The Sugarhill Gang live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Sugarhill Gang

14
critic concert reviews
rap

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

70
%
Based on 
14
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 14 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Sugarhill Gang is rated as a decent live performer, with shows that lack distinction.

ON TOUR

Glendalough Estate, Wicklow, Ireland (June 21);

Latest Release

Rapper's Delight (Remix) (July 9, 2019)

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States (1979 - present) (1979 – present)
Bio
The Sugarhill Gang is a hip-hop group from the 70s and 80s. They are credited with releasing hip-hop's first single to find a mainstream audience beyond the hip-hop scene with their song "Rapper's Delight,", the very first rap song to hit the Top 40.
Has Performed With
Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

Critic Concert Reviews

Local Spins (USA)

September 17, 2023
%
Sugarhill Gang and Eastown Streetfair top huge West Michigan week of live music

Nippertown (USA)

July 29, 2022
%
To answer The Sugarhill Gang, Hip Hop was most definitely in the house as the trailblazing rap group performed to an Empire State Plaza crowd on Wednesday, July 27.

GetIntoThis (UK)

June 16, 2019
%
Liverpool, UK

The Scotsman (Scotland)

September 4, 2018
60
%
St Luke's, Glasgow, Scotland

The Skinny (UK)

July 7, 2017
80
%
Stramash, Edinburgh, Scotland on June 28, 2017

Mondo Sonoro (Spain)

September 15, 2016
90
%
Clamores, Spain

The Guardian (UK)

August 9, 2015
80
%
It may be the oldest of old-school hip-hop, but this coming together of the genre’s originators is as fresh as ever

Past critic reviews published in

The Guardian (UK), Brighton's Finest (UK), Kingsize Magazine (Sweden), Undertoner (Denmark), Gaffa (Norway) and more

Image Credit

Andy Collegian [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons