Kool and The Gang live in concert.
ON TOUR

Kool and The Gang

12
critic concert reviews
r&b

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

78
%
Based on 
12
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Kool and The Gang is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Kool and The Gang concert reviews describe live shows and performances as funky and raucous.

ON TOUR

Kunst!rasen Gronau, Bonn, Germany (July 4); Poble Espanyol, Barcelona, Spain (July 21);

Latest Release

People Just Wanna Have Fun (July 14, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
r&b
Origin
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States (1964 - present) (1964 – present)
Bio
Kool & The Gang are a highly successful jazz/R&B/soul/funk/disco group. They originally formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States in 1964, playing jazz.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

ConcertNews.be (Belgium)

July 30, 2021
80
%
Leuven Air, Belgium

Utah Concert Review (USA)

July 15, 2021
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Kool & the Gang w/ Utah Symphony 7/9/2021 Deer Valley

The Orange County Register (USA)

July 4, 2021
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Kool & the Gang celebrate as the Hollywood Bowl reopens for first post-pandemic public concert

ConcertNews.be (Belgium)

November 7, 2017
90
%
Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium

Syracuse (USA)

September 5, 2017
%
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Before Kool & The Gang took the stage on Labor Day, Chevy Court's sound system played "24K Gold" by Bruno Mars. It felt appropriate. The 10-piece funk/jazz/R&B outfit caught the light when they emerged, dressed in shimmering gold and silver sequins, to perform a raucous 90-minute set at the

Brighton Source (UK)

August 31, 2017
%
As the crowd cheered he was followed by the latest version of the ‘Gang’ clad in silver and gold.

The Morning Call (USA)

July 4, 2017
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The 1970s was by far the highest profile era ever for funk music, and Kool and the Gang was at the genre's forefront, with a nearly a dozen high-charting hits.

Past critic reviews published in

Honolulu Star-Advertiser (USA), Seattle Music News (USA), Houston Press (USA), The AU Review (Australia)

Image Credit

Alex Marshall [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons