Cake live in concert.
ON TOUR

Cake

32
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
32
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 32 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Cake is rated as an enjoyable live performer, though not exceptional overall. Cake concert reviews describe live shows and performances as cathartic, eccentric, and lively.

ON TOUR

Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY, United States (June 22)

Latest release

Comfort Eagle (Deluxe Edition) (September 15, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
rock
ORIGIN
Sacramento, United States (1992 - present)
BIO
CAKE is an alternative rock band which formed in 1991 in Sacramento, California, United States. The band consists of John McCrea (vocals, guitar), Xan McCurdy (guitar), Gabe Nelson (bass), Vincent DiFiore (trumpet, keyboards, vocals) and Paulo Baldi (drums).
HAS PERFORMED with
Ben Folds

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Utah Concert Review (USA)

June 28, 2023
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CAKE Live In Concert

The Bay Bridged (USA)

September 20, 2019
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The second act of the wildly successful 2018 tour featuring '90s indie legends; and; stopped at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View last Friday, September 13.

Local Spins (USA)

August 8, 2019
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The sardonic California alt-rock band charmed a capacity Meijer Gardens crowd Wednesday with quirky instrumentation, trademark dry wit and a mix of old and somewhat-new songs. Review, photos.

The Wee Review (Scotland)

January 29, 2019
100
%
About as much fun as a cold night in January can be.

The Skinny (UK)

January 29, 2019
80
%
Ending a seven-year silence, California's CAKE play a cathartic set at QMU as part of this year's Celtic Connections festival

Bristol In Stereo (UK)

January 21, 2019
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SWX, Bristol, UK

Slug Mag (USA)

February 19, 2018
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An Evening with CAKE at the George S.

Past critic reviews published in

Exclaim (Canada), Mlive (USA), Shepherd Express (USA), Westword (USA), Consequence (USA) and more

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