All Points East

Following cryptic announcements on social media. The Maccabees have announced a huge gig in London. With some special guests.

The band will reform for a one off concert in London's Victoria Park on Sunday 24th August 2025. Backed up by Bombay Bicycle Club, The Cribs, The Murder Capital among others. The band parted company in 2017 with a triumphant final tour, signing off their time together at a sold out Alexandra Palace in North London. 

The band however, did not breakup on bad terms stating. 

“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,”“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.”

On the All Points East Show, the bands guitarist Felix White says.

“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.”

The reunion had been in the works for a number of years. As detailed in a press release, The Maccabees' reunion saw its early beginnings at Hugo's White's wedding in 2020, where he wanted to put together a covers band as part of the celebrations.

Guest spots were divided out between close friends and fellow musicians including Adele, Florence + The Machine and Jamie T. It was also suggested that The Maccabees could play Pelican, but Hugo wasn't sure if frontman Orlando would take part.

Orlando said of the event: “I didn’t go because it was The Maccabees playing together again, but because it was a beautiful gesture to be invited and to contribute to the spirit of the day. What I wanted, band aside, was to find a way to be in each other’s lives in some way."

It seems 2025 is the year of the reunion