The Hives perform at The Observatory in Santa Ana, Calif. on Aug. 8, 2024. Derek Tobias/STAFF. SANTA ANA, Calif. — With a a break between two supporting sets for Foo Fighters, Swedish punk rockers The Hives made a triumphant return to Orange County with a headlining stop at The Observatory…

Offset performs at House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif. on April 1, 2024. Derek Tobias/STAFF. ANAHEIM, Calif. — Fresh off a performance in San Francisco, rapper Offset brought his Set It Off Tour to the House of Blues in Downtown Disney on Monday. The former Migos member’s solo album of…

Carlos Santana and his band performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on June 21, 2022. Derek Tobias/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — After a long residency in Las Vegas that was interrupted by both the pandemic and a tour for his new album, Blessings and Miracles, Carlos Santana and…

Sigur Rós performs at Frost Amphitheater in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 17, 2022. Derek Tobias/STAFF. PALO ALTO, Calif. — Icelandic melodic post-rockers Sigur Rós’ touched down at Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater on Tuesday. Although it has only been five years since the group played in the Bay Area, this marked…

Royal Blood performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on May 3, 2022. Derek Tobias/STAFF. OAKLAND — U.K. alt-rockers Royal Blood returned to the Bay Area Tuesday for a concert at the Fox Theater. It was the band’s first appearance here since 2017 (at Outside Lands), and its biggest headlining…

White Reaper performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2021. Derek Tobias/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — White Reaper kicked off the city’s “Metallica Takeover” on Thursday at August Hall dressed in black and red. The Kentucky power-poppers, who were recently featured on the Metallica Blacklist covers album with…

System of a Down performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Oct. 18, 2021. Derek Tobias/STAFF. OAKLAND — Los Angeles hard rockers System of a Down powered through the Bay Area for the first time in over 10 years on Monday, bringing Korn along for the ride after Faith No…

Korn performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 11, 2021. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Despite singer Jonathan Davis still recovering from a bout of COVID-19—and guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer quarantining after having tested positive for the illness mere days ago, rockers Korn brought their unique flavor of…

Snoop Dogg performs at the Fillmore in San Francisco on December 2, 2019. Photos: Derek Tobias. SAN FRANCISCO — On the first day of the appropriately titled I Wanna Thank Me tour, Snoop Dogg brought long time collaborator and friend Warren G to the Fillmore. “Hello San Francisco, do you know…