GOOD KID - LONDON, UK
Good Kid with support from Last Dinosaurs
at the Roundhouse in London, UK – 26/09/2026
Words and photos by Mel Tumber
Toronto-based indie rock band Good Kid, joined by Last Dinosaurs, took their Can We Hang Out? tour to London for their biggest show to date, streaming it live to their Twitch audience while showcasing unique audience interaction and seamless Twitch chat integration.
Last Dinosaurs, from Brisbane, Australia, with a discography chock-full of upbeat indie rock tunes, opened their set with ‘Bass God ’-a song that very appropriately has an extremely funky bass riff. Other songs in their set included ‘Purist’, one of the songs on Wellnxss (a stunning reimagining of their sophomore album Wellness), Sense, which transitioned beautifully into ‘Elton’, a song with bright and cheery guitar complemented by a tambourine.
‘Eleven’, covered by Good Kid’s two guitarists, Jacob and David, a few days ago, was the song that marked the end of their set. Last Dinosaurs were the perfect fit for Good Kid’s support slot, and they’ll be sticking with them for the rest of the tour - not everybody goes to see the support band, but Last Dinosaurs are a band you won’t want to miss.
Before Good Kid’s set even started, guitarists Jacob and David were making their way along the barricade, interviewing fans for the first part of their livestream on the band’s Twitch account. Such questions included ‘who is your least favourite member’ and ‘what is your least favourite song’, to which some fans had an answer ready amusingly fast.
The stage dressing was incredible - multiple small televisions displaying characters from the band’s music videos, a large screen with all the chat messages from the livestream, a phone box and flowers everywhere. Finally, the stage felt complete when each member of Good Kid sprinted on, kicking off the set with ‘Wall’ and bringing that infectious energy that every one of their shows has, bar none.
For the next song, ‘Bubbly’, the first element of livestream audience interaction was introduced. By spamming an emote related to the song in the chat, a metre was built up, eventually resulting in huge streams of bubbles being released from machines on the stage. Other elements included lighting changes and increasing the number of confetti cannons that would be fired during the course of the show.
Almost every song on the setlist had a unique twist, as is the case with Good Kid shows - the singer, Nick, played the trumpet for ‘Premier Inn’, the audience partook in a wall of death (rebranded ‘wall of friendship’) during the final chorus of Witches, merch items were given to the crowd during ‘Slingshot’ - this was done by using a huge slingshot. Beach balls were distributed amongst the crowd for ‘Summer’, and confetti cannons went off during two songs - their cover of Laufey’s ‘From The Start’, and the final song of the night, ‘Mimi’s Delivery Service’. The fact that Good Kid go to such lengths to make their shows as fun and unique as possible is a testament to their dedication to their fans and playing live in general.
A running theme on this tour has been to get a fan from the crowd to play the game ‘Guitar Hero’, and this show was not an exception - the fan in question got a 94% score on ‘Alchemist’ to the delight of the crowd, which, at the end of the song, chanted the name of the fan. Audience interaction is not uncommon at Good Kid shows, and another tradition is for singer Nick to go forehead-to-forehead with a fan during the final stretch of their song ‘Aloe Lite’ and scream the last lines together. This show, of course, was not an exception, and the song ended with Nick and the fan singing their hearts out.
If all of this wasn’t already enough to be an incredible show to remember, the band also had guests - YouTubers Tommyinnit, Jack Manifold and Jacksepticeye (Sean) took to the stage during ‘Rift’ with Tommy and Jack putting on a staged fight with Sean as the referee. There is a large overlap between the fans of these YouTubers and Good Kid’s fans, so the crowd was overjoyed when the three joined the band on stage.
Good Kid’s debut album Can We Hang Out Sometime? proved to be showstopping when performed live, and cemented in every audience member’s head that, yes, they CAN hang out. Any show this band puts on always seems to get better every time, and, given their dedication and energy, this is a hangout that will not be stopping for a long time.
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