Doves

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating

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Last 12 Months Rating

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Critic Consensus

Based on 56 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Doves is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Doves concert reviews describe live shows and performances as stirring, ambitious, anthemic, riveting, atmospheric, soothing, and cathartic.

ON TOUR

Boiler Shop, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom (Feb 25); Leeds Beckett Students' Union, Leeds, United Kingdom (Mar 1); The Leadmill, Sheffield, United Kingdom (Mar 2); O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom (Mar 4); Aviva Studios, Manchester, United Kingdom (Mar 7); O2 Institute, Birmingham, United Kingdom (Mar 8); The Waterfront, Norwich, United Kingdom (Mar 11); O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, United Kingdom (Mar 13); SWX, Bristol, United Kingdom (Mar 14); The Engine Rooms, Southampton, United Kingdom (Mar 15); Chalk, Brighton, UK, United Kingdom (Mar 17); O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (Mar 18)

FESTIVALS IN 2025

Wychwood Festival 2025

May 30 - June 1, 2025

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Latest Release

paroxysm - Single (20 September 2024)

Artist Info

Genre

rock

Origin

Bio

Doves are an alternative rock band from Manchester, United Kingdom consisting of Jimi Goodwin (vocals, bass) and twin brothers Jez Williams (guitar) and Andy Williams (drums). They are joined on stage by Martin Rebelski (keys).

Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Brighton Source (UK)

August 5, 2019

It’s about escape really – like most of our songs are, explains Doves singer Jimi Goodwin in his distinctive Manchester purr. Escape out of our head and into the real world.

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The Upcoming (UK)

July 17, 2019

London, UK

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The Guardian (UK)

July 17, 2019

Doves review – comedown symphonies still sound stirring 4 / 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars.

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musicOMH (UK)

July 16, 2019

Across their four albums Doves provided a suitably cathartic, soothing soundtrack to the post-millennium years and it’s tangible in the early stages. They open with Firesuite from their debut Lost Souls, still a supremely atmospheric, spacious scene setter.

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The Scotsman (Scotland)

June 12, 2019

Doves Live In Concert In Scotand

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The Telegraph (UK)

March 30, 2019

Doves, Royal Albert Hall, a triumphant return for the melancholy trio

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Music-News.com (UK)

September 8, 2010

100

Miller Filtered Music promised a night to see your favourite band, in an intimate setting doing something original, and on the first night of this ambitious project they certainly ticked all those boxes.

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