WATCH: Former Maccabees' guitarist Felix White plays with Foals at Mercury Prize after Yannis cuts hand

19 September 2019, 20:44 | Updated: 19 September 2019, 20:45

The former Maccabees guitarist offered a helping hand to Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis who had a “run in with a knife” earlier this week.

Felix White performed on stage with Foals at the Hyundai Mercury Prize award show tonight (Thursday 19 September).

The former Maccabees guitarist gave a last minute hand to the band, after frontman Yannis Philippakis suffered a nasty knife-inflicted hand injury.

Watch our footage of the moment above.

The Oxford outfit played a rendition of their On The Luna track at the star-studded ceremony, at London's Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, which also featured performances from Anna Calvi, slowthai and IDLES.

Foals arrive at Hyundai Mercury Prize: Albums of the Year 2019. Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

The First Love rocker first broke the news that he'd be giving Yannis a helping hand on Twitter, writing: "I’m jumping in on guitar for @foals tomorrow at the @MercuryPrize whilst @YnnsPhilippakis hand is on the mend".

I’m jumping in on guitar for @foals tomorrow at the @MercuryPrize whilst @YnnsPhilippakis hand is on the mend ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/d5sSLON13Q
— Felix White (@felixwhite) September 18, 2019

Taking to his personal Twitter account earlier this week, Yannis shared photos of his stitched-up hand alongside the caption: "Really sorry not gonna be at Reeperbahn festival on Friday. Had a run in with a knife in Greece".

Really sorry not gonna be at Reeperbahn festival on friday. Had a run in with a knife in Greece

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ pic.twitter.com/ltxS2cJGyZ
— Yannis Philippakis (@YnnsPhilippakis) September 17, 2019

It's not clear exactly how The Runner singer sustained the injury, but the frontman has made it clear it wasn't self-inflicted, writing on Twitter: "Somebody else was holding the knife just to be clear...anyway am on the mend ".