Jack Penate live in concert.
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Jack Penate

20
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
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Critic Consensus

Based on 20 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Jack Penate is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Jack Penate concert reviews describe live shows and performances as energetic.

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Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Blackheath, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (9/2/1984)
Bio
Born 1984, Jack Penate is a singer/songwriter from Blackheath, South London. He is the grandson of Mervyn Peake, author and illustrator of The Gormenghast Trilogy.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

musicOMH (UK)

October 29, 2009
80
%
Though 2007’s Matinee crashed into the UK Top 10 for many Penate was nothing more than a posh geezer with a penchant for indie rockabilly and a habit of dancing as if his legs were made of string.

NME (UK)

June 19, 2009
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New York, USA

The Guardian (UK)

April 1, 2009
80
%
He came to prominence as the supporting male in the cast of post-Lily Allen dropped-aitch pop peddling music that sounded like the Libertines might have done had they been developed by scientists in a sterile environment.

Music-News.com (UK)

April 1, 2009
60
%
We arrive at Heaven after 8.30, just as the venue is filing up, it’s a great setting situated beneath the Craven Street arches, although I have to say that the beer on tap was flat, so we suck from the bottle instead. Gold Silvers were the main support tonight and the crowd reflrcted this in their aqttire of

The Guardian (UK)

March 13, 2008
80
%
O2 Empire Shepherds Bush, London, UK

Birmingham Live (UK)

March 9, 2008
%
Or, to put it another way – Using breakfast TV analogies of yesteryear – he’s a slightly cooler cross between Mr Motivator and the Green Goddess.

NME (UK)

October 15, 2007
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London, UK

Past critic reviews published in

The West Australian (Australia)

Image Credit

Dave Wharton [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons