Press kit
Almost Dakota // Press kit
"Hi, I'm Almost Dakota. The rest of the band couldn't make it." Everything you need to promote an Almost Dakota night: bios, photos, logos and the practical bits.
At a glance
At a glance
- Act
- Almost Dakota, the solo set from Never Dakota
- Who
- Jack Betts, Never Dakota's singer and guitarist
- What
- Pop punk and emo anthems, watered down with indie and pop rock
- How
- Live guitar and vocals, with backing tracks filling in the rest of the band
- The show
- Two 45-minute sets (two 60-minute sets on request)
- Bill it as
- Anthems Night with Almost Dakota
- For
- Pubs and bars, plus evening parties at weddings and private events
- Based
- Northampton, UK
- Booking
- bookings@neverdakota.com · neverdakota.com/book
- Taking bookings
- From January 2027
Who it's for
Why Almost Dakota
Almost Dakota exists for the venues the full band can't fit.
- Smaller rooms: one performer, a compact PA and lights, in a corner a four-piece would never fit into.
- Smaller budgets: a proper live night without booking a full band.
- Quieter nights: less heavy than Never Dakota, with indie and pop rock singalongs the whole room knows.
- Evening parties: weddings and private events that want something a bit less loud.
Got the room and the budget for the full band? We'd always recommend Never Dakota.
Bios
Three lengths. Use whichever fits.
One line
Almost Dakota is the solo set from Northampton pop punk band Never Dakota: pop punk and emo anthems, watered down with indie and pop rock.
Short
Almost Dakota is Jack Betts, singer and guitarist of Northampton pop punk and emo band Never Dakota, playing solo with backing tracks filling in the rest of the band. The set mixes the songs Never Dakota crowds shout back with the indie and pop rock singalongs everyone knows, so the whole room knows the words, not just the ones down the front. "Hi, I'm Almost Dakota. The rest of the band couldn't make it."
Full
Almost Dakota is the solo set from Never Dakota, the Northampton four-piece who bring Emo Night to pubs across Northamptonshire.
It's Jack Betts, the band's singer and guitarist, on live guitar and vocals, with backing tracks adding the drums, bass and extra layers, so it still sounds like a full band. The set takes the big ones from the Never Dakota set (Blink-182, Green Day, Paramore, All Time Low, Sum 41) and waters them down with the indie and pop rock singalongs that people who've never owned a My Chemical Romance album will still know every word to.
Same energy and the same sense of humour as Never Dakota, scaled down to one performer, so it's a proper live night even in a room a full band would never fit into.
"Hi, I'm Almost Dakota. The rest of the band couldn't make it."
Also as plain text: almost-dakota-bios.txt
What he plays
What he plays
- Blink-182
- Green Day
- Paramore
- All Time Low
- Sum 41
- And indie and pop rock singalongs
Less heavy than the full band, same good time. A full song list is on its way.
Photos
Photos
Free to use for promoting an Almost Dakota night. Please credit "Almost Dakota" where you can.
Logos
Logos
Use the logo as it is. Don't recolour it, stretch it or box it, and put it on a dark background wherever you can.
- almost-dakota-logo-crimson.pngMain logo, crimson, transparent background
- almost-dakota-logo-crimson.svgMain logo, vector
- almost-dakota-logo-crimson-on-black.pngMain logo on black, ready to drop in
- almost-dakota-logo-white.png / .svgOne-colour white, for dark backgrounds and print
- almost-dakota-logo-black.png / .svgOne-colour black, only for print where it has to go on a light background
How to bill it
- Name: Almost Dakota (two words, both capitalised).
- Event name: Anthems Night with Almost Dakota.
- Listing line: Pop punk & emo anthems watered down with indie & pop rock. A solo set from Never Dakota.
- Tag: Facebook: Never Dakota · Instagram @neverdakota.band · TikTok @never.dakota (Almost Dakota uses the band's accounts).
- Link to: neverdakota.com/almost-dakota.
Posters, two videos (a story video and a pub TV loop), a Facebook event and a ready-made post are made for every booked gig, so venues don't need to design anything.
The practical bit
- The set: Two 45-minute sets as standard. Two 60-minute sets on request.
- Space: A small corner: one performer, a compact PA and lights.
- Self-contained: His own PA with a sub, lights, amp head, pedalboard and mixer, set up, mixed and packed down by him. Nothing to hire, no sound engineer to pay.
- Arrival: About two hours before the start, to load in and set up.
- Power: Two plug sockets near where he plays.
- All live: Guitar and vocals are live. Backing tracks add the drums, bass and extra layers.
From Never Dakota
Almost Dakota is the alternative, not the main event. If you've got the room for the full band, we'd always recommend Never Dakota: the four-piece pop punk and emo band, and the main act.