What Is It Like to See Getdown Services Live?

A Butlins Redcoat Night With the Tops Off

Josh Law and Ben Sadler grew up in Minehead, the Somerset seaside town built around a Butlins holiday camp, and the show plays like a redcoat entertainment night that got into the minibar. Josh told DIY it's "Butlins' Red Coats. Karaoke. Your dad. I dunno..." The shirts come off early and stay off. At Crookes Social Club, a working men's club, on a Wednesday in May 2025, both played in nothing but Adidas shorts and told the room "this is Butlins, we're drunk, and we haven't got any trousers on" (Now Then). When a fan at Bristol's Strange Brew yelled for Josh to take his top off, he shot back: "we know our own show, we know what your here for" (Epigram). You will spend most of the night watching two sweat-drenched blokes fist-pump at you. That's the show, and it's a good one.

The Banter Pokes the Room

They talk a lot, and they aim it at you. At Camden's Electric Ballroom in November 2025 they took a swipe at the capital and drew a round of playful boos, which photographer shot.with.mills summed up as "poke the bear, crack a grin, then drop another tune" (No Taste). At Brighton Music Hall in Massachusetts in April 2026, the only stop on their North American run that didn't sell out, they made sure the room knew it, then joked about touring Harvard that afternoon (WTBU). There's a running Chris Martin bit: Ben announced "I am Chris Martin" at Strange Brew, and Josh shouted "Yes! I am Chris Martin!" mid-song at Edinburgh's Mash House (The Wee Review). They'll also roast their online critics from the stage. If your city gets called out, boo. They want you to.

The Snacks Are Part of the Set

The songs are about crisps, quiche, Jamie Oliver and cheese, and the food turns up on stage. At the Brudenell Social Club in November 2025, an impromptu quiche-eating contest broke out mid-set during "Eat Quiche, Sleep, Repeat," and the Yorkshire Evening Post's reviewer said he had "never witnessed a mid-set quiche-eating competition." At Harry Styles' Meltdown in June 2026, they teased the Purcell Room crowd with a whole cheese board and then refused to share it (Rolling Stone UK). The bit changes from night to night. The groceries don't.

The One Quiet Song Hits Hardest

Every headline set stops dead for "I Wish It Didn't Bother Me," which Josh plays alone on guitar while Ben steps back and watches. At Brighton Music Hall, a cautious crowd finally gave in: "By the song's close, you could feel the audience letting down their defenses," wrote Stella Tongour for WTBU. In Edinburgh the Mash House sang the chorus back at him. At the January 2026 Trinity Centre homecoming, the stripped-back stretch dealt with "the worst period of my life," and Bristol24/7's Susie Long called the night "a masterstroke in balancing hard-hitting material with comedic performance." The songs about rent, landlords and men's mental health are the part nobody warns you about.

A Laptop, a Cowbell and Two Frontmen

Most nights this is a duo singing over backing tracks, not a rock band. At Strange Brew in December 2024 "the laptop came out for 'Biscuit Tin' and 'Caesar'" (Bristol24/7), and Ben bangs a cowbell like it owes him money (Epigram). When they announced their August 2026 record-store run, they pitched it as the opposite of a normal gig: "no backing track and playing actual instruments at a fairly low volume." With no instruments to man for most songs, both of them roam, swing their arms like robots, drop sudden dabs and stage-dive. At Brighton Music Hall, Josh dove in and got carried through the room (WTBU).

"Whatever You Want" On, "Dog Dribble" Off

Status Quo's "Whatever You Want" is the walk-on tape, from the Electric Ballroom and the Brudenell in November 2025 to the Edinburgh Fringe shows at La Belle Angele in August 2026 (setlist.fm). Then they chat for a few minutes before the first song. "Dog Dribble" brings it home: it's their most-played song on setlist.fm (98 setlists), and at Crookes it brought "a guitar riff, mosh pits, and bouncing" (Now Then). That night they encored with the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage." Josh says the goal is to get people to drop their guard: "To just see people with their eyes closed, losing their fucking minds, is quite a profound thing" (Rolling Stone UK).