Fruit Bats live in concert.
ON TOUR

Fruit Bats

19
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

79
%
Based on 
19
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 19 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Fruit Bats is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Fruit Bats concert reviews describe live shows and performances as effortless.

ON TOUR

The Salt Shed, Chicago, United States (October 19)

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Latest Release

Starry-eyed, in Stereo (10 May 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Chicago, United States (1997 - present)
Bio
Fruit Bats is an American rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois. The group has had many personnel changes but revolves around songwriter Eric D.
Has Performed With
Vetiver

Critic Concert Reviews

Glide Magazine (USA)

May 18, 2024
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Fruit Bats Keep Melodic Grooves Flowing At Portland’s Aladdin Theater

The Santa Barbara Independent (USA)

March 15, 2022
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Eric D. Johnson Presented Songs Old and New on March 9

Radio UTD (USA)

September 30, 2019
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Fruit Bats and Sun June warm the already very hot hearts of their Texas audience.

The Santa Barbara Independent (USA)

June 24, 2019
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What Fruit Bats singer Eric D. Johnson described as Santa Barbarans’ permanent stage of stokitude was out in full force for their Friday show at SOhO.

Exclaim (Canada)

September 19, 2016
80
%
Sitting effortlessly in the pocket Fruit Bats' set breezed over the mid-afternoon sunny lawns of Rifflandia from their Sunday (September 18) main stage perch.

musicOMH (UK)

November 25, 2011
80
%
Starting life as a solo outlet for Eric Johnson back in 1997 they’ve been a fully functioning band since around 2000.

Spectrum Culture (USA)

September 25, 2011
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A venue’s atmosphere contributes more to a live show’s success or failure than we sometimes realize, a fact that was apparent during the sets by Fairchildren, Vetiver and Fruit Bats at Off Broadway. To my surprise, the club’s dive bar aesthetic has now been scaled way back: the exposed electrical wiring in th

Past critic reviews published in

mxdwn.com (USA), Miami New Times (USA), The Digital Fix (UK), Soundvenue (Denmark), Broward Palm Beach New Times (USA) and more

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