Barry Adamson live in concert.
ON TOUR

Barry Adamson

12
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

64
%
Based on 
12
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Critic Consensus

Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Barry Adamson is rated as a mediocre live performer, with shows that lack substantial critical acclaim. Barry Adamson concert reviews describe live shows and performances as cheerful.

ON TOUR

Komedia, Brighton, United Kingdom (May 23); The Deaf Institute, Manchester, United Kingdom (May 29); King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, United Kingdom (May 31); Paradiso - Bovenzaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands (June 3); Chez Pias, Brussels, Belgium (June 7);

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Latest Release

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis (feat. Jarvis Cocker) - Single (July 22, 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
Moss Side, United Kingdom (6/11/1958) (6/11/1958)
Bio
Audio artist Barry Adamson started out as bass player for British punk band Magazine, however, he's since carved more of a name for himself equally for being a founding member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and also for composing a large chunk of the score of David Lynch's Lost Highway.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Louder Than War (UK)

October 31, 2018
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Manchester O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK

Bristol Live (UK)

April 27, 2017
%
On the day it was announced that the Colston Hall was changing its name, it seemed ironic that Barry Adamson was playing a gig to a small but appreciative crowd below the waterline on floating venue the Thekla.; At the end of his 90-minute solo set, during which he sang and played every instrument (with addit

Louder Than War (UK)

March 10, 2016
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Manchester O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK

Gig Junkies (UK)

March 9, 2016
%
However tonight Barry reveals himself as an imposing singer frontman and bandleader as he treats Manchester to a rare live performance featuring his new album ‘Know Where to Run'.

The Upcoming (UK)

March 4, 2016
60
%
Yet one only needs to look at Messrs Manilow White and in this case Adamson to see that impossible is nothing.

The Arts Desk (UK)

March 4, 2016
40
%
An enraged heckler, much to Adamson’s cheerful bemusement, starts bellowing for him to fuck off halfway through the concert

God Is In The TV Zine (UK)

February 12, 2012
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By turns wonderfully comic and subtle, his poems touched on everything from Art house cinema fans to trains as a microcosm of British society.

Past critic reviews published in

Daily Record (Scotland), Record Collector Magazine (UK), The Guardian (UK)

Image Credit

Angel D [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons