ITHACA’s Final Show Wasn’t Their Final Show, One More Planned For ArcTanGent Festival

Ithaca played their final show last weekend at the O2 Academy Islington in London, UK. The show was dubbed The Cremation Party and was set to be the band’s farewell, as they had stated in October 2024.

At the time, Ithaca issued a statement saying: “Ithaca is coming to an end. This was a huge decision to make, but it’s the right time.

“There’s been no falling out or creative differences, in fact we’re closer than ever, we’re just no longer able to balance our life responsibilities with giving you the standard of art that you deserve, and feel like we’ve fulfilled more than our wildest dreams could have imagined in terms of where this band would take us. Now, we’re ready to put it to rest.

“We don’t quite have the words yet to describe what this band and all of your support has meant to us; that’ll come over time.

B”ut it’s not the end just yet. We came to this decision together so, true to us, we want to mark the end of this journey with intention and in style. We’ll be releasing a final track, and we’d like to cordially invite you to our funeral: our final headline show, The Cremation Party, where we can grieve together. It’ll be a proper wake- there’ll be DJs, us cracking out old songs we’ve not played in years and, inevitably, lots of crying. Tickets go on sale Friday 1^st November 10am, we’ll see you there. Love always.”

Except Ithaca had one more trick up their sleeves – a final (for real this time) show at the upcoming ArcTanGent festival happening between August 13 and 16 in Bristol, UK. So if you wanna say goodbye to Ithaca and you missed it last weekend, here’s your chance!

“SURPRISE. Our last ever performance will take place at our spiritual home ArcTanGent Festival. This will be a completely different show to The Cremation Party with a different setlist and very special guests. We cannot wait to send this band off with some of the most dedicated music fans in the world.”