Title: The Maccabees: 'After 14 years as a band we have decided to call it a day' | Music | The Guardian
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The Maccabees: 'After 14 years as a band we have decided to call it a day'
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The Maccabees: ' After 14 years as a band we have decided to call it a day'
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The group announce their split, saying: ‘ There have not been fallings out and we are not leaving the group behind as a divided force’
Harriet Gibsone
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Mon 8 Aug 2016 07.35 EDT
Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018
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‘Incredibly difficult decision’ … the Maccabees. Photograph: Jordan Hughes
The Maccabees have announced they are to split. In a statement from the indie group, the band explain “there have not been fallings out and we are grateful to say that we are not leaving the group behind as a divided force”. Stating its members would continue to make music, and that there would be farewell celebration shows, the Maccabees describe the decision as “incredibly difficult”. “We are very proud to be able to go out on our own terms, at our creative peak and off the back of the best and biggest shows we have ever done. It has been a rare and absolutely incredible time that we all feel very lucky to have shared.”