British indie band The Maccabees have announced that they will be reuniting for a live show in London next summer.
The band broke up in 2017 and released their last album, Signs to prove itin 2015, which landed at No.1 on UK Official Albums Chart. The Maccabees will perform their first live show in eight years at London's All Points East festival in Victoria Park on 24 August 2025.
General ticket sales begin at 10am. GMT on October 31 from the official festival service website. Special guests for the 50,000 capacity show will be announced in due course.
Speaking about the reunion guitarist Felix White said in a statement: “In the intervening years, we've been at All Points East very, very separately. It's become a landmark festival for us, always checking who's on the line-up. I would go and have a great time all day, but there was always that sadness watching the headliners that we could have done it one day. I thought this moment had passed and it was something I was prepared to come to terms with that I would always miss. I think we're all kind of shocked and excited to get it together again.”
His brother, guitarist Felix White, added that The Strokes' appearance at the festival in 2023 was part of the motivation for the band to return. “I could see they were enjoying it, realizing how great what they had created together was. “Being a band, you usually have a 'We can do better' mentality and you're always chasing something else,” Felix said.
“It's an opportunity to realize that what we had at that moment was very special and to enjoy it again. It's an opportunity to appreciate everything, and especially how it affects other people and creates a community.”
The band formed in London in 2004 and released four studio albums: Color it (2007), Wall of Weapons (2009), Given To The Wild (2012) and Signs to prove it (2015). They split in 2017 and held a UK farewell tour, which included three nights at the capital's 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace.
After the band split, frontman Orlando Weeks released a string of solo records, while brothers Felix and Hugo White formed 86TVs, which released its self-titled debut in August.
They are the first act announced for the 2025 All Points East festival. This year's edition included headliners from Kaytranada, Loyle Carner, Mitski, LCD Soundsystem and more.
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