Stornoway live in concert.
ON TOUR

Stornoway

32
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

81
%
Based on 
32
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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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

Stornoway is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 32 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Stornoway is rated as an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall. Stornoway concert reviews describe live shows and performances as energetic, predictable, poetic, nuanced, stirring, and amazing.

ON TOUR

Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, Netherlands (April 22); Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (April 24); Nochtspeicher, Hamburg, Germany (April 25); Privatclub, Berlin, Germany (April 26); Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, None, United Kingdom (May 31); Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, United Kingdom (July 26)

Latest release

Dig the Mountain! (September 8, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
rock
ORIGIN
Oxford, United Kingdom (2006 - 2017)
BIO
Stornoway was a British alternative indie folk band who formed in 2006 in the Cowley Road area of Oxford, UK. The band consisted of singer and guitarist Brian Briggs, multi-instrumentalists Jon Ouin and Oli Steadman, and the latter's brother Rob Steadman on drums.
HAS PERFORMED with

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

The Independent (UK)

March 16, 2017
100
%
It's been a long road Briggs tells a packed Shepherd’s Bush Empire on the band’s farewell tour - a world away from the tiny Brixton venues they played at the start.

For Folks Sake (UK)

March 15, 2017
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It’s like trying to review any sort of local, natural, beautiful, beloved phenomenon in Oxford.

Vulture Hound (UK)

March 7, 2017
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Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, UK

The Guardian (UK)

March 7, 2017
80
%
Stornoway: Beachcomber's Windowsill Read more The folk-pop four-piece were barely out of school and university when the surprise success of their 2010 debut album Beachcomber’s Windowsill saw them take flight.

The Herald (Scotland)

March 7, 2017
80
%
Glasgow, Scotland

Mancunian Matters (UK)

March 7, 2017
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The group – famed for hits such as I Saw You Blink, Zorbing and Unfaithful – played at Manchester Academy over the weekend.

Thank Folk for That (USA)

March 5, 2017
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Not to get too soppy or anything, but Stornoway’s back catalogue can stir up some pretty strong emotions at the best of times, so we new we’d be in for a bit of a rollercoaster, as Manchester bid farewell to the boys from Cowley.

Past critic reviews published in

Record Collector Magazine (UK), There Goes the Fear , The Telegraph (UK), GIGsoup (UK), GoldenPlec (Ireland) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Andy Fairbairn via Wikimedia Commons