Green Day, Photo: Alice Baxley. East Bay punk icons Green Day have partnered with 7-Eleven for a second time, this time on an exclusive Slurpee flavor named for the band’s 1992 album, Kerplunk! Kerplunk Kandy Grape, made in partnership with the band’s coffee brand, Punk Bunny, “mashes up cotton…

The Warning joins 49ers luminaries to announce the team’s fourth round selection in Monterrey, Mexico on April 26, 2025. The San Francisco 49ers got help from an unlikely place during Saturday’s fourth round of the NFL Draft. For the team’s 113th selection of Defensive Tackle CJ West, from Indiana,…

Lady Gaga The Mayhem Ball Tour Lady Gaga on Tuesday announced three San Francisco concerts on her Mayhem Ball Tour. The shows will take place at Chase Center toward the start of the North American leg of her tour, on July 22, 24 and 26, right after she opens…

Benson Boone performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on May 1, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley have released the set times for the 2025 edition of the festival. Green Day and Sublime will bring an alt flavor to the JaM Cellars main stage Friday…

Doja Cat performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2017. Daniel Lee/STAFF. Rapper Tyler, the Creator,  crooner-guitarist Hozier and R&B superstar Doja Cat will lead the 2025 edition of Outside Lands in San Francisco. Three-day tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, March 26 at 10…

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…

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…

Blink-182 performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on July 9, 2024. The band is one of four headliners at Aftershock in Sacramento this fall. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. Annual rock festival Aftershock returns to Discovery Park in Sacramento this fall with Blink-182, Deftones, Korn and Bring Me the Horizon topping…

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…

Green Day performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on April 2, 2024. Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt will bring their side project the Coverups to a BottleRock Napa AfterDark show in May. The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley on Tuesday revealed the festival’s adjacent night shows, called…