The Vaccines Axe Tours As Justin Young Prepares For More Throat Surgery

The Vaccines have been forced to cancel a series of forthcoming gigs so singer Justin Young can undergo another throat operation.

Young, who has already had two operations this year, said the surgery would prevent the band from being able to play gigs in North America in September and Japan and Europe in October.

In a statement, he said: “As I have said before, we understand any anger or upset, but we hope you all understand that we are completely devastated by this problem that has continued to plague us personally and professionally during the best year of our lives.

“Cancelling shows in exchange for repeated hospital visits plain f*cking sucks.”

Young added: “We need to be able to perform to the best of our abilities without doing permanent damage to my throat.”

The Vaccines will resume their tour in Paris on October 26 before supporting Arctic Monkeys on their UK arena tour in November.