P!nk performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2023. Imani Sires/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — P!nk has been performing her high-wire act for years, combining all the bombast of a massive pop spectacle with acrobatics galore, and yet it never fails to impress. At the first of…

Måneskin performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Oct. 13, 2023. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. OAKLAND, Calif. — Some bands are built to play the largest stages possible, and Måneskin is one of them. The Italian rockers touched down at Oakland Arena on Friday at their first Bay Area appearance…

MisterWives perform at The Warfield in San Francisco on October 11, 2023. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — MisterWives and Bishop Briggs performed at the Warfield on Wednesday as their co-headlining Don’t Look Down tour winds down on the West Coast. The New York pop band focused their set primarily on…

Peter Gabriel performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 11, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Peter Gabriel brought a multimedia extravaganza to Chase Center Wednesday night, delivering not just a feast for the eyes and ears, but lots of big ideas to mull over during the…

The Postal Service performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Calif. on Oct. 9, 2023. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. BERKELEY, Calif. — Ten years ago, The Postal Service celebrated a decade of its sole and seminal 2003 album, Give Up, with a reunion tour. The group performed at the Greek Theatre…

Guns N’ Roses perform during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 8, 2023. SACRAMENTO — The final day of Aftershock Festival was all about headliners Guns N’ Roses. The biggest rock band on the bill, which also included the likes of Queens of the Stone Age,…

Mckenna Grace, courtesy Gus Black. Two extended breaks—first the pandemic and then the SAG-AFTRA strike—allowed Emmy-nominated actress Mckenna Grace to pursue a “dream” career in music. The 17-year-old has starred alongside the likes of Paul Rudd and Finn Wolfhard (2021’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” in a role she’s about to reprise…

Korn performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 7, 2023. SACRAMENTO — The third day of Aftershock Festival was marked by eclectic takes on hard rock, both from legacy acts like Korn and buzzworthy up-and-comers. The heat subsided a bit but the musical fireworks burned…

Tool performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 6, 2023. SACRAMENTO — Business picked up substantially at Discovery Park for the sold-out second day of Aftershock Festival. The crowds were bigger, the acts’ productions were more ambitious—and the sweltering heat had no intention of leaving.…

“Dicks: The Musical,” courtesy A24. It’s becoming increasingly challenging to get an original idea greenlit in Hollywood these days; some might say downright impossible. The musical theater world is facing similar challenges. It’s generally safer for a producer to back a jukebox musical full of already lovable hit songs…