All Points East announces first headline act for 2025 festival

-Credit: (Image: Getty)
-Credit: (Image: Getty)


It's just two months since All Points East dazzled crowds with an action-packed ten days of live music, and already it has announced its first headline act for next year. Run by AEG events, All Points East typically begins in mid August with a week-long programme of live music before a grand finale weekend with three headline shows.

In the past, artists such as LCD Soundsystem, The xx, Björk, Catfish and the Bottlemen, The National, Nick Cave, The Chemical Brothers, Hot Chip, Primal Scream, Spiritualized, The Strokes, Christine and the Queens, Bring Me the Horizon, Haim and Mumford and Sons have all graced the All Points East festival stage, and the event has grown rapidly in stature since it was founded in 2018.

Now heading into its eighth year, All Points East has announced one of the major headline acts for its grand finale weekend on Sunday, August 24, along with a number of support acts who will also take to the stage.

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English indie rock group The Maccabees, founded 20 years ago in London and behind hits 'Toothpaste Kisses' and 'Pelican' will be the headline act on Sunday, August 24, next year. The group - made up of Orlando Weeks, Felix White, Hugo White, Rupert Jarvis, Sam Doyle, Robert Dylan Thomas, Elliott Andrews and Will White - released four critically acclaimed albums before disbanding in 2016.

The band will be supported on Sunday, August 24, by special guests The Bombay Bicycle Club, another English indie rock act behind the hits "Always Like This" and "Shuffle", as well as Dry Cleaning, The Cribs, Nilufer Yanya, The Murder Capital, Divorce, Prima Queen and others.

The Maccabees fans went into overdrive this month when the group posted on Instagram for the first time in seven years, updating their logo before announcing they would reunite next year.

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The band posted on X: "Here we go. Some of our favourite artists in the world are joining us next year at @allpointseastuk. Pre-sale tickets are on sale now if you signed up. General sale starts 10am tomorrow. Feels like it’s going to be special. Good luck. The Maccabees x."

Presale tickets for All Points East on Sunday, August 24, are already on sale, starting from £79.75 (Tier 3) and rising to £133.75 (VIP Garden + VIP Pit). The general sale will start at 10am tomorrow (Thursday).

The line-ups and ticket information for Friday, August 22, and Saturday, August 23, next year have yet to be revealed. More more information, see All Points East website HERE.

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