The Orb live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Orb

26
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

65
%
Based on 
26
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
%
Based on 
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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

Critic Consensus

Based on 26 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Orb is rated as a mediocre live performer, with shows that lack substantial critical acclaim. The Orb concert reviews describe live shows and performances as amazing, soothing, ambient, and aggressive.

ON TOUR

Project House, Leeds, United Kingdom (November 15); Chalk, Brighton, United Kingdom (November 23); O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom (December 7)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

No items found.
see more festivals

Latest Release

Orboretum: The Orb Collection (25 October 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
London, United Kingdom (1988 - present)
Bio
The Orb is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. The Orb is heavily influenced by dub music, and much of their later output has been in the electronic dub category, more so than ambient house.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Leftlion (UK)

March 21, 2024
%
Veteran ambient electronic duo Alex Paterson and Michael Rendall were in town to promote their latest and seventeenth studio LP, Prism, and Metronome was the perfect spot for their other-worldly sound and sparkling visuals.

The Skinny (UK)

January 29, 2024
80
%
The nostalgia goggles are firmly fixed for an evening pitched halfway between the rave and the comedown

The Arts Desk (UK)

October 22, 2022
80
%
It was a fine reminder of a time when the dance scene temporarily freed itself from self-imposed musical boundaries and where anything went

The Scotsman (Scotland)

October 20, 2018
60
%
The Orb Live In Concert In Scotland

Brighton Source (UK)

August 31, 2014
%
Brighton, UK

Buzz Magazine (UK)

July 4, 2013
80
%
Wales, UK

QRO Magazine

July 3, 2013
%
It was also the ideal warm up gig for Alex Patterson and Tom Fehlmann prior to playing the West Holt Stage for Glastonbury 2013.

Past critic reviews published in

Jambands (USA), Jambands (USA), Jambands (USA), Ice Cream Man (USA), Jambands (USA) and more

Image Credit

Sebastian Larsen [CC BY-SA 2.5] via Wikimedia Commons