Kid Kapichi Tickets

Since they burst out of their seaside hometown of Hastings in the late 2010s, Kid Kapichi have been an incendiary force. A voice for the ordinary, ticked-off citizen, their irreverent garage-punk takes no prisoners, issuing straightforward and sardonic takedowns of the UK government and documents of a dissatisfied life. It’s won them a legion of fans — among them none other than Liam Gallagher, who shouted out the band’s single 'Party at No. 10' on Twitter and has named them his favourite new band.

Kid Kapichi (vocalists/guitarists Jack Wilson and Ben Beetham, bassist Eddie Lewis and drummer George MacDonald) formed during their school days in 2013. They made their first splash in 2017, when they self-released their debut self-titled EP. It was packed with anthemic tracks and big, garage-rock riffs, a taste of what the scrappy band could achieve. In 2018, they followed that up with the Lucozade Dreams EP, including the eruptive Arctic Monkeys-esque highlight ‘Puppet Strings’.

The band’s mainstream breakthrough came in 2019 with the Sugar Tax EP. This was a step up in their songwriting, featuring the swaggering hooks of ‘Glitterati’, ’2019’ and ‘Revolver’. Single ‘Death Dips’ saw airtime on BBC Radio 1, as did the band’s live session at the iconic Maida Vale studios. That year, the still-unsigned band appeared at the Reading & Leeds and Neighbourhood Festivals, as well as selling out two headline shows in London and Brighton and supporting Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes on a European tour. 

The start of 2020 saw Kid Kapichi’s first headline tour across the UK, plus a European leg which was cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdowns. In May, they released the rip-roaring standalone single ‘Household Shame’. In February 2021 came their self-released debut full-length album, This Time Next Year, which was hailed by NME as “smart and fearless” in a 4-star review. Boasting a newly confrontational punk sound, it’s an album bursting with fire and anger, including some of the band’s most vicious and incisive tracks in ‘Working Man’s Town’ and ‘Violence’. At the end of the year they released a deluxe version of the album.

In 2022, Kid Kapichi opened for famous fan Liam Gallagher at his Teenage Cancer Trust show at the Royal Albert Hall. Then came a triumphant several months including an extensive tour of Europe in support of Nothing But Thieves; opening slots for You Me At Six at their enormous Temple Newsam and Hatfield Park headline shows; and appearances at The Great Escape, Reading & Leeds and 2000 Trees festivals.

That summer, Kid Kapichi announced their signing to Universal-owned Spinefarm Records, and in September they released their second album, ‘Here’s What You Could Have Won’. Here they kept their punk edge while settling into a more expansive, electronics-tinged sound. It bursts out of the gate with the massive, electrifying anthem ‘New England’ featuring Bob Vylan, while elsewhere ‘Rob the Supermarket’ and ‘Smash the Gaff’ are blood-pumping highlights. Meanwhile, the acoustic protest ‘Party at No. 10’ takes unforgettable aim at the UK government.

The band headed out on a full UK and EU headline tour in early 2023. That summer they hit the festival circuit, including sets at Download and Glastonbury, before making their first trip to the US in support of Nothing But Thieves. In November they joined Nothing But Thieves again on the UK leg of their world tour, including a night at Wembley Arena.

November 2023 also saw them release arena-minded single ‘Tamagotchi’, an ode to childhood nostalgia which was named Radio 1’s Hottest Record by Clara Amfo, and announced their third album ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’. In 2024 they’ll be heading on their biggest headline tour to date across the UK and Europe.