Rage Against the Machine performs at the Vegoose Music Festival in Las Vegas on Oct. 28, 2007. Courtesy: Scott Penner The good news is Rage Against the Machine and Run the Jewels have officially rescheduled their shows at Oakland Arena. The bad news is fans will have to wait…

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters on Thursday announced the rescheduled dates for his postponed ‘This Is Not A Drill’ tour to summer of next year. The new San Francisco dates at Chase Center will be on Sept. 23 and 24, 2022. “Could be his last hurrah. Wow! My first farewell tour! Don’t…

 The Independent is one of 10 independent venues nationwide participating an an NFT auction fundraiser for the National Independent Venue Association, which includes tickets to all events at the venue for a calendar year. The “Golden Ticket” auction will also raise money for all of the venues participating,…

The Lab, The Mission’s stalwart experimental arts and performance space, is holding a virtual 12-hour dance-a-thon fundraiser in an effort to raise $25,000 to support Bay Area artists. The event will take place between 7:30 p.m. on April 10 through 7:30 a.m. April 11, with streamed performances by likes…

James Taylor has postponed his tour for his latest album, American Standard, for a second time. It’s now scheduled to begin in Chicago on July 29. The tour had previously been postponed from it’s original 2020 dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will run through August, and resume again…

Lizzo performs performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 11, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. Outside Lands is coming back, but rather than its traditional August weekend in Golden Gate Park, the music festival will take place from Oct. 29 to 31—Halloween weekend. This is the second pandemic-related…

Courtesy: Celebrating David Bowie. Celebrating David Bowie, the producers of a 2016 David Bowie tribute show in San Francisco, will stream the audio of the Regency-Ballroom-set concert on March 27, with all proceeds going to the Animal Welfare Institute. The three-hour concert and the recording was produced by actor…

Billy Idol performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2018. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. Independent concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment on Tuesday announced that it was expanding its artist management arm with the acquisition of Los-Angeles-based Telegraph Road Management, which manages Billy Idol, Mike Campbell, Benmont…

Andrew St. James performs with Fast Times at The Independent in San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2020. Derek Tobias/STAFF. San Francisco musician Andrew St. James is launching a monthly virtual concert series with The Chapel to benefits the concert venue’s staff, as well as a different local nonprofit with…

By Mason Meyers After his incredibly well-received and critically acclaimed first album, Nothing Great About Britain, Slowthai had cemented himself as an artist that wasn’t afraid to shy away from difficult topics and controversy. Cancel culture then took its shot at Tyron Frampton after he tried to fight a…