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Maximo Park will play a special one-off show as a finale to this year's Live At Leeds festival at Leeds' O2 Academy. 

Ahead of the Newcastle indie band's full UK tour, which kicks-off in May, Paul Smith and co will bring Live At Leeds to a close, with a show the following day (April 30).

Live At Leeds' main event itself will take place April 29 across various venues in the city centre. Artists confirmed include Wild Beasts, White Lies, Rag 'n' Bone Man and Slaves.

Maximo Park will release the new record Risk To Exist on April 21. Speaking of the release, frontman Paul Smith said, "The album is, ultimately, about empathy. Some songs are simple messages of solidarity and others are fuelled by anger at the elitist, established order of British society. There’s a questioning of power throughout and a feeling that there must be a different way of structuring our society in order to alleviate inequality."

At the height of the indie boom, the band's debut album, A Certain Trigger, sold over 500,000 copies back in 2005, and spawned the massive hit 'Apply Some Pressure'. In 2015, special shows were held to celebrate the record's 10th anniversary. 

Following the special Leeds show, Maximo Park go on tour. Check here for ticket details

May
5 Birmingham O2 Institute 1
6 Newcastle O2 Academy
8 Aberdeen Lemon Tree
9 Glasgow O2 ABC
10 Sheffield Leadmill
12 London Royal Festival Hall
13 Bexhill De La Warr Pavillion
15 Cambridge Junction
16 Cardiff Tramshed
17 Falmouth Princess Pavillion
19 Manchester Albert Hall

 

More about: Maximo Park