Features In pictures: Kerrang!’s Kerristmas! party 2024Like Noddy Holder almost sang, it’s Kerriiiiiiiiistmaaaaaas!! Here’s what went down at our festive bash last night.
News ALT BLK ERA, Bob Vylan, Kid Bookie and more are up for Best Alternative at the MOBO Awards 2025The shortlist for the 2025 MOBO Awards has been revealed, including the Best Alternative category including Kid Bookie, SPIDER and Bob Vylan.
News 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.
News Slam Dunk complete 2025 line-up with Finch, Hot Milk, Twin Atlantic, WARGASM and loads moreThe 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.
News Listen to Kid Bookie on the Kerrang! In Conversation podcastKid 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 DeadKid Bookie holds up a mirror to every side of himself on chaotic yet skilful third LP, Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead.
The Cover Story 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…
News 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…
News SOFT PLAY, Bob Vylan, Witch Fever and loads more for Boomtown 2024With a couple of weeks to go, the full line-up has been revealed for this year’s massive Boomtown – Chapter 3: Revolution Of Imagination.
Reviews The big review: 2000trees festival 2024These 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…
News Kid Bookie wants to play some acoustic sets in people’s living roomsKid 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).
Features 15 bands you can’t miss at this weekend’s 2000treesNow 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...
News Kid Bookie releases hopeful new single, Love Me When You’re AngryWatch 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”.
Features “It’s unprecedented madness, and that’s what a show should be”: Kid Bookie on purging the spirit and changing the worldAhead 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…
News Kid Bookie announces new album, Songs For The Living // Songs For The DeadWatch the video for Kid Bookie’s new single Scars, taken from his long-awaited album Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead.
News Kid Bookie teases “one of the coldest breakdowns of the year” on new single ScarsCheck out 40 seconds of a heavy new Kid Bookie single, which goes by the name Scars and is set to arrive later this month…
News Takedown Festival has been postponed to 2025Next 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.
