Yard Act live in concert.
ON TOUR

Yard Act

42
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

81
%
Based on 
42
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
81
%
Based on 
24
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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

Critic Consensus

Yard Act is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 42 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Yard Act is rated as a remarkable live performer, with impressive shows that are worth watching. Yard Act concert reviews describe live shows and performances as glorious.

ON TOUR

Irving Plaza, New York, NY, United States (October 12); Black Cat, Washington DC, United States (October 15); Eulogy, Asheville, United States (October 16); Terminal West, Atlanta, United States (October 17); Foro Puebla, Ciudad De México, Mexico (October 19); The Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury, Australia (November 13); Freo.Social, Fremantle, Australia (November 17); MAO Livehouse Guangzhou, Guangzhou, China (November 22); UMEDA CLUB QUATTRO, Osaka, Japan (November 27); Ebisu Liquidroom, Tokyo, Japan (November 28)

Latest Release

Where’s My Utopia? [Clean] [Clean] (9 April 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Bio
Yard Act are a minimalist rock group based in Leeds, UK. Formed in 2019, Yard Act began life when friends Ryan Needham (Bass) and James Smith (Vocals) started creating minimalist rock tracks using a primitive drum machine and borrowed bass guitar. Later drafting in George Townend on drums, and Sammy Robinson on guitars whom they met at their spiritual home.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Dork

August 7, 2024
%
It’s an evening prioritising celebration and love.

Spectrum Culture (USA)

June 9, 2024
%
Listening to Yard Act is sort of a musical Rorschach test. Some folks hear Pulp, others Gorillaz. But wait, couldn’t that one song come from

Soundcheck SF (USA)

June 4, 2024
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Yard Act Live In Concert

Backseat Mafia

March 29, 2024
%
The uprising of Yard Act has been a rapid one and Brighton showed that off as well as any city. From playing a sold out Patterns only 2 years ago, the band were back playing the spectacular Brighton Dome.

Buzz Magazine (UK)

March 28, 2024
100
%
Yard Act Put On Night Of Post-Punk Brilliance At Y Plas

NME (UK)

March 28, 2024
80
%
Yard Act live in London: James Brown and ‘Young Americans’ glamour via Yorkshire

The Skinny (UK)

March 21, 2024
80
%
As part of their current tour celebrating the disco-fuelled Where’s My Utopia?, tonight we’re welcomed to step into Yard Act’s ace office and it’s mostly class

Past critic reviews published in

Hot Press Magazine (Ireland), Birmingham Live (UK), The Guardian (UK), The Guardian (UK), Dork and more

Image Credit

Paul Hudson [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons