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Live Review by Paul Mathur, Melody Maker, 18 November 1995

IT'S A GREAT NAME, obviously. Daft Punk are a young French duo who support the Chemical Brothers and come as close as is feasibly possible ...

Daft Punk: The Astoria, London

Live Review by Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 20 November 1997

UNDERGROUND/OVERGROUND, spectacle/black-out, in-yer-face/faceless, pop/music. Dance has to make its choices. Either it believes in its own unique power, rejecting stages, identification, authenticity and the audience/artist ...

Daft Punk: Act De Triomphe: Daft Punk: The End, London

Live Review by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 15 February 1997

NO QUESTION, it is the hottest ticket in town. A night on the tiles with Paris' new dance sensations — at a party hosted by ...

Friendly Fires: Heaven, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 10 May 2011

DESPITE A GOLD DEBUT album and Brit and Mercury nominations, Friendly Fires are still a long way from household-name status — something the St Albans ...

LCD Soundsystem: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 26 April 2010

HAVING VOWED to disband LCD Soundsystem when he turned 40, James Murphy – who reached that milestone in February – is currently on his (presumably) ...

Caravan Palace: O2 Brixton, London

Live Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 3 February 2020

IF YOU WANT TO ANNOY CARAVAN PALACE, call them electro-swing. When the French band launched in the late Noughties, they were leaders of a scene ...

Chilly Gonzales: Roundhouse, London

Live Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 31 July 2014

BILLED AS a "masterclass" by a self-styled "musical genius", this unorthodox cabaret-style show by rapper, composer and piano virtuoso Chilly Gonzales wavered uneasily between motivational ...

Les Rythmes Digitales: Les Rhythmes Digitales: ULU, London

Live Review by Calvin Bush, Muzik, May 1998

TEN MINUTES into the gig and Monsieur Jacques Lu Cont is about to have his cover blown, thanks to an oblivious Derek Dahlarge. "Stuart, Stuart!" ...

Jungle: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 5 June 2015

JUNGLE'S SHOW begins as more gigs should: with a terrifyingly poised eight-year-old breakdancer spinning on her head, effortlessly eclipsing the adult musicians behind her. Having ...

Phoenix: Mean Fiddler 2, London

Live Review by Etienne Petit, Rock's Backpages, 25 January 2001

WOULD LONDON BE rocking tonight to Phoenix if they weren’t French? I ask only as a fellow countryman of this very fine group. If Thomas ...

Pharrell Williams: First Direct Arena, Leeds **** 

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Observer, 14 June 2015

The effortless party-starting superstar may be a jack of all trades, but he's masterly at most ...

Electric Light Orchestra: Manchester Arena

Live Review by Rob Hughes, Daily Telegraph, 11 April 2016

ELO's superb Manchester gig leaves Rob Hughes hoping Jeff Lynne and co. are back for good this time round. ...

Kanye West: Kanye West: TD Garden, Boston

Live Review by Maura Johnston, The Boston Globe, 4 September 2016

"IT'S A GOOD YEAR to be a Kanye West fan," Kanye West said near the end of his show at TD Garden on Saturday night. ...

Lambchop, Tahiti 80: Lambchop: Somerset House, London/Tahiti 80: The Spitz, London

Live Review by Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, 14 July 2001

THE OPEN-AIR Georgian quadrant of Somerset House may be an unusually elegant setting for a gig, but it has its drawbacks when the main attraction ...

Madonna: Koko, London

Live Review by Caitlin Moran, The Times, 16 November 2005

THE LAST TIME Madonna played this venue was, as she reminded us, 22 years ago. Then, she was just another struggling blond singer/dancer/actress living on ...

Pharrell Williams, Jungle: Pharrell Williams/Jungle: Roundhouse, London

Live Review by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 11 September 2014

He looks dapper, and he opens the show with a brilliant blast of robot funk, but the R&B pioneer is a bit too reserved on ...

Madonna: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff ***

Live Review by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 25 August 2008

HOURS BEFORE Madonna launched her Sticky & Sweet world tour in Cardiff on Saturday, the phenomenal pulling power of history's biggest ever female pop star ...

Pharrell Williams: O2 Arena, London

Live Review by Kate Allen, Rock's Backpages, October 2014

AT THE AGE OF 41 and with an estimated net worth of $80 million, why would Pharrell Williams bother submitting himself to the rigours of ...

Skrillex: 02 Academy, Glasgow

Live Review by Jude Rogers, The Observer, 22 April 2012

HERE THEY come — the tiger-print leggings, the vest tops, the T-shirts soon to be removed. It is 8.40pm. This 80-year-old art deco venue in ...

Deadmau5, Portishead: Portishead: Hammerstein Ballroom/Deadmau5: Roseland, NYC

Live Review by Maura Johnston, The Village Voice, 12 October 2011

AT A LIVE MUSIC event, your eye naturally is drawn to what's happening onstage: guitarists thrashing and sawing at the air, vocalists preening between yawps, ...