MAXIMO
PARK

31 August 2024 - 31 August 2024

Opening Times

5 PM

Entry Fee

Yes

Booking Required

Yes

Venue

The Parade Ground - The Engine Room

We’re delighted to host indie rock icons Maxïmo Park for a very special show as part of The Fire Station’s Summer Parties season.

Like their friends and neighbours The Futureheads and Field Music, Mercury Prize-nominated Maxïmo Park craft smart, sharply catchy songs inspired by post-punk and new wave legends like The Jam, XTC, Wire, and The Smiths.

The band have released seven studio albums to date: A Certain Trigger (2005), Our Earthly Pleasures (2007), Quicken The Heart (2009), The National Health (2012), Too Much Information (2014), Risk to Exist (2017) and Nature Always Wins (2021). The first two albums went gold in the UK.

The North East legends will be visiting Sunderland ahead of the release of their latest album ‘Stream of Life’, and we can’t wait to welcome them for this outdoor performance in The Parade Ground.

Supports to be announced.

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