Over the past year, crowdsourced footage has been used everywhere from providing a backdrop for LCD Soundsystem's final show to helping Olympus sell cameras to identifying a certain NYPD police officer that 99 percent of Americans would like to castrate despite his delicious-sounding last name.Enter the new video for "Wetsuit" from English post-punk quartet The Vaccines, crowdsourced from fan-submitted instagram music fest snaps. But is crowdsourcing becoming the lazy man's means of acquiring footage? Perhaps, but who really cares about that noise when you can post a Youtube link to your Facebook wall with the caption "SEE THAT NONDESCRIPT IMAGE FLASHED FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND 4 MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS IN?? I TOOK THAT!!!"? Fan engagement at its finest….Check out the video below, and if you're one of the select(?) few whose shot was used in the clip, treat yourself to a juicy high five courtesy of the Noisey team.And don't miss The Vaccines on their extensive European tour! Your pics might not make it into a music video, but maybe at least one of your friends will politely oblige you as you swipe through your iPhone photos for an hour and a half.10/20 -- Berlin, German @ Lido w/ Toni Kater10/22 -- Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Medis10/23 -- Copenhagen, Denmark @ VEGA10/25 -- Cologne, Germany @ Luxor10/26 -- Paris, France @ La Flèche d'Or10/28 -- Nottingham, UK @ Capital FM Arena w/ Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns10/29 -- London, UK @ The O2 Arena w/ Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns10/30 -- London, UK @ The O2 Arena w/ Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns11/01 -- Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Motorpoint Arena w/ Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns11/02 -- Manchester, UK @ Manchester Evening News Arena w/ Arctic Monkeys11/04 -- Birmingham, UK @ LD Arena w/ Arctic Monkeys11/05 -- Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ Metro Radio Arena11/06 -- Aberdeen, UK @ Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre w/ Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns11/08 -- Glasgow, UK @ Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre w/ Arctic Monkeys11/09 -- Liverpool, UK @ Echo Arena w/ Arctic Monkeys11/17 -- Machester, UK @ Manchester Academy11/19 -- Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom w/ Frankie & The Heartstrings11/20 -- Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom11/21 -- Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ O2 Academy Newcastle w/ Frankie & The Heartstrings11/23 -- Sheffield, UK @ O2 Academy Sheffield w/ Frankie & The Heartstrings11/24 -- Lincoln, UK @ Engine Shed11/25 -- Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy11/26 -- Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds11/28 -- Southampton, UK @ Southamption Guildhall11/29 -- Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy Oxford11/30 -- Norwich, UK @ Norwich UEA LCR w/ Frankie & The Heartstrings12/02 -- Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy Bristol w/ Frankie & The Heartstrings12/03 -- Cambridge, UK @ The Cambridge Corn Exchange12/04 -- Leamington Spa, UK @ The Assembly w/ Frankie & The Heartstrings12/06 -- Eastbourne, UK @ Winter Gardens12/07 -- London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton12/08 -- London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton w/ Surfer Blood12/11 -- Hamburg, Germany @ Knust12/12 -- Cologne, Germany @ Luxor12/15 -- Copenhagen, Denmark @ VEGA12/16 -- Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Medis12/18 -- Berlin, Germany @ Postbahnhof12/19 -- Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
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