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‘We want to thank you for getting The Maccabees back together’.

Those were the words of Maccabees guitarist Felix White addressing the All Points East crowd before drawing their triumphant headlining set to a close.

It certainly felt like a show that was nearly a decade in the making, with both Felix and frontman Orlando Weeks telling the roaring crowd how grateful they are to be on stage together again.

The UK indie darlings split in 2017 following a string of farewell shows – leaving a glaring hole in the country’s guitar band landscape. 

Eight years later, they’re playing in front of thousands in east London’s Victoria Park – just a few miles north of their beloved Elephant and Castle home. 

Opening with a backing screen montage of their formative days as a band, the five-piece tore into early fan favourites Latchmere – a homage to the leisure centre in Battersea – and X-ray before treating us to the wondrous Feel to Follow from 2012’s Given to the Wild. 

Three songs in and it’s like they’ve never been away. 

First Love, Lego and Toothpaste Kisses from 2007’s debut Colour It In provided welcome pangs of nostalgia while William Powers, one of the highlights from 2009’s Wall of Arms, felt bigger than ever with its rousing crescendo of ‘now, now, now, now, now’ ringing across the park.

What would be a headline show without a special guest?  There were two, actually. Football fans would’ve spotted a replica of the UEFA Intertoto Cup trophy resting on top of a guitar amp with the words ‘We won it one time!’ emblazoned underneath. (A nice little nod to Fulham’s win in the competition in 2002).

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However, the second addition proved to be one of the night’s stand-out moments.  Orlando and co welcomed Wimbledon’s own Jamie T to play on Marks to Prove it before diving into his own raucous hit Sticks ‘N’ Stones.  

The encore of the dizzyingly massive Grew Up At Midnight and Pelican provided a fitting end to an emotional night prompting a final message from Felix: ‘We are so happy to be alive and play in front of you right now.’

Early on, he vowed to make this the ‘best Maccabees show by a distance’. Did they succeed? They did – and then some. The only let down was it was marred by sound difficulties.

It cut out twice – during Can You Give It and First Love – but this was out of their hands.  Dust clouds whipped up throughout the day due to the park’s extremely dry ground as a big talking point among festival-goers – another aspect the band had no control over.

What about the best of the rest? Pop megastar in the making CMAT staked a claim for future festival headliner.   

The Irish singer transformed the Victoria Park crowd into a mass line-dancing event with her high energy renditions of The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station, EURO-COUNTRY, and I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby! to an adoring crowd who were hanging onto every word.  A big shout out to Suzie at the front and the three fans who brought CMAT dolls along with them.

Wakefield’s The Cribs proved the indie sleaze revival is alive and kicking with a powerhouse set.  The brothers sounded stronger than ever with a greatest hits set spanning their eight-strong album back catalogue, treating the crowd to Hey Scenesters!, Moving Pictures, Men’s Needs, and the always-electrifying Mirror Kisses.

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