Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3629699/?format=api
{ "id": 3629699, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3629699/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-16T09:52:53-07:00", "show": 66197, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66197/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710300.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-7d080f13-22f9-4fef-86c2-49c8b5940bb7/mbid-7d080f13-22f9-4fef-86c2-49c8b5940bb7-18593722134_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710300.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-7d080f13-22f9-4fef-86c2-49c8b5940bb7/mbid-7d080f13-22f9-4fef-86c2-49c8b5940bb7-18593722134_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "track_id": "779d3cc4-bff9-499e-a8db-653676531b4d", "recording_id": "f5bb129a-7bb3-4a18-bb11-57e7fc611855", "artist": "Culture Club", "artist_ids": [ "81435053-e1a2-48a4-adfd-e89f310c7b38" ], "album": "Kissing to Be Clever", "release_id": "7d080f13-22f9-4fef-86c2-49c8b5940bb7", "release_group_id": "06e3e31f-a79a-31d5-ad4e-cd4aef67ebd5", "labels": [ "Virgin" ], "label_ids": [ "49b58bdb-3d74-40c6-956a-4c4b46115c9c" ], "release_date": "1982-09-24", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Led by the wonderful Boy George.\n\n“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” received a bit of a break when it came to the exposure department. Culture Club was tapped as a last-minute replacement to appear on the famed British music show Top of the Pops when the scheduled artist couldn’t make it. They performed the song on the show, and it quickly took off from there.\" Learn more at: https://americansongwriter.com/the-story-and-meaning-behind-do-you-really-want-to-hurt-me-the-song-that-jump-started-culture-clubs-run-of-80s-success/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }