Maxïmo Park's debut album, A Certain Trigger, notched up three Top 20 singles (Apply Some Pressure, Going Missing, Graffiti), selling over 500,000 copies and bagging a Mercury nomination along the way. They were invited to play all over the world. "I think we've excelled as a live band whether it was in front of 100,000 Rolling Stones fans or in more intimate venues," says frontman Paul Smith, before listing less obvious destinations such as Moscow and Beijing. This August, the band arrive at V Festival 2008.
