Madison Beer performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2019. Reports of a gun caused a brief panic at BottleRock Napa Valley’s Bai stage on Saturday, but the Napa Police Department says it was a minor disturbance and no weapon was involved. According…

Producers of the 12th annual Outside Lands announced the daily lineups of the festival that runs from Aug. 9 to 11. Alt-rockers Twenty One Pilots and Americana-pop band The Lumineers headline Friday. Future EGOT winner Child Gambino and electronic musician Flume take center stage on Saturday. Folk icon Paul Simon and DJ-producer Kygo will finish…

Mitski performs at The Warfield in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2018. Photo: Chloe Catajan. New Orleans funk group Galactic, indie pop singer-songwriter Mitski, a double-bill of the Psychedelic Furs and James and R&B legends The Isley Brothers will perform at this year’s Stern Grove Festival. The 82nd annual free, 10-week summer…

Twenty One Pilots perform at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on July 21, 2016. Photo: Paige K. Parsons. Alt-rockers Twenty One Pilots and R&B superstar Childish Gambino will join the previously announced legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon as headliners at the 2019 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. The three will…

The Treefort Music Festival main stage entrance in Boise, Idaho on March 22, 2019. BOISE, IDAHO — Rain-slicked streets reflected streetlights outside the Linen Building. Echoing through the dark streets just outside downtown, the in-your-face flow of Toronto rapper Haviah Mighty was heard from inside the 100-year-old white brick building…

Paul Simon, Courtesy: Beautiful Day Media. Paul Simon will headline one day of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in August and donate all of his proceeds to San Francisco environmental organizations. Simon will close out Outside Lands on Aug. 11. The full festival lineup will be announced…

The producers of the Outside Lands Music Festival announced this morning that Eager Beaver three-day tickets will go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m.—prior to the announcement of the lineup. It does not appear that the festival is offering the so-called Leisure Beaver pass this year. Last year, those…

Lars Ulrich (L) and James Hetfield (R) of Metallica speak with San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas on March 18, 2019, in front of the Chase Center in San Francisco, at the announcement of their S&M2 concert. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO — Metallica and the San…

Low Cut Connie. Courtesy: Silvia Saponaro. AUSTIN, TEX. — SXSW 2019 marked a decided return to the “discovery mode” hallmark for which the festival has traditionally been known. While some big names always drop in—for example, Beastie Boys Mike D and Ad-Rock each gave a festival chat; as did David Byrne—the…

Bedouine at the Fox Theater in Oakland during Noise Pop on Feb. 24, 2018. She’s one of the must-see acts at SXSW 2019. Photo: Chloe Catajan. AUSTIN — With 2,000 acts from more than 60 countries, SXSW may have the most intimidating music festival schedule on the planet. The…