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The Vaccines speak on Rihanna & reveal tour dates

By on August 28, 2012

[DS]: The band told Digital Spy that Rihanna is merely the front for a large team of songwriters and producers.

“Rihanna isn’t an artist – she has 15 writers, 15 songwriters and 15 producers all fighting for space on her albums and she’s the face of it,” guitarist Freddie Cowan claimed.

“I have nothing against it, but I don’t want to be associated with it.”

Asked about Rihanna’s collaboration with Coldplay, ‘Princess of China’, Cowan suggested that it lacked “artistic merit” due to the Bajan popstar’s inclusion.

“I’ve never heard that song, but it’s Coldplay – they’ll do whatever they can to be the biggest band on earth, to be bigger than U2,” he said.

“They do it really well and they’ve never put out a bad album so hats off to them. I have nothing against those collaborations because I don’t feel you can judge people, but I don’t think I’ll ever be involved in something like that.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale this Wednesday, August 29 at 9am.

The full tour dates are as follows:

  • November 5 – Plymouth, Pavilions
  • November 17 – London, Alexandra Palace
  • November 19 November Leicester, De Montford Hall
  • November 21 – Manchester, Apollo
  • November 22 – Liverpool, University
  • November 23 – Doncaster, Dome
  • November 25 – Glasgow, O2 Academy – SOLD OUT
  • November 26 – Glasgow, O2 Academy
  • November 27 – Newcastle, O2 Academy
  • November 29 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
  • November 30 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy

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