Richard Thompson live in concert.
ON TOUR

Richard Thompson

110
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

76
%
Based on 
110
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
77
%
Based on 
8
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 110 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Richard Thompson is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Richard Thompson concert reviews describe live shows and performances as joyful, inspiring, lively, consistent, spellbinding, and extraordinary.

ON TOUR

The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States (October 20); Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center: Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT, United States (October 31)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Ship to Shore (31 May 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Notting Hill, United Kingdom (4/3/1949)
Bio
Richard Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques.
Has Performed With
Richard Thompson Trio

Critic Concert Reviews

Music-News.com (UK)

June 9, 2024
80
%
Richard Thompson has been on the road promoting his 19th solo album, Ship to Shore. He is also celebrating his 75th birthday year.

The Telegraph (UK)

June 9, 2024
80
%
The enduring folk-rocker celebrated his birthday in style, with a little help from his illustrious family and friends

Buzz Magazine (UK)

June 7, 2024
80
%
Folk-rock virtuoso RICHARD THOMPSON delivers age-defying performance in Cardiff

The Guardian (UK)

May 29, 2024
80
%
In a sublime concert full of banter, storytelling and guitar virtuosity, the 75-year-old surrenders himself completely to each moment

Nippertown (USA)

March 19, 2024
%
“Well, it’s gotten me this far,” proclaimed Richard Thompson Sunday at the Academy of Music in Northampton, Mass., recounting his defiant rejoinder when a manager decried Thompson’s downbeat, doomy songs of death and other losses.

Americana Highways (USA)

February 26, 2023
%
A Richard Thompson concert is not for the faint of heart. There is no denying that his music tends to focus on the sadder things in life.

Nippertown (USA)

September 1, 2022
%
Even after seeing Richard Thompson charm more than 10,000 people on the outdoor Gentilly stage at Jazz Fest in New Orleans and hypnotize smaller crowds in much cozier spaces*, the focused force of his music felt astounding at Caffe Lena Wednesday.

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