Ian Hunter live in concert.
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Ian Hunter

27
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

82
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Ian Hunter is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 27 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ian Hunter is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth seeing. Ian Hunter concert reviews describe live shows and performances as lively and dramatic.

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Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Oswestry, United Kingdom (6/3/1939)
Bio
Ian Hunter (born Ian Hunter Patterson on June 3, 1939 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England) was the lead singer of the band Mott the Hoople from 1969 until the band broke up in 1974. He has since worked as a solo artist.
Has Performed With
The Rant Band, Ian Hunter and The Rant Band

Critic Concert Reviews

Backseat Mafia

July 1, 2017
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One of the great joys of music is being unable to introduce your friends to acts they didn’t know they liked. While I have been an Ian Hunter fan for a couple of decades now, ever since I heard “All the Young Dudes” on the radio in college, and have explored his back catalogue and that of his former band, Rac

Birmingham Live (UK)

June 25, 2017
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That solo gig coincided with a Mott the Hoople convention there, but it would be a few years before the band officially reunited.

Americana (UK)

June 21, 2017
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More than thirty years after departing from Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter is still forever associated with the band which gave him his big break.

Vintage Rock (USA)

November 1, 2014
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Ian Hunter & The Rant Band stormed into the Havana in New Hope for a two-hour performance.

Backseat Mafia

October 5, 2014
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Sheffield City Hall Ballroom on October 2, 2014

The Guardian (UK)

March 28, 2013
80
%
Rather than bringing a rock show to town he's touring with just an electric guitarist and a chap who perches a giant double bass on an equally formidable beer belly.

The Arts Desk (UK)

October 20, 2012
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Life in America clearly suits the Shropshire-born former frontman of Mott the Hoople as he led a band young enough to be his children through a storming age-defying 110-minute set.

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