Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3572068/?format=api
{ "id": 3572068, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3572068/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-31T03:43:54-07:00", "show": 64980, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64980/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7b051a24-2e96-4e7f-8a13-23fa1df3c4d8/37078825900-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7b051a24-2e96-4e7f-8a13-23fa1df3c4d8/37078825900-250.jpg", "song": "Ballroom Blitz", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "96d333f9-0248-4dc8-8de9-e3f2ab86c623", "artist": "Sweet", "artist_ids": [ "dc73bb40-b697-4df9-a2ec-0555bebdba75" ], "album": "Desolation Boulevard", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "82993041-b4e7-3d33-aa84-cdd20461da53", "labels": [ "Capitol Records" ], "label_ids": [ "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73" ], "release_date": "1974-11-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh\nAndy? Yeah\nMick? Okay\nAlright fellas, let's go!...\": https://genius.com/Sweet-ballroom-blitz-lyrics\n--\nThe track was inspired by an incident on January 27, 1973, when The Sweet was performing a the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland. Sadly, the band was driven offstage by what’s known as a “bottling,” or when the fans get so angry or unnerved by a group, they begin to throw things onto the stage.: https://americansongwriter.com/the-meaning-behind-the-ballroom-blitz-by-the-sweet/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }