Saint Social, courtesy. Some bands release music soon after meeting each other. But for the three dads in Saint Social, the wait has been years in the making. Don’t Let the Fire Die Saint Social Distrokid, out now Get the album on Amazon Music. Singer Quinn Erwin and drummer…

Ed Sheeran performs with The Offspring during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Sunday BottleRock Napa Valley headliner Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance earlier in the day during the performance by rock band The Offspring. The two played…

Pearl Jam performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2024. Photos by Matt Pang/STAFF and Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — It may not have been Sunday, but the Church of Pearl Jam was in session as dusk fell over the Napa Valley Expo. It’s…

Actor Bradley Cooper, Stephen Curry and chef José Andrés appear at the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2024. Matt Pang/STAFF. Golden State Warriors icon Stephen Curry met up with a couple other legends in their respective fields at…

Mon Laferte performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on May 25, 2024. Mariana Garcia/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — With a passionate style all her own, Chilean Mexican superstar Mon Laferte delivered a show full of genre-bending music and theatrical performances at the Masonic on Friday. Dressed in an opulent…

Stevie Nicks performs during BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 24, 2024. Courtesy. All other photos: Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — After dropping from the BottleRock Napa Valley lineup in 2021 due to continued Covid concerns, Stevie Nicks was due to return. That finally came to…

Chevy Metal (L to R): Brent Woods, Shane Hawkins and Wiley Hodgden. Courtesy. While raucous cover band Chevy Metal was basically a closed chapter in a rock and roll story when the band showed up to play a tribute show for the late Taylor Hawkins in late 2022, it…

Gunna performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on May 18, 2024. SAN FRANCISCO — Gunna brought his A-game to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Saturday. The Atlanta rapper delivered a turbocharged performance alongside a production that included scenery from the Arctic, a post-apocalyptic landscape and an…

Luke Combs performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on May 17, 2024. Sean Liming/STAFF. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Most major artists—the ones who are successful enough to fill a stadium—choose to do so in order to share a stadium-sized artistic vision or concept. Country star Luke Combs…

Melanie Martinez performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on May 12, 2024. Matt Pang/STAFF. OAKLAND — Alt-pop singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez has broken out of her cocoon and entered her diva phase. That’s true both in terms of exposure to her music—her Trilogy Tour is her first arena trek—and metaphorically,…