Youssou N'Dour live in concert.
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Youssou N'Dour

9
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

84
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Based on 
9
critic concert
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Youssou N'Dour is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 9 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Youssou N'Dour is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth seeing. Youssou N'Dour concert reviews describe live shows and performances as thrilling.

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Latest Release

Spécial fin d'année 2022 - EP (30 December 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
Dakar, Senegal (10/1/1959)
Bio
Youssou N'Dour (born 1 October 1959 in Dakar, Senegal) is a singer, percussionist and occasional actor. N'Dour is one of the most celebrated African musicians in history, his mix of traditional Senegalese mbalax with eclectic influences ranging from Cuban rumba to hip hop, jazz, and soul has won him an international fan base of millions.
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Critic Concert Reviews

The Skinny (UK)

August 16, 2024
80
%
Playing as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, Youssou N'Dour and his band unite a sold-out Usher Hall crowd for a colourful night of West African music – and lots of dancing

The Guardian (UK)

November 4, 2022
100
%
In a thrilling performance, the singer-songwriter transforms his classic tracks before a dance-heavy 45-minute encore

musicOMH (UK)

December 21, 2002
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A colussus of African music a fabulous venue and an enthusiastic audience turned out to be just what the doctor ordered and was the perfect recipe for pre-Christmas joy.

Humo (Belgium)

September 15, 2019
90
%
Youssou N'Dour Live In Concert In Belgium

Financial Times (UK)

September 3, 2018
80
%
Compulsive rhythms of Afro-salsa interweaved with a patchwork of precise percussion

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

August 19, 2017
80
%
Stockholm, Sweden

The List (Scotland)

August 30, 2016
80
%
Youssou N'Dour Live In Concert In Scotland

Past critic reviews published in

ConcertNews.be (Belgium), Financial Times (UK)

Image Credit

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