Akon live in concert.
ON TOUR

Akon

11
critic concert reviews
rap

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

61
%
Based on 
11
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
65
%
Based on 
4
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 11 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Akon is rated as a mediocre live performer, with shows that lack substantial critical acclaim.

ON TOUR

Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, United States (October 30); Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Philippines (December 3)

Latest Release

Akon's Beautiful Day (4 October 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
St. Louis, United States (4/16/1973)
Bio
Alioune Badara Akon Thiam, Born April 16, 1977 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, known simply as Akon, is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Express (UK)

May 1, 2024
90
%
Akon proved that his long-awaited The Superfan tour was worth the wait after delivering a night of nostalgia, tales and uplifting entertainment at his sold-out Eventim Apollo gig.

Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)

November 17, 2023
%
Akon supplies Radius and "The Superfan" with euphoric R&B, hip-hop, EDM and pop combo

The Independent (UK)

January 28, 2009
%
Anyone who knows Akon for "Lonely", the irritating playground favourite, with its Bobby Vinton sample at Pinkie and Perky speed, would be taken aback by tonight's songs about gunshots, strippers and jail time. But Akon, more honestly than most rappers, doesn't care how you know him. As he once said, "the best

The Guardian (UK)

January 27, 2009
60
%
When the singer songwriter producer label owner and former felon breaks off from his string of electronically propelled R&B hits to tell a convoluted story he appears to be gearing up for a moment of revelation.

Gaffa (Denmark)

May 9, 2024
67
%
Akon Live In Concert At Tap1, Copenhagen, Denmark

Poplish (Denmark)

May 9, 2024
33
%
Akon Live In Concert In Denmark

Yorkshire Evening Post (UK)

October 31, 2017
%
With over 300 cameos across the pop spectrum to his name, the Missouri-born musician’s barrage of bangers has been firmly etched into the memories of millennials over the years.

Past critic reviews published in

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), ConcertNews.be (Belgium), The Georgia Straight (Canada), The Georgia Straight (Canada)

Image Credit

Peter Cruise [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons