Kid Bookie

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Kid Bookie announces Dead Or Alive 2025 headline tour

“Please wear black if you choose to mourn with me…” Kid Bookie will be celebrating “the death of the old” on next March’s 15-date headline run.

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Slam Dunk complete 2025 line-up with Finch, Hot Milk, Twin Atlantic, WARGASM and loads more

The full festival line-up for Slam Dunk has been revealed, with Finch, Home Grown, Streelight Manifesto, Hot Milk, WARGASM and plenty more joining A Day To Remember, Electric Callboy, Neck Deep and co.

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Listen to Kid Bookie on the Kerrang! In Conversation podcast

Kid Bookie drops in on the Kerrang! In Conversation podcast for a wide-ranging chat about life, death and everything in between…

Reviews

Album review: Kid Bookie – Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead

Kid Bookie holds up a mirror to every side of himself on chaotic yet skilful third LP, Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead.

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Kid Bookie: “I’m challenging the status quo by prodding and making people think. This is the place to practise rebellion and influence change”

Born and raised surrounded by gangs and drug dealers in South London, it’s been a hard-fought battle for Kid Bookie to break free from the underbelly and make it on his own terms. Ahead of his new album Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead, we go back to his old haunts to learn just what it took to survive and how these experiences inform his music today…

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Dream State, Kid Bookie and more announced for returning Takedown Festival

“The line-up looks stacked and we are ready to shred the room to pieces!” Takedown Festival is back next April…

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SOFT PLAY, Bob Vylan, Witch Fever and loads more for Boomtown 2024

With a couple of weeks to go, the full line-up has been revealed for this year’s massive Boomtown – Chapter 3: Revolution Of Imagination.

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The big review: 2000trees festival 2024

These woods are lovely, dark and deep, full of bands that rock and tales to keep, so we went another weekend without much sleep to bring you all the highlights down at Upcote Farm for 2000trees…

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Kid Bookie wants to play some acoustic sets in people’s living rooms

Kid Bookie is going to celebrate the release of his debut album Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead by visiting the homes of his fans (and probably causing some chaos while he’s at it).

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15 bands you can’t miss at this weekend’s 2000trees

Now one of the most essential weekends in UK alternative, 2000trees 2024 has so much more to offer than just headliners The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats and Don Broco. We delve into 15 undercard acts you need to find time for across an action-packed weekend...

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Kid Bookie releases hopeful new single, Love Me When You’re Angry

Watch the video for Kid Bookie’s new single Love Me When You’re Angry, which is about asking people to give “a little bit of something to hold on to”.

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“It’s unprecedented madness, and that’s what a show should be”: Kid Bookie on purging the spirit and changing the world

Ahead of his hotly-tipped third album, we join Kid Bookie in Paris with I Prevail to discover the drive and the desires of the double MOBO Award nominee, and how he’s planning to change the world – one bit at a time…

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Kid Bookie announces new album, Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead

Watch the video for Kid Bookie’s new single Scars, taken from his long-awaited album Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead.

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Kid Bookie teases “one of the coldest breakdowns of the year” on new single Scars

Check out 40 seconds of a heavy new Kid Bookie single, which goes by the name Scars and is set to arrive later this month…

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Takedown Festival has been postponed to 2025

Next month’s Takedown has unfortunately been postponed, with extended building works at the venue making the festival too much of a challenge to put on in 2024.

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Skindred, ALT BLK ERA, Kid Bookie and more are up for 2024 Best Alternative MOBO Awards

Next year’s MOBO Award nominations are out, with Skindred, ALT BLK ERA, Kid Bookie and more deservedly up for Best Alternative.

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Panel discussion: The representation of Black voices in alternative music and how the scene is changing

Watch our panel discussion with Kid Bookie, Sophie K, Alex Ekong and Laviea Thomas about the representation of Black musicians and industry voices within alt. music – and how the scene is changing...

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Kid Bookie announces Dead Or Alive 2025 headline tour

Slam Dunk complete 2025 line-up with Finch, Hot Milk, Twin Atlantic, WARGASM and loads more

Listen to Kid Bookie on the Kerrang! In Conversation podcast

Album review: Kid Bookie – Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead

Kid Bookie: “I’m challenging the status quo by prodding and making people think. This is the place to practise rebellion and influence change”

Dream State, Kid Bookie and more announced for returning Takedown Festival

SOFT PLAY, Bob Vylan, Witch Fever and loads more for Boomtown 2024

The big review: 2000trees festival 2024

Kid Bookie wants to play some acoustic sets in people’s living rooms

15 bands you can’t miss at this weekend’s 2000trees

Kid Bookie releases hopeful new single, Love Me When You’re Angry

“It’s unprecedented madness, and that’s what a show should be”: Kid Bookie on purging the spirit and changing the world

Kid Bookie announces new album, Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead

Kid Bookie teases “one of the coldest breakdowns of the year” on new single Scars

Takedown Festival has been postponed to 2025

Skindred, ALT BLK ERA, Kid Bookie and more are up for 2024 Best Alternative MOBO Awards

Panel discussion: The representation of Black voices in alternative music and how the scene is changing

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