For the first time in 10 years, October’s Treasure Island Music Festival is extending its shuttle service to include East Bay music lovers. The festival itself is moving to the east side of the island, which makes it easier to run shuttles across the eastern span of the Bay…

During the 2012 presidential election, 12.7 million 18- to 24-year-olds were not registered to vote, and only 46 percent of those eligible even cast ballots, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the upcoming Nov. 8 presidential election, more millennials will be able to vote than baby boomers for the first time ever. That’s…

ZZ Top. Courtesy. For nearly 47 years, prospector-bearded guitarist Billy Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill, along with ironically clean-shaven drummer Frank Beard, have been uniting catchy blues rock and boldly humorous lyrics with raunchy innuendo as ZZ Top. ZZ Top 7 p.m., Saturday Mountain Winery in Saratoga Tickets: $69.5-$229.50. 8 p.m., Sunday…

Sleater-Kinney announced Monday a New Year’s Eve show set for Dec. 31 at The Masonic in San Francisco. After a nine-year hiatus, Portland, Oregon-based indie and riot grrrl rock trio returned to the stage in 2015 with No Cities to Love. The group played a pair of shows at The…

Last May, long-time Bay Area resident and Stanford alumnus Kristine Flaherty told RIFF that she was close to an agreement with a new label, following a disappointing stint with RCA Records, where she felt stifled as a creative artist. She wasn’t ready to talk about her future plans back then, but…

Bay Area rock trio (and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers) Green Day have announced a U.S. and Canada club tour in support of their 12th studio album Revolution Radio, which will be released Oct. 7 on Reprise Records. The tour includes an Oct. 20 at the UC Theatre…

BERKELEY — No band should be expected to deliver the same level of intensity at the 25-year mark as it did in its hungry, vibrant youth. While Dave Matthews Band has reached that age in its career, it has little left to prove. It’s also fair to say that…

The first-ever Bear Music Fest will be nothing like its organizers originally brainstormed, and they say that’s how they would prefer it. “I think the best things in life come out of the limitations with which you’re presented,” says Kevin Merritt, the event’s executive producer. The idea pitched two…

Metallica, Roger Waters, Dave Matthews and Willie Nelson were among the 10 artists announced Monday for this year’s installment of the annual Bridge School Benefit concert. The event, now in its 30th year, brings together popular musicians to benefit the Bridge School, a Hillsborough, Calif. facility serving children with…

Photos: Lorenz Angelo and Nick DeCicco SAN FRANCISCO — Australian synthpop group Miami Horror brought a showy finish Saturday to the 20th Street Block Party in San Francisco. In a day that brought many subdued or introspective performances, Miami Horror stood out for its energy and showmanship. Band members…