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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
John Cooper Clarke is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 21 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that John Cooper Clarke is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth watching. John Cooper Clarke concert reviews describe live shows and performances as poetic, joyous, and versatile.
John Cooper Clarke (born January 25, 1949) is a performance poet from Salford, Lancashire, England, affectionately known as the Bard of Salford. He is often referred to as a punk poet, having initially achieved recognition in the late 1970s amidst the flourishing punk movement.
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The 13th Floor (New Zealand)
April 24, 2018
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A mix of aging hipsters, ex-punks and the occasional younger attendees filed in and filled the ornate church.
There were tales of how you’d never see a nipple in the Daily Express (This paper’s boring mindless mean full of pornography the kind that’s clean) and marrying a monster from outer space (We walked out tentacle in hand.
‘He looked hollow and went soberly/Right threadbare was his overcoat/ Yet, and for all he was philosopher/ He had but little gold within his coffer/ Of study took he utmost care and heed.