Lemar live in concert.
ON TOUR

Lemar

7
critic concert reviews
r&b

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

57
%
Based on 
7
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 7 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Lemar is rated as a subpar live performer, with forgettable shows overall. Lemar concert reviews describe live shows and performances as exciting.

ON TOUR

Co-op Live, Manchester, UK, United Kingdom (Feb 14); O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom (Feb 20); Brockwell Park, London, United Kingdom (Jun 1)

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Latest Release

CARPE DIEM - EP (30 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
r&b
Origin
London, England, United Kingdom (4/4/1978)
Bio
Lemar Obika (born 4 April 1978), professionally known as Lemar, is a British Soul and R&B Singer, Songwriter and Vocal Producer who has had a run of chart success in the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. Biography: Lemar was born in London to Nigerian (Igbo) parents, and was raised in Tottenham, London, listening to Soul Music and R&B.
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Critic Concert Reviews

The Upcoming (UK)

December 16, 2012
%
The R‘n’B singer was particularly grateful for all his accomplishments and repeatedly thanked his audience for supporting him throughout his career as he poured his heart into every song.

The Guardian (UK)

March 27, 2011
40
%
Eventually realising he can't get away with this all night he tries to play Iglesias's game promising to leave everybody hot and moist; more nice chap than lustful lothario he sounds like someone watering an aspidistra.

Birmingham Live (UK)

March 27, 2009
%
I haven’t been to a sit-down performance in a very long time and it makes a nice change – there’s no standing at all and I anticipate a much different atmosphere from what I’m used to.

The Guardian (UK)

September 15, 2006
60
%
David Sneddon and Sinead Quinn, who came first and second in the inaugural series of Fame Academy, were pounced on by record labels as soon as the show ended. Third-placed Lemar Obika spent months waiting for a deal. If he doesn't feel a touch of glee at the way things panned out (Sneddon and Wuin have disapp

The Guardian (UK)

April 6, 2005
40
%
They may be exciting for a few weeks but hang around too long and they look limp and terribly out of place.

musicOMH (UK)

June 8, 2004
%
Lemar + Jamie Scott @ Hammersmith Apollo, London

The Guardian (UK)

March 7, 2004
40
%
The kickdrum reads Lemar. The backcloth declares Lemar Lemar Lemar. The 10-piece band is playing a funk jam with the sole lyric: "Lemar!" Although he has given us a portentous disembodied voiceover, Lemar Obika is yet to appear after five minutes and the screaming from the 80% female audience is reaching unco

Past critic reviews published in

V13 (Canada), Consequence (USA), Reflections of Darkness (Germany), Reflections of Darkness (Germany), The Music (Australia) and more

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