King Kurt Concert History

British tongue in cheek psychobilly. They formed in 1981 with Jef Harvey, replaced by The Smeg after "Zulu Beat" 7in single, and before the Stiff Records contract, on vocals; Paul (Thwack) Laventhol, and John Reddington on guitars; Rory Lyons on drums; Bert Boustead on bass guitar, plus schoolboy Alan "Maggot" Power on saxophone. Originally known as Rockin' Kurt & The Sour Krauts before settling for King Kurt.

King Kurt Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024)

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 13, 2024
Upcoming
King Kurt Blackhorse Road Brewery & Yard Pub London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 29, 2024
King Kurt / Graveyard Johnnys

Celebrating 40 years of Zulu Beat

The Hairy Dog Derby, England, United Kingdom
Mar 23, 2024
Monsterpalooza 30 Years Fify Foot Combo
Fifty Foot Combo / King Kurt / Powersolo / The Solarflares / Balstingrayfish / Googoomucks / Hetze / AlphaWhale / The Cavebones
Vooruit Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
Dec 15, 2023
King Kurt

at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road

Blackhorse Road Brewery & Yard Pub London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 24, 2023
King Kurt The Underworld London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 23, 2016 –
Sep 25, 2016
Looe Music Festival 2016
Bryan Ferry / Fun Lovin' Criminals / The Wreckers / Alabama 3 / Sham 69 / Seth Lakeman / Eddi Reader / Cara Dillon / Fisherman's Friends / Company B / Wilko Johnson / Big Boss Man / Elephant Sessions / Blue Rose Code / Ferocious Dog / King Kurt / REWS / William The Conqueror / The Departed / Buster Shuffle / The Neville Staple Band / Anita Harris / Wille and the Bandits / Gaz Brookfield / Kezia / The Hot Sprockets / The Eskies / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / Kitty Macfarlane / Marc O'Reilly / Laurence Fox / The Normals / Stark / Gilmore & Roberts / The Velvet Hands / The Jar Family / Elliott Morris / Findlay Napier / King Creature / Alex Hart / FigureHead / The Changing Room / Moore Moss Rutter / The Oggymen / Russell Sinclair / Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys / Boundless Brothers / Sam Green & the Midnight Heist / Geoff Lakeman / The Grenaways / James Shead / Oompah Brass / Chay Snowdon / State of Undress / Falmouth Soul Sensation / Suzie Mac / Ten Zero One / Gareth Lee & Annie Baylis / Samfire / Gozer Goodspeed / Grip-Like Vice / Pirates of St Piran / Andreas Tophøj & Rune Barslund / The Company of Players / Souls of Misfortune / The Huckleberry Finns / Lyonesse / Dr Thud's Remedy / Ramshackle Serenade / Salt & Sky / Hedluv and Passman / Samba Kernow / The Pupinni Sisters / Shorelark / Pete Williams Band / Clare Stokes / Porthpyra Singers / Keltique / 2 Stops From Bedlam / St Pinnock Band / Miner Quay / The Stone Angels UK / Kernow King Show all bands
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Looe Music Festival Looe, UK
May 22, 2015 –
May 24, 2015
Strummercamp Festival 2015 @ Bluefunk Club, Manchester Rugby Club
The Men They Couldn't Hang / King Kurt / Ruts DC / The Urban Voodoo Machine / TV Smith / The Roughneck Riot / Attila the Stockbroker / The Wakes / Goldblade / Louise Distras / Electric River / Eastfield / XSLF / 2 Sick Monkeys / John Player Specials / The Messiahs / Mark Ayling / Foxpunch / X Ray Cat Show all bands
Bluefunk Club, Manchester Rugby Club Cheadle, UK
Jun 06, 2014 –
Jun 08, 2014
Ink-N-Iron Festival 2014
Buzzcocks / Suicidal Tendencies / The Damned / Merle Haggard / Wanda Jackson / Nick Waterhouse / The Skatalites / Sick of It All / The Interrupters / Fear / Detroit Cobras / Madball / Junior Brown / Batmobile / Guana Batz / The Briefs / King Kurt / Si Cranstoun / Frenzy / Santos de Los Angeles / Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash / Klingonz / Flesh Roxon / Jack Rabbit Slim / Francine / Ray Campi / Ugly Valley Boys / The Hula Girls / Death March / Hopeless Jack & The Handsome Devil / Socal Rocket Dynamics / Mike Eldred Trio / D.on Darox & the Melody Joy Bakers / The Man In Black / Snake Oil Salesmen / Bo Porter / Roddy Radiation / The Podunk Poets / The Bloodshots / Pheasants / The Back Alley Barbers / Duane Mark / Roy Rapid & the Rhythm Rock Trio / Sean Coleman and the Quasars / Three Times Bad / The Twistin' Tornados / Dice for Lights / The Koffin Katz / The Hubcap Stealers / Danny B. Harvey's All-Star Band / Lords of Altamon Show all bands
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Queen Mary Events Park Long Beach, California, United States
Aug 16, 2013 –
Aug 17, 2013
Forever Sun Festival 2013
Republica / Space / Dodgy / The Pretty Things / The Blockheads / Eleanor McEvoy / Professor Elemental / Hugh Cornwell / King Kurt / Neil Innes / Schnauser
  Setlists
Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Aug 02, 2012 –
Aug 05, 2012
REBELLIØN 2012
Rancid / Buzzcocks / Public Image Ltd. / Bow Wow Wow / MxPx / Stiff Little Fingers / Altered Images / Agnostic Front / The Only Ones / UK Subs / The Slackers / The Real McKenzies / Subhumans / Off With Their Heads / The Boys / 999 / 7Seconds / The Business / The Creepshow / Snuff / The Monochrome Set / The Hillbilly Moon Explosion / Conflict / Peter And The Test Tube Babies / Sonic Boom Six / Vice Squad / Jaya The Cat / Penetration / Citizen Fish / Chelsea / The Lurkers / Slaughter and the Dogs / The Last Resort / Varukers / Menace / Spizzenergi / Random Hand / Piranhas / The Mob / King Kurt / The Restarts / Deadline / One Way System / Ruts DC / Splodgenessabounds / The Duel / The Neville Staple Band / Blood Or Whiskey / Viv Albertine / Abrasive Wheels / Anti-Pasti / The JB Conspiracy / TV Smith / The Filaments / Neck / Pipes and Pints / Segismundo Toxicomano / RUST / The Roughneck Riot / Goldblade / The Here and Now / Argy Bargy / The Pigs / Rubella Ballet / The Cravats / Rory McLeod / Notsensibles / The Fits / Heavy Metal Kids / Resistance 77 / The Agitators / Crashed Out / Drongos For Europe / Sunliner / Eastfield / Choking Susan / Hagar The Womb / Patrick Fitzgerald / P.O.G. / Anti Vigilante / Screama Ballerina / Hardskin / Robin Leitch / Shakespearos / Chas Ikstan & the Bon Bon Bons Show all bands
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Blackpool Winter Gardens Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
Dec 17, 2011
Avenues & Alleyways Punk All Dayer
Buzzcocks / The Vile / Angelic Upstarts / The Hyenas / King Kurt / The Fuckwits / Subhumans / Bank Holiday Jez / English Dogs / Cryo-Genics / The Drastics
Corporation Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Jul 22, 2011 –
Jul 23, 2011
Wickerman 2011
Echo & the Bunnymen / Feeder / Noisettes / The Damned / The Hoosiers / Utah Saints / Matthew and the Atlas / Yasmin / X-press 2 / Riva Starr / Krafty Kuts / Martyn / The Bluebells / Department S / Sound of Guns / [Spunge] / Digital / Meat Katie / King Kurt / Middle Finger Salute / from the jam / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / Ki Creighton / Nelski / Peo de Pitte / Katy Carr / The Stagger Rats / James Ryan / Easy B / Henry Johnson / Fire Exit / MOPP. / The Sundancer / The Dangleberries / RhythmnReel / Mike Hulme / Baby Brave / The Loose Kites / Root System / Earl Grey and the Loose Leaves / Samba Sene and Diwan / Al Hughes / Andi Neate / Diddums / Berry Tweed and the Chasers / Lynass / Modhan / The Chihuahuas / the hang project / Roberto Cassani / Whatever They Say / The Moonzie Allstars / rudy alba / Simon Jackson / Pol Stevenson / Gillian Christie / Tom Metcalfe / The Luke Barlow Band / Qiku / Augustalia / beth fouracre / Some Boy / The Swampstompers / Nicola Black Show all bands
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Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jul 22, 2011
Aug 06, 2010
Rebellion Festival 2010 Friday
Cockney Rejects / The Varukers / King Kurt / Demented Are Go / Chelsea / Department S / Hazel O'Connor & The Subterraneans / Kris Ball / Sonic Boom Six
  Setlists
Blackpool Winter Gardens Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
Aug 05, 2010 –
Aug 08, 2010
REBELLIØN 2010
Bad Religion / Streetlight Manifesto / New York Dolls / Peter Murphy / Stiff Little Fingers / Fucked Up / Strung Out / Agent Orange / Gallows / Agnostic Front / Big D And The Kids Table / Catch 22 / The King Blues / GBH / UK Subs / Subhumans / The Slackers / Dwarves / The Aggrolites / The Vibrators / The Skints / Discharge / Blame / Cro-Mags / Hazel O'Connor / The Rezillos / 999 / Control / The Godfathers / Cockney Rejects / 7Seconds / Perfect / Star Fucking Hipsters / Demented Are Go / Department S / Left Alone / Peter And The Test Tube Babies / Sonic Boom Six / Vice Squad / Jaya The Cat / Penetration / Robin / Citizen Fish / Chelsea / The Lurkers / The Valentines / Slaughter and the Dogs / London / Mike Scott / Bombshell Rocks / Shapes / World/Inferno Friendship Society / The Last Resort / Varukers / Menace / Glitter Band / Random Hand / King Kurt / The Oppressed / Frantic Flintstones / Deadline / Channel 3 / The cynics / Kunt And The Gang / Middle Finger Salute / One Way System / This Is A Standoff / Broken Bones / The Duel / Splodgenessabounds / Vic Ruggiero / civet / Kevin Seconds / Viv Albertine / Blood Or Whiskey / Blitzkrieg / The JB Conspiracy / Abrasive Wheels / Mouthwash / TV Smith / Attila the Stockbroker / Gorgeous / Funeral Dress / Red Alert / The Filaments / Hard Skin / The Rabble / Dan Potthast / Neck / The Grit / Strawberry Blondes / Goldblade / Krawallbruder / Guilty Pleasures / Argy Bargy / The Pigs / Stomper 98 / Dirty Revolution / The Human Project / Stage Bottles / Gimp Fist / The Defects / Stza Crack / The Cravats / Punishment of Luxury / Intro5pect / Subterraneans / Sick on the Bus / The Skunks / Resistance 77 / The Stiffs / Accelerators / Suicide Bid / Klasse Kriminale / The Agitators / Tom Hingley / The Remnants / Static Thought / Dragster / Crashed Out / Captain Hotknives / Ich / Blaggers ITA / Billy Liar / Texas Terri Bomb / Section 5 / Drongos For Europe / Rentokill / Guitar Gangsters / Certified / The Dead Pets / Ed Tudor Pole / Choking Susan / Criminal Class / Dipsomaniacs / Ashers / Evacuate / On Trial / Radio Dead Ones / East End Badoes / Broken Nose / Perkie / Church of Confidence / Anti-Vigilante / Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies / Chris Butler / Geoffrey Oi!cott / Poisoned Electrick Head / Jericho Hill / Bastard Squad / BabyBoom / Girlfixer / Joe Tilston / Monkish / The Septic Psychos / No Thrills / Guns On The Roof / Andrew Cream / Chas / Paul Carter / The Red Eyes (UK) / Instant Agony / Keyside Strike / Some Sort of Threat / Pink Hearse / Charred Hearts / Poundaflesh / Sensa Yuma / Balsall Heathens / The Casual Terrorist / 3CR / Goo Goo Muck / Badtown / Rebel City Radio / Picture Frame Seduction / ZOOPARTY / Potential Victims / Reazione / Danger's Close / Flav Giorgini / Noise Agents / Max Splodge / G.G. Elvis and the T.C.P. Band / Mauri Clash City Rocker / Dun2Def / Nick Cash / Tina Lee / Abba Sensation / Chas & His Band / Arturo Bassick / Ben Childs / Johnny One Lung / Potential Victim / The Multi-coloured Pop Shop / Micky Oliver / Craig Temple / Play Daisy / Jim Sorrow Show all bands
  Setlists
Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
May 15, 2010
King Kurt / The Hyperjax The Mill, Town Mill Mansfield, England, United Kingdom
Dec 21, 2006
Bad Manners / The Macc Lads / Splodgenessabounds / Tenpole Tudor / King Kurt / The Ruts Jumpin' Jaks (Leisure World) Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Jul 17, 2004
Wasted 2004 - Day 3 of 4
Texas Terri Bomb / The Briefs / Shark Soup / New York Rel-X / Deadline / Turbo AC's / The Filaments / Goldblade / Street Dogs / 999 / Argy Bargy / Vice Squad / Anti-Nowhere League / Section 5 / King Kurt / Demented Are Go / Peter & The Test Tube Babies / The Beat / Discipline / The Adicts / Matt Reynolds / Riot squad Show all bands
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Morecambe - Dome/Market Arena/Platform/Carleton Morecambe, England, United Kingdom
Feb 07, 2004
King Kurt / Long Tall Texans / The Riverboat Gamblers / Hot Boogie Chillun / Thee Andrew Surfers / Speelbal Jr Hof Ter Loo Borgerhout, Flanders, Belgium
Jun 07, 1998
King Kurt Conne Island Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Nov 20, 1994
King Kurt
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The Venue Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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King Kurt / Graveyard Johnnys on Jun 29, 2024 [530-small]

King Kurt / Graveyard Johnnys
Jun 29, 2024
 Derby, England, United Kingdom
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King Kurt / Graveyard Johnnys on Jun 29, 2024 [529-small]

King Kurt / Graveyard Johnnys
Jun 29, 2024
 Derby, England, United Kingdom
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King Kurt / Graveyard Johnnys on Jun 29, 2024 [528-small]

King Kurt / Graveyard Johnnys
Jun 29, 2024
 Derby, England, United Kingdom
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The Stray Cats / King Kurt / Sexbeat on Sep 11, 1983 [055-small]

The Stray Cats / King Kurt / Sexbeat
Sep 11, 1983
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Stray Cats / King Kurt / Sexbeat on Sep 18, 1983 [638-small]

Stray Cats / King Kurt / Sexbeat
Sep 18, 1983
 London, England, United Kingdom
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King Kurt on Nov 20, 1994 [470-small]

King Kurt
Nov 20, 1994
 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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King Kurt on Oct 25, 1986 [613-small]

King Kurt
Oct 25, 1986
 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Wasted 2004 - Day 3 of 4 on Jul 17, 2004 [745-small]

Wasted 2004 - Day 3 of 4
Jul 17, 2004
 Morecambe, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Punk
British
Punk Rock
UK
Rockabilly
England
Psychobilly
London
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Concerts Per Year:

2024 3 concerts
2023 2 concerts
2016 1 concert
2015 1 concert
2014 1 concert
2013 1 concert
2012 1 concert
2011 2 concerts
2010 3 concerts
2006 1 concert
2004 2 concerts
1998 1 concert
1994 3 concerts
1986 2 concerts
1985 2 concerts
1983 3 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has King Kurt had?

King Kurt has had 29 concerts.

What genre is King Kurt?

King Kurt is most often considered to be Punk, British, Punk Rock, UK, Rockabilly, England, Psychobilly, and London.

When is the next King Kurt concert?

The next King Kurt concert is on December 13, 2024 at Blackhorse Road Brewery & Yard Pub in London, England, United Kingdom.

When was the last King Kurt concert?

The last King Kurt concert was on June 29, 2024 at The Hairy Dog in Derby, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: King Kurt / Graveyard Johnnys.

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