"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 3/11/24)
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Real Live Certified
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Critic Consensus
Based on 24 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Orb is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, but their shows lack substantial merit. The Orb concert reviews describe live shows and performances as amazing, soothing, ambient, and aggressive.
ON TOUR
The Underground, Bradford, United Kingdom (March 1); Kanteena, Lancaster, United Kingdom (March 2); Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, United Kingdom (March 9); Botanique, Brussels, Belgium (May 17)
London, United Kingdom (1988 - present) (1988 – present)
BIO
The Orb is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. The Orb is heavily influenced by dub music, and much of their later output has been in the electronic dub category, more so than ambient house.
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CRITIC concert REVIEWS
The Skinny (UK)
January 29, 2024
80
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The nostalgia goggles are firmly fixed for an evening pitched halfway between the rave and the comedown
More tame than a four day outdoor music festival, but with equal amounts of sweat, the Godfathers of House dug deep into their 30 year old library of sounds, offering the sold out audience a hefty dose of beats and rhythms.