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Tickets to see Depeche Mode at Barclays Center and Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre go on Amazon presale today at 10 AM.

Single Day Passes to see Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, Postal Service, Cure, New Order & more at Lollapalooza go on sale today at 11 AM EDT.

Tickets to see Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg with Andrew W.K. at Santos Party House go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets to the Irving Plaza show go on Live Nation presale today at 1 PM.

Tickets to see Youth Lagoon at Maxwell's go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to see Matthew E. White at Bowery Ballroom go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Chvrches at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Subhumans at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Come at Bowery Ballroom go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Marques Toliver is playing Mercury Lounge on May 2. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Selah Sue and Bushwalla are playing Bowery Ballroom on June 21. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Tickets to see Half Moon Run at Mercury Lounge go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Rachael Yamagata and Sanders Bohlke are playing Bowery Ballroom on July 13. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today at noon.

The Heavy is playing Webster Hall on June 12. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Stumblebum Brass Band and Bad Buka are playing Mercury Lounge on April 26. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today at noon.

HARD NYC: Hot Natured with Jamie Jones, Lee Foss and Infinity Ink is happening at Terminal 5 on July 6. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today at noon.

The Gantry and The Wilderness of Manitoba are playing Mercury Lounge on April 23. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today at noon.

Austin's Feathers were added to the Little Boots tour and that includes Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 7. Tickets to that show are still available.

by Tim Griffin

The Cure & fans @ day 1 @ Rock Werchter - 6/28/2012

Flanders is a Festival! That was a new phrase to me prior to last week, and I've learned a lot since then underscoring the truth of it. For the uninitiated - Flanders (which includes Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and Leuven) is rife with more than 280 music festivals per year. Belgium's Rock Werchter is one of the biggest, with three stages spanning four full days of music. It's been around and growing since 1974, and as it has grown, its line-up has grown with it -- this year's included The Cure, Garbage, Justice, Skrillex, Amon Tobin, and more, and that was just on day one.

I ventured to Belgium to cover Rock Werchter this year, and though exhaustion slightly delayed this report you're reading now, it was a great time, visits to Leuven and Brussels included (beautiful places to hang your hat for a visit). More pictures from the first day of the music festival along with some general shots from around Belgium, and video & the setlist from The Cure's set, below...

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We try to keep tabs on various festivals around the world here on BrooklynVegan, many of which you'll eventually see pictures from. Today we focus on Belgium.

Pukkelpop goes down from August 16 - 18. That festival includes The Stone Roses, Bjork, Bloc Party, The Black Keys, Refused, Wilco, The Hives, The Shins, The Afghan Whigs, Lykke Li, Hot Chip, Feist, Flying Lotus, tUnE-yArDs, Chromatics, Cloud Nothings, The Tallest Man on Earth, Baroness, Ceremony, A-Trak, Rustie, Hudson Mohawke, and more. The full lineup is listed below. Tickets for the festival are on sale now.

Rock Werchter, which falls a bit more on the mainstream side, happens in Belgium even sooner, running from June 28 - July 1. That lineup includes The Cure, Jack White, X, Mastodon, Garbage, The xx, M83, Metric, Amon Tobin, Skrillex, Perfume Genius, Bat For Lashes, Michael Kiwanuka, Alabama Shakes, My Morning Jacket, Regina Spektor, Florence + the Machine, The Vaccines and more. Tickets for the festival are on sale now sold out.

The full lineups for both Pukkelpop and Rock Wercher are listed below.

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The Vaccines @ Escape to NY 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

Speaking of even more bands that NME loves, The Vaccines, who are twitter friends with Howler, and part of the recently announced Coachella lineup, just announced a NYC show happening two days after their second Coachella set on April 23 at Webster Hall. Tickets are on sale. All dates are listed below.

In related news, The Vaccines were recently up against Anna Calvi, Magnetic Man, Selah Sue, and James Blake in the "Newcomer of the Year" category at the third annual "Festival Awards Europe" which took place in the Netherlands on 1/11/12. This is who won at that:

And the winners are:
Best Major European Festival - Sziget Festival (Hungary)
Best Medium-Sized European Festival - Off Festival (Poland)
Best Small European Festival - Haldern Pop (Germany)
Best New European Festival - Extrema Outdoor (Belgium)
Best Indoor Festival - I Love Techno (Belgium)
Best European Festival Line-Up - Rock Werchter (Belgium)
YOUROPE Green 'N' Clean Festival Of The Year - Melt! (Germany)
Artist's Favourite European Festival - Southside / Hurricane (Germany)
Best Newcomer association with Eurosonic Noorderslag - James Blake
Best Headliner - Coldplay
Festival Anthem of the Year - Coldplay 'Viva La Vida'
Virtual Festivals Europe presents Promoter Of The Year - FKP Scorpio (Germany)
YOUROPE Lifetime Achievement Award - Michael Eavis, Glastonbury (UK)

Continue reading "The Vaccines playing NYC after Coachella (dates), lost to James Blake at 2011 Festival Awards Europe"