Live Review: Kid Kapichi – There Goes The Neighbourhood Tour 2024 – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London

Hastings’ own alt-punk powerhouse, Kid Kapichi, has been on an upward trajectory with their recent albums, ‘Here’s What You Could Have Won’ and ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’, garnering praise from icons like Liam Gallagher and Suggs. Their largest headline show to date at the O2 Forum Kentish Town was a spectacle not to be missed.

Opening the night were Glasgow’s Dead Pony, whose energetic set, featuring tracks from their freshly released album ‘Ignore This’, set the tone for the evening. The crowd was electrified, initiating the first mosh pits of the evening, a testament to the band’s dynamic presence.

Unfortunately, second support Dumb Buoys Fishing Club didn’t inspire the crowd, leaving them pretty motionless as the duo performed their well-choreographed set. The hip-hop-inspired sound just didn’t feel right sandwiched between the guitar-driven sound of both Dead Pony and Kid Kapichi.

The sounds of ‘Artillery’ would give fans their first taste of Kid Kapichi for the night, as the band came to the stage all guns blazing. Not a moment was wasted by the crowd as the walls of the Forum lit up with energy. It was great to see the band truly celebrating ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’ with a setlist that was dominated by the album – leaving off just two tracks from being a full playthrough. Thankfully the band also left room in the set to give the fans a load of songs from the previous two albums as well, perfectly slotting new next to old, creating a setlist that flowed well from start to finish.

Guests were aplenty throughout the set with the band bringing out Dumb Buoys Fishing Club, to help with ‘New England’, and even having Suggs join them on stage for ‘Zombie Nation’. The band would bring out their final guests for the last song ‘Smash the Gaff’, welcoming to the stage Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak (in cardboard cutout form) who were quickly thrown to the pit to be dealt with by the fever pitch energy of the crowd. Instantly torn apart, their reminisce would remain on the beer-soaked floor as the crowd made their way off into the night.