Hadouken live in concert.
ON TOUR

Hadouken

21
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

73
%
Based on 
21
critic concert
reviews
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Critic Consensus

Based on 21 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Hadouken is rated as a watchable live performer, with decent shows overall. Hadouken concert reviews describe live shows and performances as engaging.

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Superstar (Myspace Version) (17 April 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
London, England, United Kingdom (2005 - present)
Bio
Hadouken! are a band formed in 2006 at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom by vocalist James Smith (born 1985) and guitarist Daniel "Pilau" Rice (born 1986). Many different terms have been applied to them to describe their style, including new rave, dance-punk, indie, grime, electronic and hardcore.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Brighton Source (UK)

August 31, 2013
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The ‘nu rave’ bubble may have burst long ago, but Hadouken! don’t seem to have lost any followers since their last Brighton appearance in 2010. Nor have they lost the ability to get those followers raving like maniacs.

musicOMH (UK)

May 1, 2013
70
%
They swarm around the merch stand – now old enough to make use of the branded hip flasks but still young enough to style out a fluorescent band t-shirt – before Hadouken! take to the stage prompting a sea of camera phones to rise in unison.

The Upcoming (UK)

April 27, 2013
40
%
They immediately got down to what they do best: combining techno sounds with live rock music topped off with band leader James Smith’s vocal.

The Upcoming (UK)

July 28, 2012
80
%
Ministry Of Sound, London, UK

NME (UK)

October 6, 2009
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02 Academy, Liverpool, Friday, September 25 Before Hadouken! appear, Metallica's ‘Enter Sandman' launches from the speakers, and a group of otherwise-silent 20-somethings start cheering.

Music-News.com (UK)

June 11, 2008
80
%
Bristol Academy, Bristol on May 17, 2008

The Guardian (UK)

October 27, 2007
80
%
It's not entirely their fault that UK guitar-rock is going through one of its meat-and-potatoes phases but as the biggest name of what is not quite a scene they must accept responsibility for the Cribs the Twang and the rest.

Past critic reviews published in

Festival Photo (Sweden), Festival Photo (Sweden), Rocknytt (Sweden), Metal Hammer (Norway), Festival Photo (Sweden) and more

Image Credit

Alex Lee [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons