlington Spa
17th Wolverhampton Civic
19th Brighton Centre
20th Nottingham Capital FM Arena
22nd London Brixton Academy
23rd London Brixton Academy
Below: The Vaccines guide to the brand new album English Graffiti
