Lightning Bolt live in concert.
ON TOUR

Lightning Bolt

27
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

89
%
Based on 
27
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
critic concert
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Real Live Certified  

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

Critic Consensus

Lightning Bolt is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 27 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Lightning Bolt is rated as an amazing live performer, with exceptional shows that are worth seeing. Lightning Bolt concert reviews describe live shows and performances as layered, noisy, and powerful.

ON TOUR

The Wiltern; Mohawk, Los Angeles, California, United States; Austin, United States (June 29; May 24); The Wiltern, Los Angeles, California, United States (June 29);

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Latest Release

What You Gon, Do - Single (April 22, 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Providence, United States (1994 - present) (1994 – present)
Bio
Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo which formed in 1994 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The band consists of Brian Chippendale (drums, vocals) and Brian Gibson (bass).
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

New Noise Magazine (USA)

December 26, 2019
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Its crazy to think that this year Lightning Bolt celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their self-titled debut.

Vanyaland (USA)

December 6, 2019
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Boston, USA

The Guardian (UK)

November 13, 2019
100
%
Lightning Bolt review – noise-punk duo remain one of the great live acts 5 / 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars.

Humo (Belgium)

May 6, 2018
70
%
Lightning Bolt Live In Concert In Belgium

GetIntoThis (UK)

December 9, 2015
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Lightning Bolt As Lightning Bolt kick up a storm in Leeds, Getintothis’ JoeRayW takes in a wild, bone-shaking gig that left him buzzing for days afterwards – and that’s just the hearing loss.

Undertoner (Denmark)

December 3, 2015
75
%
Jazzhouse, Copenhagen, Denmark on December 1, 2015

Louder Than War (UK)

December 2, 2015
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Leeds Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK

Past critic reviews published in

Undertoner (Denmark), Louder Than War (UK), Hot Press Magazine (Ireland), Exclaim (Canada), We All Want Someone To Shout For (USA) and more

Image Credit

Joe Blanchard [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons