Compilation of all the Solkats

I have mixed feelings about sharing videos of the gig, there was something so incredibly intimate and beautiful about it, but I also know how much their music means to people.

Here is my favourite moment from the night, everyone joined in singing Inkpot Gods, in a church in the middle of Hay, and it was just beautiful.

The Amazing Devil were ✨incredible✨ last night. I still cant really fathom that I saw them live. Unreal. And we got a new song too, so the new album hype is real!

I got heatstroke and had a huge panic attack during the set and had to cling to my boyfriend for dear life with a fan blasting directly in my face but I managed to stay for the whole set and cried my eyes out for all my favourite songs!

And thank you to everyone in the queue who made incredible things and handed them out to everyone - I’ll treasure them forever.❤️

Love you all!

I keep trying to write out exactly how it felt, what it meant for me to be there, but nothing seems to be enough. I’ll keeping working on it, and I’ll post more of the photos and videos I got soon (most likely when I’m back in the states and can take a breath lol).

I will say though, that the connection I felt to every person in that room was near spiritual. To anyone who was not able to make it, if it’s any comfort know that we were carrying all of you with us 💕

From The Amazing Devil’s instagram, May 31 ‘26

It's Not a Cult by Joey Batey Paperback Cover!

fucked around in canva and made this :P

GIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!

The Amazing Devil is performing at the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales on Friday, May 29.

Tickets go on sale on March 11 for festival members and March 14 for everyone.

From the website:

It’s Not a Cult & The Amazing Devil: Book Talk and Live Music

Friday 29 May 2026, 7pm – 9.15pm. – St Mary’s Church

Join musician, actor and author Joey Batey for an evening of music and eerie folklore, diving into his new novel It’s Not a Cult before taking to the stage with his band The Amazing Devil for a special acoustic performance – their first live show in ten years.

In conversation with fellow musician, actor and artist Madeleine Hyland and framed by the Gothic arches of St Mary’s Church, Joey takes us into the darkly comic Northumbrian folk‑horror tale. We follow the story of a hopeless band who find their gigs taking on a terrifying new significance when they start to sing about Northern gods of mishap and mayhem.