The Vaccines will close the first day of Liverpool Sound City this year, joining Belle & Sebastian and The Flaming Lips as headliners for the festival.

Sound City have also announced the first wave of acts on the rest of the bill, including drum and bass pioneer Roni Size, Canadian hardcore punks Fucked Up, Sean Lennon's The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes, leftfield singer/songwriter Jane Weaver and Kiwi psych-rock outfit Unknown Mortal Orchestra. After ...