Akon live in concert.
ON TOUR

Akon

8
critic concert reviews
rap

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

60
%
Based on 
8
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 8 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Akon is rated as a mediocre live performer, with shows that lack substantial critical acclaim.

ON TOUR

Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Las Vegas, NV 89101, United States (May 4); Halle 622, Zürich, Switzerland (May 14); Forum Karlín, Praha, Czech Republic (May 16); The Rave / Eagles Club, Milwaukee, United States (June 8); Parque Olímpico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 13);

Latest Release

Afro Freak [Explicit] (August 24, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
St. Louis, United States (4/16/1973) (4/16/1973)
Bio
Alioune Badara Akon Thiam, Born April 16, 1977 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, known simply as Akon, is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)

November 17, 2023
%
Akon supplies Radius and "The Superfan" with euphoric R&B, hip-hop, EDM and pop combo

Yorkshire Evening Post (UK)

October 31, 2017
%
With over 300 cameos across the pop spectrum to his name, the Missouri-born musician’s barrage of bangers has been firmly etched into the memories of millennials over the years.

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

August 31, 2015
60
%
Stockholm, Sweden

ConcertNews.be (Belgium)

April 10, 2009
30
%
Sportpaleis Merksem, Antwerp, Belgium on April 10, 2009

The Independent (UK)

January 28, 2009
%
Anyone who knows Akon for "Lonely", the irritating playground favourite, with its Bobby Vinton sample at Pinkie and Perky speed, would be taken aback by tonight's songs about gunshots, strippers and jail time. But Akon, more honestly than most rappers, doesn't care how you know him. As he once said, "the best

The Guardian (UK)

January 27, 2009
60
%
When the singer songwriter producer label owner and former felon breaks off from his string of electronically propelled R&B hits to tell a convoluted story he appears to be gearing up for a moment of revelation.

The Georgia Straight (Canada)

July 21, 2008
%
I have to say I came to see Sean Paul, he’s does more my kind of music, but Wyclef’s performance really blew me away, he really blew up the place the way he got the crowd going.

Past critic reviews published in

Image Credit

Peter Cruise [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons