As the south London band get to grips with their material for the first time since 2017, NME joins them in their practice space to look ahead to their return – and their big All Points East headline set
"Please send your love and get wells to one of the best to ever do it"
"We weren’t planning on playing any festivals next summer but we couldn’t say no"
"Then all gigs were cancelled. It was like, ‘Wow, we just had the biggest gig of the year’"
Tickets for the band's first gig in eight years go on sale tomorrow (October 31)
"This is an opportunity to realise that whatever we had in that moment was pretty special and get to enjoy it again"
Reunion tour dates are expected to be shared imminently
"More excited about the Maccabees reforming than Oasis"
Felix White spoke to NME about his "left field friendship" with the tennis icon, tackling shared grief on the band's debut album, trading tunes with Noel Gallagher, and whether a Maccabees reunion is on the cards