Kae Tempest Concert History

Kae Tempest[2][3] (born 22 December 1985) is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright. Tempest started out as a rapper, toured the spoken word circuit for a number of years, and now works as a poet and playwright too. Their work includes 'Balance', their first album with their band Sound of Rum, 'Everything Speaks in its Own Way', their first collection of poems, published on their own imprint Zingaro, which comes with a CD and DVD of live performance; 'GlassHouse'...

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 30, 2025
Upcoming
Fontaines D.C. / Kae Tempest / High Vis

Depot Live

Cardiff Castle Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Jun 29, 2025
Upcoming
Glastonbury Festival
Olivia Rodrigo / Rod Stewart / The Prodigy / Noah Kahan / Nile Rodgers & Chic / Wolf Alice / Jorja Smith / Overmono / The Libertines / AJ Tracey / black uhuru / Celeste / Cymande / Danilo Plessow / MCDE / Djo / Future Islands / girl in red / Goat / Joy Crookes / Kae Tempest / Katy J Pearson / Parcels / PAWSA / Royel Otis / Shaboozey / Snow Patrol / SPRINTS / St. Vincent / The Big Moon / Brian Jonestown Massacre / The Maccabees / The Selecter / Turnstile Show all bands
Worthy Farm Pilton, United Kingdom
Jun 25, 2025 –
Jun 29, 2025
Upcoming
Glastonbury Festival 2025
The 1975 / Neil Young / Olivia Rodrigo / Rod Stewart / Nile Rodgers & Chic / Loyle Carner / Biffy Clyro / Alanis Morissette / Busta Rhymes / Maribou State / Gracie Abrams / Four Tet / Wet Leg / Anohni and the Johnsons / BadBadNotGood / Blossoms / Burning Spear / CMAT / Denzel Curry / En Vogue / English Teacher / Fatboy Slim / Faye Webster / Floating Points / Self Esteem / Supergrass / Vieux Farka Touré / Wunderhorse / Charli xcx / RAYE / Doechii / Deftones / ezra collective / John Fogerty / Amyl and the Sniffers / Amaarae / beabadoobee / Beth Gibbons / Bob Vylan / Brandi Carlile / Caribou / Father John Misty / Gary Numan / Greentea Peng / Jade / Japanese Breakfast / Kaiser Chiefs / kneecap / Leftfield / Lucy Dacus / Nick Lowe / Nova Twins / Pa Salieu / Scissor Sisters / The Script / TV On the Radio / Weezer / Yussef Dayes / The Prodigy / Noah Kahan / Wolf Alice / Jorja Smith / Overmono / The Libertines / AJ Tracey / black uhuru / Celeste / Cymande / Danilo Plessow / Djo / Future Islands / girl in red / Goat / Joy Crookes / Kae Tempest / Katy J Pearson / Parcels / PAWSA / Royel Otis / Shaboozey / Snow Patrol / SPRINTS / St. Vincent / The Big Moon / The Brian Jonestown Massacre / The Maccabees / The Selecter / Turnstile / Goldie Show all bands
Worthy Farm Pilton, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jun 25, 2025
Nov 05, 2024
Kae Tempest

Pitchfork Music Festival London

KOKO London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 04, 2024
Kae Tempest Concorde 2 Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Aug 21, 2024 –
Aug 25, 2024
Rock en Seine
Lana Del Rey / Pomme / Fred again.. / LCD Soundsystem / Måneskin / Massive Attack / Pixies / PJ Harvey / Blond Redhead / The Offspring / 2Many DJs / Baxter Dury / Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / Ghinzu / Glass Beams / Gossip / Inhaler / Jungle / Kasabian / Loyle Carner / Olivia Dean / Róisín Murphy / Sampha / Soulwax / The Hives / The Kills / The Last Dinner Party / Yves Tumor / Zaho De Sagazan / 135 / Aili / Alias / Astéréotypie / Astral Bakers / Bada-Bada / Bar Italia / Bina. / Bonnie Banane / CanBlaster / Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul / clara kimera / CVC / Dead Poet Society / Destroy Boys / Dogpark / Durry / Dynamite Shakers / Elmiene / EMILY JEFFRI / Entropie / geagea / Giant Rooks / Joe La Panic / Joy Anonymous / Kae Tempest / Lisa Ducasse / Loverman / Lucky Love / MADAM / Martha Da’ro / Ménades / Merryn Jeann / Monobloc / Nation of Language / Nell Mescal / New West / Nina Versyp / past life romeo / Please / Rachel Chinouriri / Rallye / RORI / Say She She / Sleater-Kinney / Sofie Royer / Soft Launch / soyuuz / Teezo Touchdown / The Psychotic Monks / The Scratch / Thomas de Pourquery / Towa Bird / Venna / Vox Low / Yoa / la siana / smonal / sanaza / sanaza / never ending stairs / the maze / never ending stairs / spicy sugar / the maze / spicy sugar Show all bands
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Paris, Île-de-France, France
Aug 17, 2024
Kae Tempest Earlham Park Norwich Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Aug 16, 2024 –
Aug 18, 2024
Lowlands 2024
Justice / Fred again.. / Goldband / Jungle By Night / Spinvis / IJsland (Abel & Sef) / Big Thief / Froukje / Sampha / Jorja Smith / Thundercat / Kae Tempest / METTE / Skrillex / Brutalismus 3000 / Flowdan / Teezo Touchdown / S10 / Noisia / Romy / Sugababes / CHO / Soulwax / Confidence Man / Harry Mack / Droeloe / Kees Van Hondt Show all bands
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Lowlands Festivalterrein Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
Show Duplicates for Aug 16, 2024
Aug 15, 2024 –
Aug 18, 2024
We Out Here Festival 2024
Corinne Bailey Rae / Sampha / Mr. Scruff / Mount Kimbie / Sainté / Floating Points / Yaya Bey / Kae Tempest / Matthew Halsall / Loose Ends / Casisdead / Motor City Drum Ensemble / Nabihah Iqbal / Mansur Brown / V*Enna / Ego Ella May / Ron Trent / Bala Desejo / Loraine James / corto.alto / Brian Jackson / Irreversible Entanglements / Tara Clerkin Trio / Maria Chiara Argirò / Guts (FR) / Moses Yoofee Trio / Aja Monet / Hagan / Steven Bamidele / Danilo Plessow / Rosie Turton / Gayance / 10:32 / SANAM (Lebanon) Show all bands
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Wimborne St Giles Wimborne, UK
Show Duplicate for Aug 15, 2024
Aug 09, 2024
Kae Tempest Eremo Club Molfetta, Italy
Mar 03, 2024
Nish Kumar / Kae Tempest / Alexi Murdoch Roundhouse London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 02, 2023
The Speakers Corner Quartet / Sampha / Kae Tempest / Tirzah / Coby Sey / Joe Armon-Jones / Léa Sen / Eska / Confucius MC / James Massiah / Tawiah / Lafawndah / Trustfall / Lil Silva / Laraaji Roundhouse London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 30, 2023
at Downtown Grill
King Britt / Combo Chimbita / Jake Xerxes Fussell / Margaret Glaspy / Bassekou Kouyate / James Brandon Lewis / Beth Orton / Danielle Ponder / Morton Subotnick / Gyan Riley / Kae Tempest / Amadou & Mariam / The Bad Plus / Devendra Banhart / Calexico / Grouper / Ibeyi / Vijay Iyer / Rickie Lee Jones / Edgar Meyer / Charles Lloyd / Los Lobos / Joe Lovano / Christian McBride / The Mountain Goats / Pino Palladino / Blake Mills / Sam Gendel / Antonio Sanchez / Nate Smith / Kinfolk / Tyshawn Sorey / AROOJ AFTAB / Shahzad Ismaily / Marc Ribot / Béla Fleck / William Parker / Bill Frisell / Mary Halvorson / Makaya McCraven / Steve Reich / Painkiller Show all bands
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Downtown Grill Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 22, 2023 –
Mar 26, 2023
Treefort Music Fest 2023
Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Dinosaur Jr. / Built to Spill / Whitney / Surf Curse / Godspeed You! Black Emperor / Ani DiFranco / Pinback / Cautious Clay / Leikeli47 / Rayland Baxter / Kae Tempest / Drugdealer / Destroy Boys / Protomartyr / Delicate Steve / Margo Price / Hermanos Gutierrez / Dumbo Gets Mad / Lady Wray / Louis Cole / The Stone Foxes / Mavi / East Forest / BabyJake / Jane Weaver / Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith / Covet / Boogie T / Lo Moon / boyo / Illuminati Hotties / Yaya Bey / Blu Detiger / Tom The Mail Man / Charlotte Adigery / Guerilla Toss / Demob Happy / Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers / Kaina / Tanukichan / Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul / Skating Polly / Goodnight Texas / Butcher Brown / Orions Belte / Death Valley Girls / Brainstory / Winter / The Seshen / Emily Wolfe / Petey / Mapache / The Mauskovic Dance Band / Sarah Shook & the Disarmers / Thumpasaurus / Sen Morimoto / Summer Cannibals / Big Joanie / Runnner / Bendigo Fletcher / Sun June / Krooked Kings / Brijean / DYGL / Puck / The Heligoats / The Paranoyds / waveform* / Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek / Disq / 454 / Nnamdï / Cory hanson / Zeta / Rose City Band / Blvck Hippie / Sea Moya / Derya Yildirim / Infinity Song / Hyd / Charlie Hickey / Ultra Q / Model/Actriz / Blondshell / Tropa Magica / 700 Bliss / Hello Shark / Luci / Smokey Brights / Aoife Nessa Frances / Son Rompe Pera / Hannah Jadagu / Teen Mortgage / Macie Stewart / Psymon Spine / Hooveriii / Raccoon Tour / The Golden Dregs / Jessica Moss / Small Million / Frost Children / Arcy Drive / Catbite / Celisse / Joon / TEKE::TEKE / Bolis Pupul / Megafauna (USA) / Emily Nenni / Siena Liggins / Daisha McBride / Prism Bitch / Lê Almeida / Debby Friday / Joe Hertler / Petite Amie / Vicky Farewell / King Pari / King Youngblood / Monsterwatch / Cal in Red / American Culture / Kiss the Tiger / Spacemoth / Pink Fuzz / Blood Lemon / Sarah Shook / We Don't Ride Llamas / Nick Delffs / Summer Like The Season / Vox Rea / The Heavy Heavy (UK) / Boot Juice / Bearkat / Magi Merlin / Mindparade / Grocer / Dark Dazey / Blix / Biblioteka / The French Tips / Dead Gowns / Cous / Good Looks (Austin) / Sistemas Inestables / Moon Owl's Mages / Sun Atoms / Desolation Horse / Dirt Miller / Lindzey Autumn / Spoon Benders (PDX) / Crush the Monster / Frankie Tillo / Angel Abaya / Wazumbians / Chief Broom / Husbands (MA) / Afrosonics / Free Creatures / RahKeem / Anna Morgan / Eza / Joshy Soul / Hillfolk Noir / Jeremy Ivey / Starya / De Lux / Frankie & The Witch Fingers / Leyla McCalla / Gizmoe / Matthew Fit / Jesse Walker / Lounge on Fire / Skylimit / Black Market Analog / You Said Strange / Shaad Collie & The VIP’s / Mauvey / aka Belle / Ghorot / Disco Doom / Flesh Produce / Help Show all bands
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Julia Davis Park Boise, Idaho, United States
Show Duplicates for Mar 22, 2023
Feb 26, 2023
Kae Tempest St. James Theatre Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Feb 25, 2023
"Splore Festival" / Kae Tempest

Splore Festival

Tapapakanga Regional Park Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Feb 24, 2023
Kae Tempest Powerstation Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Feb 22, 2023
Kae Tempest Forum Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Show Duplicate for Feb 22, 2023
Feb 21, 2023
Kae Tempest Forum Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Feb 20, 2023
Kae Tempest
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Canberra Theatre Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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 Arreton, UK
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