Bad Bunny performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on March 1, 2024. Derek Fisher/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny focused on his trap and reggaeton roots—and rode a real-life horse onto the arena floor—during his Most Wanted tour stop Friday at Chase Center, on the…

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony perform at Curran Theatre in San Francisco during Noise Pop Festival on March 1, 2024. Mariana García/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — After 30 years, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony still have it. Their show at BroadwaySF’s Curran Theater to close out Noise Pop Festival was a crowd pleaser. The four Bone…

Madonna performs at The O2 Arena in London on Oct. 14, 2023. Photo by Kevin Mazur/Live Nation. SAN FRANCISCO — The people who increasingly hate on Madonna about her seeming fixation on the passage of time and mortality, her looks after plastic surgery or her open sexuality—yes, at age…

Violinist Mia Asano and bagpiper Ally Crowley-Duncan (Mia x Ally), courtesy Hitesh Joshi. Classically trained violinist Mia Asano and bagpiper Ally Crowley-Duncan getting together to perform in front of your music fans may seem improbably, but it makes perfect sense. Both take traditional instruments to new places, often via…

André 3000 performs at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco on Feb. 20, 2024. Courtesy Stephanie Port. SAN FRANCISCO — “I never thought I’d be onstage playing flutes,” André 3000 told the audience two thirds of the way through his early show at The Independent on Saturday. After a moment…

Jon Muq, courtesy Larry Niehues For Ugandan musician and songwriter Jon Muq, “flying away” carries hopeful connotations. The title of his debut album, Flying Away is the story of a young man from a village, learning English and music by listening to old records—starting with a CD of “We Are…

Producer and musician Narada Michael Walden has updated his San Francisco Super Bowl anthem, “We’re the 49ers.” You’d be hard-pressed to get Narada Michael Walden to pick a favorite between writing and producing hits for Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston, or sneaking members of the San Francisco 49ers into…

Fame On Fire, courtesy. If you’ve spent any time perusing the rabbit hole of hard rock content on TikTok or YouTube, you’ve likely come across the hard rock takes on pop hits by Fame on Fire. The group has taken on everyone from boy bands to Ed Sheeran and…

Taylor Swift accepts the Album Of The Year award for “Midnights” 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. Every Grammy Awards have own storyline, and the 2024 edition may end up being…

Grammy trophies sit in the press room during the 60th Annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 28, 2018, in New York. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images. Throughout the day, we’ll be posting the winners of the 2024 Grammy Awards, starting with the daytime precast or premiere ceremony, where most of…