EP. 396 | Dermot Kennedy: “You Have To Be DELUDED!” – From Busking to Sold Out Stadiums OVERNIGHT?!
That Peter Crouch Podcast
Tall or Nothing
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of That Peter Crouch Podcast, Pete, Sids, and Chris are joined by global chart-topper Dermot Kennedy for a wide-ranging chat that blends football culture with life on the road as one of the world’s biggest touring artists. From busking on the streets of Dublin to selling out the Aviva Stadium, Dermot opens up about the grind behind his rise, the self-doubt before album releases, and why live performances still mean everything to him.
The lads dive into Dermot’s deep love for football, growing up as a Manchester United fan inspired by Roy Keane, and his unforgettable experiences playing Soccer Aid alongside legends like Wayne Rooney, Rivaldo, and Carlos Tevez. There’s also a brilliant crossover between music and football as they compare elite mentality, confidence, and what separates the very best from the rest.
We also get a hilarious (and slightly chaotic) guitar lesson for Sids as he prepares for a potential live performance at Finsbury Park, plus a stunning live acoustic performance from Dermot that completely stops the room.
After Dermot heads off, Pete and Sids regroup to debrief Pete’s participation in another Liverpool Legends match, the Paddy Power predictions, and life without Chris—who’s conveniently on holiday…
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00:00 - Podcast intro & Sid’s “popstar” identity crisis
03:10 - Wild guest booking stories & big names teased
05:10 - Phone network XI & absurd football chat
07:45 - Dermot Kennedy joins the podcast
09:00 - Touring with global superstars & live show pressure
10:45 - New album nerves & self-doubt before release
12:00 - Busking in Dublin & early arrogance
14:00 - Music industry vs old-school artistry debate
16:00 - Irish music culture & live performance roots
17:30 - Football fandom & Roy Keane stories
19:00 - Meeting Roy Keane & brutal fan encounters
22:00 - Playing football growing up & mental escape
23:30 - Soccer Aid stories & facing elite pros
27:30 - Playing Old Trafford & halftime performance nerves
29:00 - The moment his career exploded overnight
31:30 - Talent vs hard work in music
33:00 - Sid’s chaotic guitar journey begins
35:00 - Sid plays guitar (and survives)
36:30 - Dermot performs live acoustic (incredible moment)
38:30 - Fan questions & bizarre phone plan reveal
40:30 - Songs he nearly didn’t release
42:00 - Touring life & favourite cities
44:00 - Musicians who can actually play football
45:00 - “Game’s Gone” – VAR & modern football rants
48:30 - Dermot leaves & shin pad campaign chaos
50:00 - Liverpool Legends match debrief
55:00 - Paddy Power predictions & football catch-up
01:05:00 - Chris on holiday & podcast wrap-up
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to that Peter Crouch podcast with me, Peter Crouch. |
| 0:02.8 | I'm going to call you SIDs, not notorious SID anymore. |
| 0:06.5 | That was a moment in time. I'll call him the BBQ for a little while. It feels like it's all evolved. I'm happy with that. You're back at SIDS. I'm really happy with that. Yeah, good. It's a chapter in the book. It's a new chapter. It's a new chapter, yeah. |
| 0:18.8 | And feel free to get involved in the DMs with nicknames. |
| 0:22.9 | You feel like... |
| 0:23.8 | No, well, listen, we DMs with nicknames you feel like. |
| 0:23.9 | No, listen, we've all got nicknames. You know, I was crouched from Bahrain a couple of weeks ago. That seems to have, you never know what can happen in this podcast. And now you're a recording artist. No, you're a singer. it needs a nickname that sort of encompasses |
| 0:35.8 | the current Steve Sidwell as we know him. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm trying. |
| 0:40.0 | We don't even need to come up with one now because everyone's ones that they send in a way better. This is what I'm scared for now. So let the people decide what your pop star name should be. Popstar name. That's what you're... Yeah, a recording artist. But this is why we wanted to get Dermick Kennedy in today |
| 0:54.5 | he's a big football fan |
| 0:55.7 | um big united fan |
| 0:57.3 | but he's an incredible artist |
| 1:00.0 | it just feels like the right person to come in |
| 1:02.3 | as you head towards this gig |
| 1:04.2 | at Finbury Park potentially |
| 1:05.6 | or whenever this performance will be |
| 1:07.4 | but as you're learning the guitar |
| 1:09.2 | you can get a little bit of advice there |
| 1:10.6 | well I am gonna um you know strum performance will be. But as you're learning the guitar, you can get a little bit of advice there. |
| 1:17.8 | Well, I am going to, you know, strum and hopefully we can get into strum. |
| 1:21.3 | And I will be watching him really closely, how we strums. |
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