Ride

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating

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100

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Last 12 Months Rating

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Real Live Certified

Critic Consensus

Based on 100 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ride is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Ride concert reviews describe live shows and performances as incredible, exciting, hypnotic, polished, fierce, psychedelic, and seamless.

ON TOUR

Le Trianon, Paris, France (Apr 22); l'Aeronef, Lille, France (Apr 23); TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands (Apr 24); Berns, Stockholm, Sweden (Apr 26); Pustervik, Gothenburg, Sweden (Apr 27); Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway (Apr 29); Koncerthuset, studie 2, København C, Denmark (Apr 30); Proxima, Warszawa, Poland (May 2); Lucerna Music Bar, Prague, Czech Republic (May 3); Metropol, Berlin, Germany (May 4); WUK Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus, Vienna, Austria (May 6); Muffathalle, Munich, Germany (May 8); Die Kantine, Köln, Germany (May 9); Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany (May 10)

FESTIVALS IN 2025

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Latest Release

Rejuvenated (7 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre

experimental

Origin

Oxford, United Kingdom (1988 - present)

Bio

Ride is a shoegaze / alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the shoegaze scene that emerged in England during the early 1990s.

Has Performed With

Lo Moon, DIIV

Critic Concert Reviews

The Telegraph (UK)

September 7, 2024

Ride’s Andy Bell reunited with his sparring partner Mark Gardener to play a satisfying mix of old bangers and introspective fresh material

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Music-News.com (UK)

August 30, 2024

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The first time I saw Ride was as a young lad, at what has now become a legendary performance, Reading Festival 1992. The wall of sound and mesmerising melodies blew me away back then and all these years later we're hoping for more of the same.

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The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

August 19, 2024

Shoegaze vets Ride powered their way through a set at Auckland’s Powerstation last night, unfortunately they were not supported by Mercury Rev as originally advertised.

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