The Get Up Kids

How Good Are They LIVE?

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Critic Consensus

Based on 47 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Get Up Kids is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. The Get Up Kids concert reviews describe live shows and performances as mellow and energetic.

ON TOUR

Metro, Chicago, IL, United States (October 10); Downtown Las Vegas Event Center, Las Vegas, NV, United States (October 11); Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, United Kingdom (May 4); Rock Planet Club, Pinarella di Cervia (RA), Italy (May 24); Legend Club Milano, Milano, Italy (May 25); Conne Island, Leipzig, Germany (May 27); Columbia Theater, Berlin, Germany (May 28); Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany (May 29); Bürgerhaus Stollwerck, Köln, Germany (May 30); Trix Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium (May 31); Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands (June 1); The Marble Factory, Bristol, United Kingdom (June 3)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Ten Minutes (Remastered 2024) (7 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

Kansas City, United States (1995 - present)

Bio

The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City-based American emo band. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music.

Has Performed With

Kevin Devine

Critic Concert Reviews

New Noise Magazine (USA)

September 20, 2024

The Get Up Kids at The Gothic Theater in Denver

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Spectrum Culture (USA)

September 9, 2024

Sometimes you don’t know how rowdy a show is going to be until you see someone politely ask a person at the barricade to step aside, so they could climb it and crowdsurf away. Maybe it’s unfair to assume that kind of thing won’t happen at a Get Up Kids show, but truth be told, two of their last three performances

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Twin Cities Media (USA)

October 4, 2021

The Get Up Kids Remain On The Top Of Their Game Over 25 Years Later

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Spectrum Culture (USA)

November 19, 2019

The Doug Fir is one of the best venues in Portland, and its hard not to want every one of your favorite bands play there whenever possible.

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Scenestr (Australia)

October 12, 2019

It’s been a wild few decades for Kansas City’s The Get Up Kids, who have always found a loving second home in Australia dating back to the late ’90s and their first tour on the back of fan favourite album ‘Something To Write Home About’.

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