The Vaccines have announced their first US tour, which they'll embark on with none other than Sheffield's finest - The Arctic Monkeys.

The two acts will kick off with a Washington show on May 17, but fear not - they're both Punchestown bound this Summer too. See below for a snippet of the Monkeys' 2006 Oxegen performace to get you in the festival mood. This year will see the band showcase material from upcoming fourth album, Suck It And See, due out in June.

The Vaccines, whose debut album What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? is out now, will perform in Dublin's Academy tonight (March 25), the Speakeasy, Belfast (26) and Galway's Roisin Dubh (27).

Oxegen tickets are on sale at [live]www.oxegen.ie[/link].