The Selecter live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Selecter

19
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
%
Based on 
19
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
%
Based on 
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 19 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Selecter is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. The Selecter concert reviews describe live shows and performances as effortless and raucous.

ON TOUR

Hatfield Park, Hatfield, United Kingdom (May 25); Temple Newsam Park, Leeds, United Kingdom (May 26); Pomona Fairplex, Pomona, CA, United States (June 8); Reitplatz Glaubitz bei Riesa Elbe, Glaubitz bei Riesa Elbe, Germany (July 25);

Latest Release

Live At The NEC 1980 (April 22, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Coventry, United Kingdom (1979 - present) (1979 – present)
Bio
The Selecter, a ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement. The profilic lead singer is Pauline Black.
Has Performed With
The Beat

Critic Concert Reviews

Record Collector Magazine (UK)

October 20, 2019
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The Selecter garnered a heroes welcome, while The Avengers ensured that things got off to a suitably raucous start.

New Noise Magazine (USA)

November 21, 2018
%
My wife and I will text and email each other throughout the day.

Musikknyheter.no (Norway)

April 21, 2018
90
%
The Selecter Live In Concert In Norway

Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 1, 2018
%
In the queue outside The Powerstation, a glance at fellow concert goers made it clear this band appeals most strongly to my generation, although more than a handful of fans (infants in their third decade of life) arrived later. The Beat has been around since the late 1970s.

Record Collector Magazine (UK)

March 6, 2018
%
Pulses raced on storming opener Three Minute Hero and the skanking Missing Words, while Commander Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson led the jolly ride of Train To Skaville.

Buzz Magazine (UK)

April 24, 2017
80
%
Wales, UK

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

May 13, 2016
80
%
Stockholm, Sweden

Past critic reviews published in

GetIntoThis (UK), Louder Than War (UK), Backseat Mafia, Libel (New Zealand), Gigging NI (Northern Ireland) and more

Image Credit

Donutte [CC BY 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons