"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 37 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Badly Drawn Boy is rated as a watchable live performer, with decent shows overall. Badly Drawn Boy concert reviews describe live shows and performances as masterful and glorious.
ON TOUR
M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom (October 19); Utilita Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom (November 1); Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, United Kingdom (November 3); Reading Hexagon, Reading, United Kingdom (November 7); Bonus Arena, Hull, United Kingdom (November 14); Victoria Theatre, Halifax, United Kingdom (November 17); Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom (March 21)
Badly Drawn Boy is Damon Gough, born October 2, 1969 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, although the family moved to Bolton, Lancashire before Gough reached the age of one. Gough chose his stage name from a character that appeared in the cartoon show "Sam and His Magic Ball" which he saw on TV at a party in Trafford, Manchester in 1995.
Has Performed With
Critic Concert Reviews
Scenestr (Australia)
August 26, 2024
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On a Sunday night (or bath night, as it was called in 1970s Glasgow), it was a time for celebration and remembrance, as two of novelist Nick Hornby's favourite "sad bastard" acts, Belle and Sebastian and Badly Drawn Boy, delivered an all-time-desert-island Top 5 concert to an Adelaide audience
Some gigs turned into bizarre three-hour marathons as Gough several sheets to the wind would stop songs as soon as they started and do press-ups on stage.
When an artist decides to get back on the treadmill and to reconnect with the audience, and maybe restate why they are important in the first place, it probably makes sense to concentrate on the familiar and to get those people on side. In his usual contrary style Badly Drawn Boy seemed to be risking both tho
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