"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 6/6/25)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are "Real Live Certified" if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critics Consensus
Charles Bradley is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 80 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Charles Bradley is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth seeing. Charles Bradley concert reviews describe live shows and performances as heartbreaking, extraordinary, soulful, show-stopping, dynamic, intense, and euphoric.
How long are their concerts?
How long are Charles Bradley concerts? Charles Bradley concerts usually last from 45 minutes to up to an hour and a half.
How much to book?
How much does it cost to book Charles Bradley? To hire for a live performance or concert, the booking fees for Charles Bradley range from $40,000 - $75,000, with Charles Bradley's current estimated booking fee to be around $40,000.
Charles Bradley (November 5, 1948 - September 23, 2017) was an American funk/soul/R&B singer. Born in Gainesville, Florida, and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bradley spent the better part of his childhood living on the streets.
Has Performed With
Junk, Joss Stone, His Extraordinaires, Clairy Browne and The Bangin' Rackettes
Artist Website
Critic Concert Reviews
Twin Cities Media (USA)
May 27, 2016
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He got his big break a few years ago and with his latest album Changes comes a North American Tour that stopped at First Avenue yesterday.
The 66-year old performer emerged on the Powerstation stage, resplendent in a black-sequined jump suit shortly before 10pm, but not before his ace band, The Extraordinaires laid down a funky groove with a brief overture.
However, it is rare and unique to see a concert so positively charged, fueled with such raw passion, and as spiritually and mentally empowering as the Screaming Eagle of Soul, Mr.
All five of the players were superb musicians, each adding their own flavour to a genuine sound that could get tripped-out and dubby with melodica and pulsing bass, and then build up into percussion-fueled funk breakbeats.
After enduring a lengthy -10 C (add some minus for wind chill) lineup that wound around the block fans sought warmth in Toronto's (ironically named) Kool Haus bypassing coat-check to experience the heat that is a Charles Bradley revue.
