May
9th - The Hi Fi, Brisbane
10th - Metro Theatre, Sydney
16th - The Hi Fi, Melbourne
18th - The Capital, Perth

Fan pre-sale tickets are available from now until Friday February 10th. For the Sydney show, click here (password is The Maccabees). For the Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth shows click here (password is Pelican).

Tickets are on general sale on Tuesday February 21st at 9am (Australian Eastern Time).

Don't forget we are also playing the GTM Festival in Australia in May, details of which can be found here.

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Hello Everyone, we are pleased to announce that we are playing the motelmozaique Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands on April 21st. For more information, please visit http://www.motelmozaique.nl/tickets/

More information, including ticket onsale details, can be found at the official GTM website here. 

Here’s a preview of Pelican: 

Maccabees Ali Pali tickets

Hi Everyone, We are giving away 2 tickets to some of the shows on the coming tour. All you need to do is enter your details to win..Click the links for the relevant shows and the winners will be chosen and contacted on Friday..

Aberdeen

Glasgow 

London

Birmingham    

Manchester

Newcastle

Andy Goldsworthy

VINYL : HMV

Download: Itunes 7 Digital Amazon


The special CD digipack version currently available in shops and for all pre-orders is limited edition. Once these have sold the CD will only be available as a standard plastic jewelcase.

The vinyl, pictured below, is a three way fold out and we're very proud of the way it has turned out. A digital code is included with all purchases so you can also store the record digitally.

You can read the NME (9/10), Q (4/5) and Fly (4.5/5) reviews ofGiven To The Wild here. 

On the 10th January, Hugo and Felix will be joining John Kennedy on his XFM show for an album playback and track-by-track interview. 

12th January, we are the featured band on Channel 4's 360 show. 

That Wednesday we will also be in interview with Radcliffe and Maconie on 6 music and on Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 show. 

We are also the cover of this week's NME. 

Many thanks to everyone for supporting us to this point, we hope you enjoy the record. It feels great to finally have it available everywhere. 

The Maccabees

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We are happy to bring you 'Feel To Follow' another track from the forth coming album Given To The Wild.

This means we have regrettably had to reschedule the Newcastle Academy show to later that week, on January 29th. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause to anyone who has already bought tickets for this show. All tickets for the original date are valid for the new date. If you have bought a ticket for the original date and are now unable to make it please contact your point of purchase for a refund.

We are also excited to announce more UK dates for March 2012 as follows:

3rd - Dublin Academy

4th - Belfast Spring & Airbrake

5th - Edinburgh Picture House

7th - Middlesborough Town Hall

8th - Nottingham Rock City

9th - Brighton Dome

10th - Leeds O2 Academy

12th - Liverpool Academy

13th - Bristol Academy

14th - Norwich UEA

16th - Southampton Great Hall (Guildhall)

17th - Cardiff University Great Hall

18th - Wolverhampton Civic

19th - Cambridge Corn Exchange

More exciting news to be announced tomorrow!

You can also pre-order the album from Amazon and Play.com. We are offering an exclusive T-shirt that is only available when you buy from play.com. click the links above for more information.

..We are delighted that Pelican will be used on Sky Sports today opening up the Norwich vs Arsenal game that kicks off shortly. So listen out for the track.

Don't forget you can pre order the album from one of the links below. We are running exclusive packages with the pre order, so check out the links.

Give to the wild on Amazon

Given to the wild On Play.com

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Wednesday 8th February – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Holland

Thursday 9th February – Botanique – Brussels, Belgium

Friday 10th February – La Maroquinerie – Paris, France

Sunday 12th February – Magazzini Generali – Milan, Italy

Monday 13th February – Backstage Halle – Munich, Germany

Tuesday 14th February – Flex – Vienna, Austria

Wednesday 15th February – Luxor – Cologne, Germany

Thursday 16th February – Uebel & Gefahrlich – Hamburg, Germany

Saturday 18th February – Debasser Slussen – Stockholm, Sweden

Sunday 19th February – Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark

Monday 20th Febraury – Festaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany

We are pleased to announce that 'Pelican' our first single from 'Given To The Wild' will receive it's first play on the Zane Lowe BBC Radio 1 Show at 7.30pm this coming Tuesday (15th Nov). Zane will also be chatting to Felix about the coming record and more.

Tickets for the January tour are now available to purchase from all the normal online stores. We have also added the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen on the 22nd Jan. 

Thank you so much to everyone who attended the UK tour and made all the shows such a pleasure.

We are pleased to announce another run of shows throughout the UK in January 2012:

23^rd – Glasgow QMU
24^th – Newcastle Academy
26^th – Brixton Academy
27^th – Birmingham Institute
28^th – Manchester Ritz

You will be able to purchase an exclusive ticket bundle from the HMV website at 9am on Wednesday 9th November. The bundle includes a ticket and signed copy of  ‘Given To The Wild’ (released 9th January). We will be sending a link to this offer to everyone on the Maccabees mailing list at 9am on Wednesday morning.  To sign-up click here

Thanks,

The Maccabees

We are very pleased to announce our third album ‘Given To The Wild’ will be released on January 9.

The tracklisting is as below:

CHILD

PELICAN

FEEL TO FOLLOW

AYLA

GLIMMER

FOREVER I’VE KNOWN

HEAVE

GO 

UNKNOW 

WENT AWAY

SLOWLY ONE

GREW UP AT MIDNIGHT 

Information will follow in the coming weeks on pre-orders etc  

In other news, 2:54 will be joining us on the forthcoming UK tour. 

The Maccabees

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Hello Everyone

The Maccabees are pleased to announce they will be touring the UK in October. They will be previewing material from the forthcoming third album as well as material from the first two records. The dates are listed below and at the bottom of this post you can find more information on how to get tickets. In order to keep booking fees to a minimum we have tried to make tickets available through local indie record stores wherever possible. Tickets go on sale this coming Saturday, September 24th.

Fri 21 Oct Gloucester Guildhall (14+)

Sun 23 Oct Coventry Kasbah (14+)

Mon 24 Oct Oxford Town Hall (14+)

Tues 25 Oct Liverpool Masque (14+)

Weds 26 Oct Glasgow Arches (14+/Under 16’s accompanied by an adult.)

Thurs 27 Oct Edinburgh Liquid Rooms (14+)

Sat 29 Oct Nottingham Rescue Rooms 14+)

Sun 30 Oct Leeds Cockpit (14+)

Mon 31 Oct Manchester Sound Control (14+/Under 16’s accompanied by an adult.)

Tues 01 Nov London Village Underground (16+)

Weds 02 Nov Bristol Trinity (14+)

Ticket Outlet Information

Tickets are £15 regionally and £16.50 in London

Gloucester

Gloucester Guildhall Venue Box Office

23 Eastgate Street Gloucester GL1 1NS

Sold: In person and over the phone (CASH No booking fee / CARD No booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Online: £1 booking fee (per transaction)

http://www.gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall

Rise Records (Cheltenham)

Rise Cheltenham Unit 19 Beechwood Shopping Centre Cheltenham GL50 1DQ

Sold: In person (CASH £1 booking fee cash / CARD £1 + standard additional card charges)

Coventry

No local record shops.

hmvtickets.com / kasbahnightclub.com / seetickets.com

Oxford

Truck Record Store

101 Cowley Rd

Oxford OX4 1

Sold: In person 10% booking fee

Liverpool

Probe Records

5 Slater Street Liverpool L1 4BW

Sold: In person (CASH £1 booking fee. CASH ONLY)

3 Beat Records

Retail Unit 1 The Bluecoat School Lane Liverpool L1 3BX

Sold: In Person (CASH - £1 booking fee cash / CARD - £1 + standard additional card charges)

The Peacock

The Peacock 49-51 Seel Street. Liverpool. L1 4AZ

Sold: In person (CASH – no booking fee. CASH ONLY)

Glasgow

Arches Box Office

253 Argyle Street

Glasgow, Lanarkshire G2 8DL

Sold: In person (CASH – no booking fee / CARD – no booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Monorail Music

12 Kings Court, Glasgow, G1 5RB

Sold: In person (CASH - £1 booking fee. CASH ONLY)

I Love Music (Ex Avalanche)

34 Dundas Street

Glasgow, Lanarkshire G1 2AQ

Sold: In person (CASH - £1 booking fee. CASH ONLY)

Edinburgh

Ripping Records

91 South Bridge

Old Town, EH1 1HN

0131 226 7010

Sold: In person - £1.50 booking fee

Tickets Scotland

127 Rose St

Edinburgh

EH2 3DT

Sold: In person - £1.50 booking fee

Nottingham

Rock City Box Office

8 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GG

Sold: In person (CASH - no booking fee / CARD – no booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Fopp Record Shop

The Frontage Queen Street NG1 2BL

Sold: In person (CASH - 10% booking fee / CARD 10% booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Leeds

Jumbo Records

5-6 St Johns Centre Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 8LQ

Sold: In person (CASH - £1 booking fee cash / CARD - £1 + standard additional card charges)

Crash Records

35 The Headrow Leeds LS1 6PU

Sold: In person (CASH - £1 booking fee / CARD £1+ standard additional card charges)

Cockpit Box Office

The Cockpit, Swinegate,

Leeds, LS1 4AG

Sold: In person (CASH – no booking fee. CASH ONLY)

Manchester

Piccadilly Records

53 Oldham Street Manchester M1 1JR

Sold: In person (CASH - 10% booking fee / CARD – 10% booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Sound Control Box Office

1 New Wakefield Street Manchester M1 5NP

Sold: In person (CASH - no booking fee / CARD – no booking fee)

London

Rough Trade East

‘Dray Walk’ Old Truman Brewery 91 Brick Lane London E1 6QL

Sold: In person (CASH - £2 booking fee / CARD £2 booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Sister Ray

34-35 Berwick Street London W1F 8RP

Sold: In person (CASH - £2 booking fee / CARD £2 booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Bristol

Bristol Ticket Shop

26 Union Street Bristol BS1 2DP

Sold: In person (CASH - £1 booking fee / CARD £1 booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Fopp Record Shop

27-29 College Green

Bristol BS1 5TD

Sold: In person (CASH 10% booking fee / CARD 10 booking fee + standard additional card charges)

Rise Records

70 Queens Road Clifton, Bristol BS8 1QU

Sold: In person (CASH - 15% booking fee / CARD – 15% booking fee + standard additional card charges)

We look forward to seeing you at the shows

Love, the Maccabees

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