"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 3/8/25)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are "Real Live Certified" if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critics Consensus
Based on 45 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that WHY is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. WHY concert reviews describe live shows and performances as confident and uplifting.
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On tour
Rockhouse Bar, Salzburg, Austria (March 20); STROM, Munchen, Germany (March 21); Mergener Hof, Trier, Germany (March 22); Chalk, Brighton, United Kingdom (March 24); EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney), London, United Kingdom (March 25); Whelan's, Dublin, Ireland (March 27); Room 2, Glasgow, United Kingdom (March 30); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, United Kingdom (March 31); Yes (The Basement), Manchester , United Kingdom (April 1); Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, United Kingdom (April 2); Mezz, Breda, Netherlands (April 5)
WHY? and Baths are two acts united by their commitment to the bit. WHY? frontman and chief songwriter Yoni Wolf is sardonic and damn near misanthropic, and he crowed morbid lyrics and deployed sarcastic quips in between songs at his headlining date at Washington D.C.’s the Atlantis on Tuesday night.
That wouldn’t seem like something that’d easily fall off the radar but the use of actual real live instruments isn’t as common practice as it once was.
