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BottleRock Day 3: P!NK, Alessia Cara, 12 others we loved on Sunday
P!nk performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 29, 2022. Nathan McKinley/STAFF. NAPA — Metallica is huge but has played the Bay Area a lot in recent years. Twenty One Pilots have also made recent appearances, and while hip-hop supergroup Mount Westmore was great its…
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RIFF WITH: The Warning on opening for Foo Fighters, a busy 2022
The Warning photographed outside Cornerstone in Berkeley on April 19, 2022. Nate McKinley/STAFF. BERKELEY — For most bands, it would be enough of a feat to embark on your own headlining tour, selling out clubs throughout the U.S. But for Monterrey, Mexico rock and roll sister trio The Warning,…
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REVIEW: Paul McCartney packed all the punches as he “Got Back” to Oakland
Paul McCartney performs on the Got Back tour at Oakland Arena in Oakland on May 6, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. OAKLAND — In all reality, Paul McCartney didn’t need any literal fireworks at his performance at Oakland Arena on Friday night—the first of a two-show stand in a city where…
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REVIEW: Lorde brings ‘Solar Power’ tour to Bill Graham Civic
Lorde performs at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on April 3, 2022. John Shearer/Getty Images. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been a hot minute since Lorde last visited the Bay Area. The New Zealand artist’s last show, at Oakland Arena in 2018, took place when most of the country…
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REVIEW: The Warning sounds the alarm at Berkeley’s Cornerstone
The Warning performs at Cornerstone in Berkeley on April 19, 2022. BERKELEY — If there was any question where the future of rock is heading, The Warning‘s Tuesday night performance at Cornerstone suggests it’s in very good hands. The sister trio from Monterrey, Mexico pulled out all the stops…
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REVIEW: Poppy comes alive at spirited Berkeley gig
Poppy performs at the UC Theatre in Berkeley on March 8, 2022. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. BERKELEY — The always enigmatic Poppy returned to the Bay Area on Wednesday, bringing her Never Find My Place Tour to the UC Theatre. The name was fitting for an artist who seems to thrive on not…
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REVIEW: JoJo shows off her powerful pipes at the Warfield
JoJo performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on March 1, 2022. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — JoJo just might be one of the more under-appreciated vocalists around. Perhaps her Grammy win in 2020 (with PJ Morton) for Best R&B song has gotten more people to notice, but even…
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REVIEW: Kacey Musgraves bares her broken heart at Oakland Arena
Kacey Musgraves performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Feb. 19, 2022. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. OAKLAND — Toward the end of Saturday’s concert at Oakland Arena, as Kacey Musgraves was introducing oldie “Merry Go ‘Round” as a song that her label resisted releasing as her debut single in 2012, she…
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REVIEW: K-pop group TWICE delivers caffeinated jolt at Oakland Arena
TWICE performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Feb. 18, 2022. Courtesy JYP Entertainment. OAKLAND — K-pop group TWICE sold out all five initially announced U.S. shows on its current “III” tour within a few hours of tickets going on sale. The nine women in the group had…
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Our favorite concerts of 2021, starring Jon Batiste and Beck
Clockwise from top left: Jon Batiste, Beck, Run The Jewels, Tinashe, The Eagles, The Black Angels, Jayhawks, Lucy Dacus, Eyelids and Fred Armisen. Staff and courtesy composite. Concerts began returning in 2021 as artists cautiously hit the road, still balancing their safety and health with their livelihoods. Some of…