Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott live in concert.
ON TOUR

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott

42
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

83
%
Based on 
42
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reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 42 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth watching. Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott concert reviews describe live shows and performances as joyful, soulful, enjoyable, nostalgic, thunderous, upbeat, and infectious.

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Latest Release

Manchester Calling (6 March 2020)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Bromborough, United Kingdom
Bio
Has Performed With
Cerys Matthews

Critic Concert Reviews

XS Noize (Northern Ireland)

December 6, 2022
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Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott set a price cap of £30 per ticket for their current tour. They wanted to keep prices as low as possible during a cost-of-living crisis in the UK and railing against greed in the music industry.

Hot Press Magazine (Ireland)

June 8, 2022
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Manchester Calling duo Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott certainly made up for the heavy postponement of their previous Dublin concert dates by delivering a stellar medley of new and classic tracks alongside special guests Deacon Blue and Declan O'Rourke.

UK Music Reviews (UK)

October 15, 2021
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During the first Covid-19 lockdown, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott were the very first artists to promise to say thank you to NHS Staff and Care Workers with three free concerts, and last night they made good on that promise as they took to the stage at The Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.

The Skinny (UK)

December 13, 2017
80
%
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott play a magic mix of new and old songs and aren't afraid to play the classics from The Beautiful South and The Housemartins back catalogues

The Upcoming (UK)

December 9, 2017
80
%
Its subject matter may spark debate, but tunefully The Lord Is a White Con was a fine upbeat number to kick things off, its infectious piano groove starting up before Heaton and Abbott came out on to the stage to the sound of thunderous applause.

Birmingham Live (UK)

November 25, 2017
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However, apart from the extra security checks to get into the building (standard these days since the Manchester atrocity) there really doesn’t seem to have been much work done inside.

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.

Past critic reviews published in

Independent (Ireland), The Line Of Best Fit (UK), The Line Of Best Fit (UK), The Line Of Best Fit (UK), The Village Voice (USA) and more

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