The Maccabees have announced an epic comeback - more than seven years after 'last ever' gig.
The band hadn’t performed together since their last show at Alexandra Palace back in 2017. It has been claimed that they hadn’t all been in the same room since that final performance in London as fans feared it was the end of the road.
Now the Indie rockers - brothers Felix and Hugo White, Orlando Weeks, Rupert Jarvis and Sam Doyle - have announced their plans to play a headline set at the Victoria Park festival in August.
Guitarist Felix said: “In the intervening years we’ve been to All Points East a lot, separately. It’s become a bit of a landmark festival for us, always checking who’s on the line-up. I’d go and have a great time throughout the day, but there was always this pinch of regret watching headliners that we could’ve done it ourselves one day too.
"I thought that moment had passed, and it was something I was prepared to come to terms with that I was always going to miss. I think we’re all kind of shocked and excited that we get to do it together again.”
Hugo said they were inspired by watching The Strokes play last year's All Points East. He added "I could see that they were enjoying it, realising how great what they had created together was. Being a band, you are usually in a mindset of, ‘We can do better’ and you’re always chasing something else.
"This is an opportunity to realise that whatever we had in that moment was pretty special and get to enjoy it again. It’s a chance to appreciate everything, and especially how it impacts other people and created a community."
The Maccabees stunned the music world when they announced they were to disband in 2016. Telling fans in a statement, they confirmed: "After 14 years as a band we have decided to call it a day. The decision has obviously been an incredibly difficult one, given that the Maccabees has been such a huge part of our lives until now.
"We are very proud to be able to go out on our own terms, at our creative peak and off the back of the best and biggest shows we have ever done. There have not been fallings out and we are grateful to say that we are not leaving the group behind as a divided force. It has been a rare and absolutely incredible time that we all feel very lucky to have shared.
"Love to anyone who has ever stood by our band, bought our records, come and seen us play, or cared and contributed in whatever capacity it may have been. We have always valued it immeasurably, tried to honour it as best we could and can only say thank you to you all very deeply and sincerely.
"Though there are no concrete plans at this stage, we are all planning to continue making music. We are excited about the future and intend to move on, with some sadness, but with appreciation, affection and huge pride at the music we have made and all that we have achieved together."
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