{"id":2472096,"date":"2026-06-23T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2472096"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:37:38","slug":"the-maccabees-share-hint-about-new-music-for-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-maccabees-share-hint-about-new-music-for-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Maccabees share hint about new music for tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-945344\">\n<div class=\"featured-img\"><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Jill Furmanovsky Archive<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"article-meta-left\">\n<p> <time datetime=\"2026-06-23T15:30:07+01:00\">Tue 23 June 2026 15:30, UK<\/time> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>It seems like beloved British indie band <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/the-maccabees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Maccabees\">The Maccabees<\/a> could be teasing new music ahead of their live shows this summer. <\/p>\n<p>After seven years of silence, the band announced their reunion in late 2024 and went on to storm the festival circuit as well as their own tour last summer, which included massive stops at Glastonbury and All Points East. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVVideo GRVPrimisVideo\"\/>\n<p>The band subsequently announced a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/the-maccabees-five-huge-summer-shows-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"further run of summer gigs\">further run of summer gigs<\/a> for this year, where they are set to play in London, Cornwall, Bristol, Brighton, and Leeds over the course of July. <\/p>\n<p>However, they have upped the excitement in a new Instagram post shared on June 23rd, in which they showed snippets of the setlist that includes beloved hits like \u2018Toothpaste Kisses\u2019 and \u2018Marks to Prove It\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, though, eagle-eyed fans may have noticed some unfamiliar additions to the list, such as the songs \u2018Ballad of So Long\u2019 and \u2018She\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>This is heavily fuelling speculation that, some 11 years on from the release of their last album <em>Marks to Prove It <\/em>in 2015, The Maccabees could be gearing up to putting out new music. <\/p>\n<p>It would make sense in the context that Felix White said, upon the announcement of their 2026 dates late last year, \u201cThe year we\u2019ve just had was so special to all of us, and so unexpected, that it has put some momentum in everyone collectively\u2026 and who wouldn\u2019t want to do all that again?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The guitarist recently sat down for a Proustian pint as part of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/existential-boozer-a-proustian-pint-with-felix-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Far Out\u2019s Existential Boozer\"><em>Far Out<\/em>\u2019s Existential Boozer<\/a>, where among topics including his jealousy for 16-year-old Arsenal player Max Dowman, White opened up on the perspective that the break from the band gave him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always just felt like being a guitar player in a band, and that sort of feels, without disrespect to anyone, like a bit of a two-dimensional existence now when I look back on it,\u201d he admitted.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-follow preferred-source\" style=\"display:flex;justify-content:flex-start\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\" style=\"\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"\"> <span>ADD AS A PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE<\/span> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/far-out-magazine\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"incontent-container\">\n<div class=\"incontent-content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h6>The Far Out Music Newsletter<\/h6>\n<p>All the latest music news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source faroutmagazine.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Jill Furmanovsky Archive Tue 23 June 2026 15:30, UK It seems like beloved British indie band The Maccabees could be teasing new music ahead of their live shows this summer. 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