Jacqui Abbott live in concert.
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Jacqui Abbott

12
critic concert reviews
pop

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

86
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Jacqui Abbott is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Jacqui Abbott is rated as an excellent live performer, with noteworthy shows that are worth seeing. Jacqui Abbott concert reviews describe live shows and performances as soulful and enjoyable.

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Latest Release

N.K-Pop (7 October 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
pop
Origin
Bio
Jacqui Abbott (born Jacqueline Abbott, 10 November 1973, St Helens, Lancashire) was the female lead singer with the band, The Beautiful South after 1994, following the departure of Briana Corrigan. The band were arguably more successful with Abbott on board, releasing several Top 10 singles.
Has Performed With
Paul Heaton

Critic Concert Reviews

The Upcoming (UK)

July 9, 2016
80
%
Accompanied by three guitarists a drummer and a pianist/keyboardist the group rocked with well-known hits and new singles at Somerset House last night.

The Upcoming (UK)

March 31, 2016
100
%
This legacy continues into the present day thanks to the recent rekindling of another prestigious relationship with former Beautiful South songstress Jacqui Abbott.

The Upcoming (UK)

December 11, 2014
80
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Even in their Beautiful South heyday when singles Rotterdam and Don’t Marry Her were hugely popular Top 10 hits they stood out like sore thumbs next to their Britpop contemporaries and gained an unfair reputation for making music your mum liked.

The Guardian (UK)

May 29, 2014
80
%
Yet see past this unpromising exterior and it is difficult to dispute the fact he has been one of British pop's most routinely underrated figures of the last three decades.

The Upcoming (UK)

May 28, 2014
60
%
Throughout their 19-year-long career The Beautiful South morphed through a number of different guises with three different female soloists including Briana Corrigan and Alison Wheeler enacting the band’s his and hers kitchen-sink musical dramas.

musicOMH (UK)

April 18, 2014
80
%
The Kings Arms Salford, Salford on April 16, 2014

Record Collector Magazine (UK)

December 7, 2017
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Performing a soundtrack to challenging relationships, a dry wit lies in the underbelly of their relatable songs.

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