Owen Pallett live in concert.
ON TOUR

Owen Pallett

47
critic concert reviews
pop

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

81
%
Based on 
47
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Owen Pallett is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 47 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Owen Pallett is rated as a remarkable live performer, with impressive shows that are worth watching. Owen Pallett concert reviews describe live shows and performances as lyrical, lovely, and heartbreaking.

ON TOUR

Standard Time, Toronto, Canada (October 17); Hanzas Perons, Rīga, Latvia (November 17); Elbphilharmonie Hamburg - Kleiner Saal, Hamburg, Germany (November 18); Cactus Club, Brugge, Belgium (November 20); Petit Bain, Paris, France (November 22); de singel, antwerpen, Belgium (November 23); Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, United Kingdom (November 24); Oran Mor, Glasgow, United Kingdom (November 30); New Century Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom (December 1); Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland (December 8)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Dream Scenario (Original Motion Picture Score) (17 November 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
pop
Origin
Mississauga, Canada (9/7/1979)
Bio
Owen Pallett (born Michael James Owen Pallett-Plowright, on September 7, 1979) is a violinist and singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and winner of the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. On December 18th, 2009, Pallett announced that he would be retiring his old artist name, Final Fantasy, and would be henceforth releasing his material under his own name.
Has Performed With
Jessica Says, Avi Buffalo, Final Fantasy

Critic Concert Reviews

Exclaim (Canada)

November 16, 2019
70
%
Owen Pallett / Carmen Elle 27 Club, Ottawa ON, November 15

Buzz Magazine (UK)

June 10, 2015
80
%
Owen Pallett announced recently that due to a moment of clarity whilst onstage last year this would be his last ever tour; the news either fell on deaf ears in these parts or simply came too late for many.

The Music (Australia)

March 21, 2015
%
Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, Australia

Live in Limbo (Canada)

February 2, 2015
%
Recent Polaris Prize finalist Owen Pallett played two shows at Lee’s Palace on the same day.

Exclaim (Canada)

January 23, 2015
80
%
didn't take his songwriting in some welcome new directions, mind you: it's more that as an artist's modes and mantras become more and more familiar, the gap between your expectations and the experience they deliver inevitably folds in on itself.

The Guardian (UK)

December 4, 2014
100
%
But no matter how dense the layers of violin and keyboard that he loops or how terse the strokes of his chords Pallett pinpoints beauty in the blizzard.

Consequence (USA)

September 14, 2014
%
Chicago, USA

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