Jake Shears live in concert.
ON TOUR

Jake Shears

11
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
11
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 11 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Jake Shears is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths.

ON TOUR

Petit Bain, Paris, France (December 25); Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom (March 25)

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Latest Release

Last Man Dancing Radio, Ep. 6 (DJ Mix) (20 September 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
Bio
Jake Shears (born Jason Sellards on October 3, 1977 in Arizona) is the vocalist for the American alternative music group the Scissor Sisters. Sellards attended Occidental College in Los Angeles.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

The Upcoming (UK)

June 3, 2023
100
%
Jake Shears at Village Underground

The Independent (UK)

April 23, 2023
60
%
Jake Shears Live in Concert In the UK

The Telegraph (UK)

April 22, 2023
60
%
The Southbank Centre’s concert celebrating the glam rock album 50 years on made you miss the star’s extraordinary voice and charisma

The Upcoming (UK)

September 22, 2019
100
%
The pace was sustained throughout, never faltering, with Shears clearly having fun on stage. He seems to be in a happy place and it was a pleasure to be invited into his world, even if it was just for one night.

The Arts Desk (UK)

August 17, 2018
60
%
He is wearing a grey top hat, a white tail-jacket with glittered lapel-edging, silver glittery trousers, a tight black sequinned vest top, and a bow tie on his bare neck.

Evening Standard (UK)

August 16, 2018
80
%
The 39-year-old seemed to be living his career in reverse, too, returning to the unpleasantly packed club venue where his band Scissor Sisters began a golden year with a gig in February 2004.

musicOMH (UK)

November 19, 2017
80
%
But the band’s constituent members have dabbled in a number of collaborations and projects in the intervening years.

Past critic reviews published in

National Rock Review, National Rock Review, Reading Eagle (USA), Times Union (USA), The Waster (USA) and more

Image Credit

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