Swans live in concert.
ON TOUR

Swans

148
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

80
%
Based on 
148
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
77
%
Based on 
13
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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

Critic Consensus

Based on 148 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Swans is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Swans concert reviews describe live shows and performances as minimalist, eclectic, improvised, transcendent, thrashing, and nostalgic.

ON TOUR

Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany (Oct 16); Store Vega, København V, Denmark (Oct 17); Christuskirche, Bochum, Germany (Oct 18); Blå, Oslo, Norway (Oct 19); Blå, Oslo, Norway (Oct 20); Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden (Oct 22); Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland (Oct 24)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

THE EGG (September 23, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
New York, United States (1982 - present) (1982 – present) (1982 Рpresent)
Bio
Swans is a band from New York, United States, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.
Has Performed With
Xiu Xiu, Sir Richard Bishop, Okkyung Lee, Jenny Hval, Carla Bozulich, Baby Dee, Angel Olsen

Critic Concert Reviews

Glide Magazine (USA)

May 13, 2024
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Swans Keep It Unpredictable At Densely Experimental Metro Chicago Show

MAGNET Magazine (USA)

April 21, 2024
%
Swans At The Blue Room, Nashville

Louder Than War (UK)

March 17, 2024
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Swans: Die Kantine, Cologne

Undertoner (Denmark)

March 3, 2024
100
%
Swans Live In Concert In Denmark

Mondo Sonoro (Spain)

February 23, 2024
90
%
Swans Live In Concert In Spain

Devilution (Denmark)

October 23, 2023
60
%
Swans Live In Concert In Denmark

Gaffa (Denmark)

October 18, 2023
83
%
Swans Live In Concert

Past critic reviews published in

The Scotsman (Scotland), Distorted Sound Magazine (UK), Spectrum Culture (USA), The Cosmic Clash (USA), Knack Focus (Belgium) and more

Image Credit

Nick Helderman [CC BY-SA 2.5] via Wikimedia Commons