The Maccabees tease new songs ‘She’ and ‘Ballad Of So Long’ ahead of Alexandra Palace headline show • News • DIY Magazine

Ahead of a busy summer of outdoor shows – including London’s Alexandra Palace Park and Leeds’ Kirkstall Abbey – The Maccabees have shared details of all the songs they’ve been rehearsing ahead of their July live run.

But nestled among the bona-fide favourites and crowd pleasers (like ‘Sticks’n’Stones’, the Jamie T cut they played at last year’s triumphant All Points East comeback show) are two mysterious, unfamiliar titles: ‘She’, and ‘Ballad Of So Long’. 

Neither name crops up on any of The Maccs’ four albums – ‘Colour It In’ (2007), ‘Wall Of Arms’ (2009), ‘Given To The Wild’ (2012), and ‘Marks To Prove It’ (2015) – which leads us to conclude only one thing… are they brand new tracks? If so, they’d be the beloved indie outfit’s first new releases in over a decade – and crowds at their forthcoming summer shows will be the first to hear them. 

Watch this space… 

Catch The Maccabees live this summer on the following dates:

JULY 2026
06 Edinburgh, Corn Exchange 
07 Newcastle, O2 City Hall
09 London, Alexandra Palace Park
11 Cornwall, The Eden Sessions
23 Bristol, Siren, Bristol Amphitheatre 
25 Brighton, On The Beach 
31 Leeds, Kirkstall Abbey