GoGo Penguin live in concert.
ON TOUR

GoGo Penguin

37
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
%
Based on 
37
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 37 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that GoGo Penguin is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. GoGo Penguin concert reviews describe live shows and performances as unforgettable, artful, eclectic, energetic, inspiring, and thunderous.

ON TOUR

Bristol Beacon, Bristol, United Kingdom (May 18); Klub Studio, Kraków, Poland (June 4); Miejskie Centrum Kultury, Bydgoszcz, Poland (June 5);

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Latest Release

Everything Is Going to Be OK (April 14, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Manchester, United Kingdom (2009 - present) (2009 – present)
Bio
GoGo Penguin is a British jazz band from Manchester, UK, featuring pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka, and drummer Rob Turner. The band is an exhilarating live act, drawing on a heady brew of influences from Aphex Twin to Brian Eno, Debussy to Shostakovich and Massive Attack to EST.
Has Performed With
Jaimeo Brown

Critic Concert Reviews

Jazzwise (UK)

November 1, 2019
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Mancunian jazz-electronica fusionists score Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi

God Is In The TV Zine (UK)

October 29, 2019
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I thought it best to let this performance sink in for a day before writing about it, for it is unlike any other.

Jazzwise (UK)

July 30, 2019
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Taking place in lush Victorian ‘pleasure gardens' a half-hour drive from Salisbury, Larmer Tree Festival is a far cry from the urban localities associated with many of the jazz acts on the line-up.

Buzz Magazine (UK)

November 19, 2018
80
%
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff, UK on November 16, 2018

De Morgen (Belgium)

August 18, 2018
60
%
Brussels, Belgium

Humo (Belgium)

August 18, 2018
60
%
Pukkelpop Festival, Belgium

de Volkskrant (Netherlands)

March 13, 2018
60
%
GoGo Penguin Live In Concert In The Netherlands

Past critic reviews published in

De Morgen (Belgium), de Volkskrant (Netherlands), Knack Focus (Belgium), Rhythm Passport (UK), Brighton's Finest (UK) and more

Image Credit

Robert Wetzlmayr [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons