The Clientele live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Clientele

24
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

65
%
Based on 
24
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
71
%
Based on 
4
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 24 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Clientele is rated as a mediocre live performer, with shows that lack substantial critical acclaim. The Clientele concert reviews describe live shows and performances as retrospective.

ON TOUR

Village Underground, London, United Kingdom (November 23)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Trains in the Night - Single (27 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
London, United Kingdom (1997 - present)
Bio
The Clientele are a London-based band with Alasdair MacLean on vocals and guitar, Mark Keen on drums, James Hornsey on bass and Mel Draisey on Keys and Violin. MacLean and Hornsey began collaborating musically while still in school, after MacLean saw that Hornsey had written the name of the band Felt on his pencil case.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

musicOMH (UK)

January 20, 2024
80
%
Cult three piece document the world with honesty and an inquisitive compassionate eye, making the routine and the irrational seem utterly extraordinary

Spectrum Culture (USA)

November 14, 2017
%
The London-based band’s music is lush and autumnal, as if lead singer Alasdair MacLean permanently resides on the idyllic village green the Kinks once sang about.

musicOMH (UK)

October 26, 2015
60
%
A retrospective featuring highlights from throughout their career it was accompanied by whispers that Hampshire’s finest were working together again on new material.

Music-News.com (UK)

October 26, 2007
40
%
Indeed the performance felt very much like a support act on the night and maybe they need to look for some divine intervention to gain future inspiration.

Exclaim (Canada)

June 21, 2007
%
Ottawas post-rock instrumental outfit My Dad Vs Yours kept their eyes affixed to their instruments a trend that would carry through to the next two bands.

NME (UK)

September 12, 2005
%
London, UK

Under the Radar (USA)

August 28, 2023
%
The Clientele @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC, August 10, 2023,

Past critic reviews published in

musicOMH (UK), The Guardian (UK), Music-News.com (UK), Music-News.com (UK), The Guardian (UK) and more

Image Credit

Martijn van de Streek [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons