All three members of The xx have reunited on stage throughout Jamie xx’s set at LIDO Pageant in London – watch footage beneath.
The brand-new pageant within the capital’s Victoria Park included a complete day’s line-up curated by Jamie xx on Saturday (June 7), with the producer himself taking a outstanding spot on the primary stage.
It was throughout that set that he was joined on stage by Romy – who additionally carried out her personal set on the pageant – and Oliver Sim, finishing the line-up of the Mercury-winning South London band.
They marked the reunion by enjoying ‘Waited All Evening’, the only from Jamie’s 2024 album ‘In Waves’ that’s the first observe all three have appeared on collectively since 2017. Watch Romy and Sim sing the observe with Jamie on the decks in fan-captured footage right here:
“We love you, London!” Romy mentioned because the three hugged on the finish of the music.
Elsewhere within the set, Sim appeared within the crowd whereas singing a model of ‘GMT’, from his 2022 solo album ‘Hideous Bastard’ – watch that right here:
Jamie revealed final summer season that the band have been engaged on a brand new album collectively and mentioned they have been “having an excellent time” whereas doing so. “it’s like The Avengers!” he mentioned. “We’ve mentioned it ourselves. It’s at all times so good to get again along with them.” In March, they gave an additional replace by sharing a pic of the three of them sitting in a studio collectively.
Chatting with NME on the crimson carpet on the 2024 BRIT Awards concerning the new music, Romy additionally shared: “We’re simply maintaining it actually open and we’re up for making an attempt new issues, nevertheless it appears like us. That’s all I can say proper now.”
“We’ve realized loads from our completely different solo initiatives and it’s cool to study from one another once more,” she added. “We grew up collectively and we had a number of experiences, however to then have time aside and study new abilities, get new musical concepts and experiences and examine them… it’s been a wholesome break.”
The long-awaited document would be the trio’s first since their 2017 album ‘I See You’.
Elsewhere at LIDO Pageant, on Friday (June 6), Large Assault performed a robust headline set that was launched by the actor and pro-Palestinian activist Khalid Abdalla, who made an impassioned speech calling for peace within the Center East and a direct ceasefire in Gaza.
