The Vaccines to play a special NME Awards Tour warm up gig

As a pre-cursor to the 12-date NME Awards Tour running through February - The Vaccines - will play a very special warm up gig at Kings College, London (KCLSU) on January 29th.

The Londoners will play an intimate gig before hitting the road with Crystal Castles, Magnetic Man and Everything Everything.

Their first release, Wreckin' Bar/Blow it Up, came out last week while the East London four-piece will be following in the footsteps of previous NME Awards Tour graduates Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs and Florence and the Machine.

Tickets will go on sale exclusively via NME.COM on Wednesday 1st December, and generally via Gigs and Tours and Ticketmaster on Friday 3rd December, for £8.50 with support bands to be announced.

The NME Awards Tour begins on February 3rd and tours the UK until February 19th, when they play London's O2 Academy Brixton. The NME Awards 2011 will take place on February 23rd at the same venue.

To check the availability of NME Awards Tour 2011 tickets and get all the latest listings, go to nme.com/tickets now, or call 0871 230 1094. Tag your tweets with #nmeawards to join the conversation.

NME Awards Tour Dates 2011:

Thu 03 Feb Glasgow, O2 Academy
Fri 04 Feb Manchester, Academy
Mon 07 Feb Newcastle, O2 Academy
Tue 08 Feb Nottingham, Rock City
Wed 09 Feb Leeds, O2 Academy
Fri 11 Feb Norwich, UEA
Sat 12 Feb Birmingham, O2 Academy
Sun 13 Feb Cardiff, Uni Great Hall
Tue 15 Feb Bristol, O2 Academy
Wed 16 Feb Bournemouth, O2 Academy
Thu 17 Feb Brighton Dome
Sat 19 Feb Brixton, O2 Academy

Pre-sale exclusively through www.NME.com from 9am on Wednesday 1st December

General release via Gigs and Tours and Ticketmaster on Friday 3rd December

All prices subject to booking fees plus a 50p charity donation to Teenage Cancer Trust