The Maccabees live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Maccabees

106
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

87
%
Based on 
106
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Based on 
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

The Maccabees is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 106 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Maccabees is rated as an exceptional live performer, with many notable strengths. The Maccabees concert reviews describe live shows and performances as emotional, chaotic, career-spanning, glorious, cheerful, genuine, and melodic.

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Romance (October 4, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
electronic
ORIGIN
Brighton, United Kingdom (2004 - 2017)
BIO
HAS PERFORMED with
Mumford and Sons

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Live in Limbo (Canada)

July 7, 2017
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After fourteen years as a band, they had decided that the Marks to Prove it album would be their last.

Brighton's Finest (UK)

July 4, 2017
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London Alexandra Palace, London, UK

The Times (UK)

July 4, 2017
80
%
In 2016 the Maccabees broke out of the guitar band ghetto with a No 1 album and a headline spot at Latitude Festival after 12 years of toil.

DIY Magazine (UK)

July 3, 2017
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What a way to bow out.

musicOMH (UK)

July 1, 2017
90
%
Throughout the band’s final gig at the city’s Apollo on Wednesday night, ahead of their final dates at London’s Alexandra Palace, there was a feeling of joy rather than sorrow.

The Telegraph (UK)

June 30, 2017
100
%
London Alexandra Palace, London, UK

The Upcoming (UK)

June 30, 2017
100
%
But this has been no Irish goodbye, as they have been taking their precious time about it with a special UK tour over the last 12 months, including an exceptional headline set at last year’s Latitude Festival.

Past critic reviews published in

Gigwise (UK), The Upcoming (UK), GetIntoThis (UK), The Skinny (UK), The Herald (Scotland) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Batiste Safont [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons