Orlando Weeks on The Maccabees’ split: “It was a difficult time, but it was what we needed to do”

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Orlando Weeks has reflected on The Maccabees‘ 2017 split in a new interview, saying that the decision to put an end to the band “was what we needed to do”.The five-piece bowed out in 2017 following a farewell tour that culminated with an emotional final gig at Alexandra Palace in London.Speaking to The Independent, Weeks reflected on how the Maccabees’ split came about.“It felt like we’d made such good strides with [2012 album] ‘Given to the Wild’ and that maybe we had not moved on as far again with ‘Marks to Prove It’ [2015], and we’d been doing it for a very, very, very long time,” he said.Weeks added that even if the band had been “next in line” for major festival headline slots, he does not think it “would’ve been a reason to carry.