Author Archives: Staff report
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Mountain Winery announces 2025 concert series, ticket on-sales
David Lee Roth performs at the Oakland Arena in Oakland on March 6, 2020. He will perform during The Mountain Winery Summer Concert Series in 2025. Gary Chancer/STAFF. Concert promoter AEG on Friday announced the lineup for its annual Summer Concert Series at The Mountain Winery. Concerts will begin…
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Common, Mavis Staples, PJ Morton to play 35th San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
Common performs during the Black Radio Experience at Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa on Aug. 30, 2024. He will headline the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest in August. Martin Lacey/STAFF. Rapper and actor Common, gospel and soul music icon Mavis Staples and New Orleans pop and jazz pianist PJ…
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Billy Joel announces first Bay Area show in 10 years, with Stevie Nicks
Billy Joel performs during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy. Billy Joel is returning to the Bay Area for his first concert here in more than a decade at Levi’s Stadium in…
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Wu-Tang Clan announces ‘final’ tour, Chase Center show in SF
Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber. Hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan on Monday announced a new tour—billed as its last—Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber. The 27-date tour will kick off on June 6 in Baltimore and will run for more than a month. It includes a stop at San Francisco’s Chase…
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Neil Young announces tour with new band, Bay Area date at Shoreline Amphitheatre
Neil Young and Promise of the Real perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2019. Shawn Robbins/STAFF. Neil Young on Monday announced a summer tour with a new band called the Chrome Hearts, which will conclude on the West Coast in September. The…
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Paul Simon announces summer tour, 3 San Francisco shows
Paul Simon: A Quiet Celebration Tour. Music icon Paul Simon on Tuesday announced a spring and summer tour supporting his latest album, Seven Psalms, which will see him performing three concerts at Davies Symphony Hall in July. For the A Quiet Celebration Tour, Simon chose venues with standout acoustics,…
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SF Symphony to host ‘SF Musicians for LA’ benefit concert
SF Musicians for LA The San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Conservatory of Music will present a special concert on March 8 with proceeds going to help people affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. SFCM Music Director and frequent SF Symphony guest conductor Edwin Outwater will lead…
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Grace Potter, Gary Clark Jr. to play UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Notes & Words benefit
Grace Potter, courtesy Adrien Broom. Bluesman Gary Clark Jr. and alt-rock musician Grace Potter will headline UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals’ 16th annual Notes & Words concert, which this year will take place at the Masonic in San Francisco on April 5. The benefit concert will include performances by vocal…
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Raphael Saadiq to perform at NBA All-Star Game, Thursday’s ‘Tip-Off Party’ at Thrive City canceled
Raphael Saadiq, D’wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley perform as Tony! Toni! Toné! at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, N.C. on Sept. 22, 2023. As NBA All-Star weekend approaches in San Francisco and Oakland, the Golden State Warriors and others taking part have been busy. On Tuesday, the Warriors announced…
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Neil Young covers album to benefit the Bay’s Bridge School
“Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young.” The annual Bridge School Benefit concert may be a thing of the past, but Neil Young is still working to help support the Bay Area school that works with youths with speech impairments and physical disability. The latest fundraiser is a…