Blood Orange

How Good Are They LIVE?

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Critic Consensus

Based on 63 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Blood Orange is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Blood Orange concert reviews describe live shows and performances as funky, thrilling, magical, amazing, effortless, layered, and jazzy.

ON TOUR

Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada (November 1)

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Latest Release

Incure the Light. EP (26 April 2023)

Artist Info

Genre

r&b

Origin

Ilford, United Kingdom (12/23/1985)

Bio

Has Performed With

Yves Tumor, TOPS, Lightspeed Champion, Kelsey Lu, Dev Hynes

Critic Concert Reviews

The Guardian (UK)

March 19, 2023

Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, Hynes’ new compositions had a gravitas absent from his pop music – and plenty of discordant energy

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Live in Limbo (Canada)

October 18, 2018

Dev Hynes brought his Blood Orange project to the Danforth Music Hall last night for the first of two sold out shows.

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The Washington Post (USA)

September 30, 2018

Lincoln Theatre, Washington, USA

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Pass The Aux (USA)

September 24, 2018

Blood Orange gracefully delivers set full of conflict, soul at Greek

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Exclaim (Canada)

August 6, 2018

With lyrics rooted in real-world politics, but with melodies that flutter through the air to jazzy brass, drums and synth-pop beats, Hynes — producer, guitarist, pianist, singer and dancer — is a fluid, ineffable force.

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Spectrum Culture (USA)

September 24, 2017

That’s not a lazy label meant to skirt the labor of substantive criticism—his songs as Blood Orange are so clearly influenced by the Purple One that any reviewer would have to willfully exclude it from the conversation.

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