An orderly queue of Dr. Martens and New Rocks line up outside of KOKO for Poppy’s final UK date of her latest tour. A Poppy audience isn’t much different to your usual emo crowd: diverse, charismatic and oddly kind, as the words “I love your outfit!” are ushered frequently between strangers. Given she's an artist with fans in the millions, playing at a venue capped at one and a half thousand makes the show feel like an extremely intimate experience.
Mosh and circle pits quickly form as alt-rock outfit Wargasm take to the stage. Opening their set with boastful heavy-hitter Fuckstar, the band make their way through a setlist that throws out notable early hits, Backyard Bastards, Spit. and D.R.I.L.D.O to list a few. Simultaneously exploring their 2023 album Venom, Wargasm ramp up the vibes with their notoriously larger-than-life energy.
