{"id":559992,"date":"2026-03-24T00:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559992\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:04:11","slug":"maccabees-on-brighton-beach-2026-full-line-up-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559992\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabees on Brighton beach 2026 full line-up announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Maccabees are heading back to Brighton to headline a homecoming show as the full line-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/25645234.maccabees-announced-headline-act-beach-brighton\/?utm_medium=M&amp;utm_source=Martina&amp;Campaign=subeditor_added_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">On The Beach is finally revealed<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The indie icons are taking over the Brighton seafront on July 25, 2026, for one of the summer\u2019s most anticipated events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The Maccabees returning to Brighton for their beach headline show. (Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Maccabees said: &#8220;When we were first starting out in Brighton, we did not imagine that 20 years on we would be headlining Brighton Beach.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It is a very special thing for us to be doing this show outdoors on Brighton Beach and we intend to make this the best Maccabees show ever.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Even better than the one at Concorde 2 that got us banned because fans were hanging from the ceiling.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The full bill, now announced, features a deep cross-section of British indie talent including Editors, Miles Kane, and Anna Calvi.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Veteran acts Ash and Badly Drawn Boy join the roster alongside Brighton\u2019s own Lime Garden, who represent the latest wave of the local scene.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Badly Drawn Boy will be performing (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Demand for the festival is already high, with more than 70 per cent of tickets for the Saturday date already sold.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Five of the seven dates in this year&#8217;s series are now sold out, including headline shows by Fatboy Slim, Madness, and Moby.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The final tickets go on sale in a priority pre-sale for registered customers on Tuesday, March 31 at 11am.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The headline set follows The Maccabees\u2019s successful 2025 return, which included high-profile performances at Glastonbury and All Points East.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For the group, performing on the coast marks a full-circle moment after spending their early years developing their sound in the city.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Anna Calvi is also on the bill (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Matt Deverson, Managing Editor of Radio X, said: &#8220;In a year of huge comebacks, seeing The Maccabees return to the stage in 2025 felt really special.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;To see them headline On The Beach in Brighton this summer \u2013 alongside a fantastic line-up packed with some of indie music\u2019s defining talents \u2013 is a real must-see moment.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Now in its sixth year, the festival is a firm fixture on the UK summer circuit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Organisers say this show represents one of the final opportunities for fans to experience the event on the Brighton seafront this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The five-piece, formed of Felix White, Orlando Weeks, Rupert Jarvis, Hugo White and Sam Doyle, split in 2016 before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/25645234.maccabees-announced-headline-act-beach-brighton\/#:~:text=Formed%20of%20Felix%20White%2C%20Orlando%20Weeks%2C%20Rupert%20Jarvis%2C%20Hugo%20White%2C%20and%20Sam%20Doyle%2C%20the%20group%20disbanded%20in%20August%202016%2C%20but%20announced%20they%20were%20reuniting%20in%20October%202024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">announcing a reunion in October 2024<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The band previously decamped to Brighton and wrote their debut album &#8220;Colour It In&#8221; and its follow-up &#8220;Wall Of Arms&#8221; in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Maccabees are heading back to Brighton to headline a homecoming show as the full line-up for On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-559992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}