Concert Reviews
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REVIEW: Tems shows her ‘wild’ side at sold-out Warfield show
Tems performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Sept. 27, 2024. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Grammy-winning artist Tems performed to a sold-out house at the Warfield on Friday night. The Nigerian singer-songwriter, born Temilade Openiyi, is on her first headlining tour, in support of her June debut…
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REVIEW: Orville Peck brings on the waterworks at Bill Graham Civic show
Orville Peck performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Sept. 27, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Country crooner Orville Peck didn’t tour at all in 2023, canceling shows to work on his mental heath. The masked singer-songwriter, born Daniel Pitout in South Africa and based…
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REVIEW: Peter Hook & The Light perform double duty at the Warfield
Peter Hook & The Light perform at The Warfield in San Francisco on Sept. 21, 2024. Derek Fisher/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Legendary bassist Peter Hook delivered what amounted to two headlining sets from his pair of influential bands Saturday night at the Warfield. Fronting Peter Hook & The Light, he…
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REVIEW: Green Day celebrates its roots, blasts Oakland A’s owner at Oracle Park
Green Day performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2024. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Green Day’s Bay Area homecoming at Oracle Park on Friday was billed as a celebratory affair, marking the 20th anniversary of American Idiot and the 30th of Dookie, and the band…
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REVIEW: Pulp shows its relevance at the Hollywood Palladium in L.A.
Pulp performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2024. Mariana Garcias/STAFF. LOS ANGELES — It’s been quite a few weeks for our ’90s alt-rock icons. Within days of each other, we’ve had an Oasis reunion, an out-of-wedlock baby Grohl and footage of Perry Farrell…
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Dreamfest: P!NK, Imagine Dragons team up for Dreamforce at Oracle Park
P!NK performs at Dreamfest, the Salesforce Dreamforce concert, at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 18, 2024. Courtesy Ando Caulfield. SAN FRANCISCO — The stars were out in the sky and inside Oracle Park on Wednesday for Dreamfest, Salesforce’s annual benefit concert for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals that…
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REVIEW: Jalen Ngonda summons the greats at Swedish American Hall
Jalen Ngonda performs at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 14, 2024. Imani Sires/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — When Jalen Ngonda took the stage at Swedish American Hall, he was greeted to a long applause from a capacity crowd. Ngonda, dressed in a copper button-down shirt and…
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REVIEW: NCT DREAM sets up its next act at Oakland Arena concert
NCT DREAM performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Sept. 14, 2024. Aaron Lee/STAFF. OAKLAND —K-pop fans can never have too much of a good thing. With its many members and lineup iterations, NCT remains an immensely popular draw. And NCT DREAM, its seven-member sub-group that brought its Dream…
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REVIEW: Incubus flashes back to ‘Morning View’ at sold-out Chase Center gig
Incubus performs at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif. on Sept. 12, 2024. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The crowd was maybe a little older and, presumably, a little wiser than when Incubus’ Morning View first hit store shelves 23 years ago, but the passage of time hasn’t muted…
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REVIEW: (G)I-DLE gives the fans what they want at Oakland Arena
(G)I-DLE performs at Oracle Arena in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2024. Aaron Lee/STAFF. OAKLAND — Though (G)I-DLE last performed in the Bay Area just a little over a year ago, the K-pop quintet brought a mostly different performance to Oakland Arena on Sunday at the second show of a six-date…
