Arrested Development live in concert.
ON TOUR

Arrested Development

17
critic concert reviews
rap

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

74
%
Based on 
17
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
critic concert
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Critics Consensus

Based on 17 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Arrested Development is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. Arrested Development concert reviews describe live shows and performances as amazing, impassioned, and energetic.

How long are their concerts?

How long are Arrested Development concerts? Arrested Development concerts usually last an hour and a half.

How much to book?

How much does it cost to book Arrested Development? To hire for a live performance or concert, the booking fees for Arrested Development range from $15,000 - $40,000, with Arrested Development's current estimated booking fee to be around $25,000.

On tour

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
Atlanta, United States (1988 - present)
Bio
Arrested Development is an Afrocentric Hip-Hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s. It took the group three years, five months and two days to be offered a record deal.
Has Performed With
Heaven Beatbox
Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

Riff Magazine (USA)

December 22, 2024
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Digable Planets, The Pharcyde, Arrested Development offer night of hip-hop nostalgia at the Warfield

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

August 29, 2016
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Trailblazing hip-hop band Arrested Development brought their Greatest Hits Tour to Auckland’s Powerstation this Sunday night, celebrating what front man Speech described as 24 years of revolutionary hip-hop music.

The Guardian (UK)

July 7, 2015
60
%
Their 1992 debut 3 Years 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of … sold 4m copies as fans and critics swooned over their earnest but impassioned political idealism and sunny pop choruses.

Birmingham Live (UK)

February 20, 2015
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Arrested Development are masters of the old school, their first album “3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days In The Life Of…” way back in 1992 was a commercial and critical success and led to the group winning two Grammy Awards.

The Music (Australia)

October 25, 2012
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Warming up the growing crowd were DJs Devola and Backhanderz, before Sydneysider Alison Wonderland took to the stage.

musicOMH (UK)

January 27, 2004
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Well not in Newcastle anyway as Newcastle University Union eventually swells to around half capacity after a very slow opening.

The Guardian (UK)

January 20, 2004
60
%
The Arrested Development frontman talks about everything from his group's comeback album to the atrocities of slavery stopping only to sing or rap.

Past critic reviews published in

The Buffalo News (USA), Gaffa (Denmark), Gaffa (Sweden), Libel (New Zealand), Bristol Live (UK) and more

Image Credit

Stuart Sevastos [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

Bullets In the Chamber (feat. Speech) (12 January 2024)