Gruff Rhys live in concert.
ON TOUR

Gruff Rhys

66
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

87
%
Based on 
66
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
80
%
Based on 
4
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Gruff Rhys is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 66 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Gruff Rhys is rated as an exceptional live performer, with noteworthy shows that are worth watching. Gruff Rhys concert reviews describe live shows and performances as cheerful, whimsical, dramatic, haunting, and engaging.

ON TOUR

Peddler Warehouse, Sheffield, United Kingdom (May 18); Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom (August 29); Barbican Hall, London, United Kingdom (September 13);

Latest Release

Sadness Sets Me Free [Explicit] (January 26, 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Haverfordwest, United Kingdom (7/18/1970) (7/18/1970) (7/18/1970)
Bio
Gruff Rhys is the lead singer of the Welsh band Super Furry Animals. His first solo album, Yr Atal Genhedlaeth preceded his band's LP, Love Kraft, in winter '05.
Has Performed With
Y Niwl

Critic Concert Reviews

Spectrum Culture (USA)

March 28, 2024
%
What is it about Portland that just can’t quite seem to dial into Gruff Rhys? In the last decade of Portland performances by the Welsh singer-songwriter—both solo and with his band Super Furry Animals—the turnout has rarely been what one might call robust.

The Scotsman (Scotland)

March 11, 2024
80
%
Gruff Rhys Live In Concert In Scotland

musicOMH (UK)

February 8, 2024
90
%
Songs from the Super Furry Animals frontman’s new solo album, Sadness Sets Me Free, make for a wonderfully cathartic live experience

Leftlion (UK)

January 30, 2024
%
Gruff Rhys at Rough Trade

XS Noize (Northern Ireland)

January 26, 2019
%
Last year XS Noizereviewed the best of In the Round which saw The Levellers triumph, performing an elated acoustic rendition of their hits spanning across a career which is now over thirty years old.

Financial Times (UK)

January 25, 2019
60
%
The lack of an orchestra robbed some of the material of its lustre but the gig ended on a high

Undertoner (Denmark)

November 25, 2018
83
%
Alice, Copenhagen, Denmark on November 24, 2018

Past critic reviews published in

Undertoner (Denmark), GetIntoThis (UK), Brighton's Finest (UK), Parklife DC (USA), Vanyaland (USA) and more

Image Credit

LuxTonnerre [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons