Gary Clark Jr. performs at Blue Note Jazz Festival at Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif. on July 30, 2023. He will headline Mill Valley Music Festival in May. Derek Fisher/STAFF. Blues rock guitarist Gary Clark Jr. and funk and disco icon Nile Rodgers will headline the Mill Valley Music…

The Weeknd performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on Aug. 27, 2022. Photo: Steve Carlson/STAFF. Hot on the heels of releasing a new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, R&B and pop star The Weeknd has announced a stadium tour that will span five months this spring and summer.…

Katy Perry. Photo: Louisa Meng. Pop singer Katy Perry has announced U.S. concerts for her previously announced Lifetimes Tour. The new shows have been added in batches between previously announced shows in Mexico, Australia and in Europe. They include a show at San Francisco’s Chase Center on July 18.…

Shannon and the Clams perform during Project Pabst at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. on July 27, 2024. Photo: Leah Flores. The producers of Oakland punk music and alternative culture festival Mosswood Meltdown on Thursday added several new acts, including Shannon and the Clams and La Luz,…

J-Hope of BTS. J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS on Tuesday announced a 12-date solo tour for this spring. The Hope on the Stage trek includes two dates at Oakland Arena on March 31 and April 1. This will be the rapper, singer and dancer’s first solo tour in North…

Homes and businesses reduced to smoldering rubble by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2025. Photo by David Swanson/AFP. Metallica’s nonprofit All Within My Hands Foundation has donated $500,000 to relief efforts around Los Angeles, which faces record-breaking destruction by wildfires…

Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2024. The East Bay band is one of three headliners at BottleRock Napa Valley 2025. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. Justin Timberlake, Green Day and Noah Kahan will join more than 80 other acts at BottleRock Napa Valley on Memorial…

The Tuesday Tracks team members picked their favorite songs of 2024: Celeste, Lola Young, Elliot James Reay, Mondo Cozmo, Kishi Bashi, Jordan Rakei, Call Me Spinster and Defences. Our Tuesday Tracks team puts a lot of time into listening to the songs submitted to our inbox every week. It’s…

RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2024 included these shots of Kanye West, Green Day, System of a Down, Sting, Chris Brown, Elyanna, The Offspring, David Gilmour, Alejandro Fernández, Foo Fighters, James Arthur, The Hives, Tems, Ski Mask the Slump God, U2, Maxwell and Justice. We asked our photographers…

Our favorite new holiday songs come from The Philly Specials (Lane Johnson, Jordan Mailata and Jason Kelce) with guest Travis Kelce; Josh Groban, David Shaw of the Revivalists, Ben Folds, Emile Mosseri and Julianna Barwick, Lyn Lapid, Kurt Vile, Yächtley Crëw, Jonathan McReynolds, Fantastic Cat and The Boy Detective.…