Sufjan Stevens live in concert.
ON TOUR

Sufjan Stevens

175
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

94
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175
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Sufjan Stevens is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 1% of all live performers. Based on 175 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Sufjan Stevens is rated as an outstanding live performer, with spectacular shows that are worth watching. Sufjan Stevens concert reviews describe live shows and performances as heartbreaking, exhilarating, dynamic, breathtaking, theatrical, ambitious, and audacious.

ON TOUR

St. James Theatre, New York City, United States (July 20);

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Javelin (October 6, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Detroit, United States (7/1/1975) (7/1/1975)
Bio
Sufjan Stevens (pronounced "SOOF-yahn"; born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family.
Has Performed With
My Brightest Diamond, Bryce Dessner

Critic Concert Reviews

We All Want Someone To Shout For (USA)

August 6, 2017
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The debut album (released via 4AD) sees them mesh their talents to one unique whole, with an album about the many planets and universes, connected to universal human themes as well.

Grateful Web (USA)

August 6, 2017
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Sufjan Stevens was set to play his new exotic album Planetarium as part of the summer evening concert series at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Berkeley B-Side (USA)

July 31, 2017
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Sufjan Stevens Traverses Galaxies at the Fox

mxdwn.com (USA)

July 25, 2017
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Planetarium (Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister, and Nico Muhly) Live at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles

SF Weekly (USA)

July 24, 2017
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For most of his career, Sufjan Stevens has focused not on the stars but rather the majesty and anguish of life itself.

Consequence (USA)

July 21, 2017
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, USA on July 20, 2017

Brighton Source (UK)

August 31, 2016
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One of the ways he coped was to trawl his childhood memories and pour his sense of loss into this year’s album ‘Carrie & Lowell’, titled after his mother and stepfather.

Past critic reviews published in

Brighton Source (UK), Buzz Bands LA (USA), The Know (Denver Post) (USA), KEXP (USA), The 13th Floor (New Zealand) and more

Image Credit

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