Femi Kuti live in concert.
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Femi Kuti

33
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

81
%
Based on 
33
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reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Femi Kuti is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 33 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Femi Kuti is rated as an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall. Femi Kuti concert reviews describe live shows and performances as masterful, high-energy, uplifting, seamless, and raucous.

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Latest release

Stop the Hate (February 5, 2021)

artist info

GENRE
global
ORIGIN
London, United Kingdom (6/16/1962)
BIO
Femi Kuti is an award winning Nigerian musician, and the oldest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Femi was born in London on 16 June 1962 and grew up in the former Nigerian capital Lagos.
HAS PERFORMED with
The Positive Force

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Panic Manual (Canada)

July 12, 2018
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Not that he showed any signs of slowing down after all these years – Femi Kuti is a masterful performer, giving his all for the duration of his set.

Exclaim (Canada)

July 12, 2018
80
%
Waist deep in an extended take on "Corruption Na Stealing," Femi Kuti hushed his backing band's bombast to the meditative rumble of the downbeat rhythms that push the track along, and addressed the audience.

Local Spins (USA)

July 21, 2016
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Powered by international guitar virtuoso Omara Bombino Moctar, the band blended Nigerian music and lyrics about politics and suffering in Africa with rock and blues.

PLAYBACK Stl (USA)

July 15, 2016
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Ready Room, St. Louis on July 9, 2016

The Know (Denver Post) (USA)

July 7, 2016
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Maybe it’s too ethnocentric to compare Femi Kuti’s Nigerian cultural background with politics in the U.S

Rhythm Passport (UK)

June 11, 2016
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The evening began with talented Tiggs Da Author, South Londoner and songwriter of Tanzanian origins, who warmed up the stage with a selection of his fresh, swinging hits.

Louder Than War (UK)

July 24, 2015
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Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK

Past critic reviews published in

Manchester Evening News (UK), NOW Magazine (Canada), Twin Cities Daily Planet (USA), Birmingham Live (UK), Showbams (USA) and more

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