Slowdive live in concert.
ON TOUR

Slowdive

134
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

86
%
Based on 
134
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
87
%
Based on 
38
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Slowdive is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 134 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Slowdive is rated as an excellent live performer, with noteworthy shows that are worth seeing. Slowdive concert reviews describe live shows and performances as inspiring, unforgettable, emotional, extraordinary, magical, stunning, and transcendent.

ON TOUR

Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada (Jan 25); The Bronson Centre, Ottawa, Canada (Jan 26); l'Olympia, Montréal, Canada (Jan 28); Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, VT, United States (Jan 30); MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, United States (Jan 31); State Theatre, Portland, ME, United States (Feb 1); Roadrunner, Boston, United States (Feb 1); College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT, United States (Feb 4); College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT, United States (Feb 4); Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ, United States (Feb 5); The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, United States (Feb 7); Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands (Mar 30); TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands (Mar 31)

FESTIVALS IN 2025

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Latest Release

Kisses (Remixes) (4 October 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Reading, United Kingdom (1989 - present)
Bio
Slowdive is a dream pop/shoegaze band that formed in 1989 in Reading, England, United Kingdom. Signed to Creation Records in 1990 and initially championed by the British music press, the band scored a UK top forty entry with their debut album Just For a Day.
Has Performed With
Ulrika Spacek, Low, Japanese Breakfast, Cherry Glazerr, Drab Majesty

Critic Concert Reviews

The Arts STL (USA)

May 12, 2024
%
There are very few second or third chances in the music industry, and very few of those chances are properly made good on. Slowdive, once a hated band savaged by the then-very-influential British music press in the early ’90s, called it quits not long after releasing their record Pygmalion in 1995

Buzz Magazine (UK)

March 2, 2024
100
%
Transcending Time With Slowdive: A Mesmerising Live Show At Cardiff’S Great Hall

Manchester Evening News (UK)

February 29, 2024
80
%
The shoegaze superstars deliver their 'best work' during the Manchester show

The Skinny (UK)

February 28, 2024
80
%
Thirty years on from their 90s glories, Slowdive are surfing a wave of interest in everything shoegaze

The Telegraph (UK)

February 18, 2024
80
%
Slowdive, Hammersmith Apollo, review: shoegaze heroes eschew pretension and redeem an entire genre

Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

January 21, 2024
90
%
Slowdive Live In Concert In Denmark

Backseat Mafia

November 12, 2023
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Slowdive – The National Stadium, Dublin 6.11.2023

Past critic reviews published in

GoldenPlec (Ireland), Berkeley B-Side (USA), Twin Cities Media (USA), Spectrum Culture (USA), The 13th Floor (New Zealand) and more

Image Credit

Alexander Kellner [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons