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REVIEW: Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire pull an ‘all-nighter’ at Chase Center
Lionel Richie performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2023. Derek Fisher/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Grammy-winning artist Lionel Richie brought his Sing A Song All Night Long tour to Chase Center on Friday, headlining a bill that also included Earth, Wind & Fire. Richie kicked off…
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REVIEW: Maluma arrives as Don Juan at SAP Center
Maluma performs at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. on Sept. 6, 2023. Italie Penaloza/STAFF. SAN JOSE — After taking a year off from touring to create and release his new album, Don Juan, Colombian singer and rapper Maluma brought it to SAP Center on Wednesday, the fourth night…
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REVIEW: Osees go the distance at The Chapel
SAN FRANCISCO — Psychedelic musical chameleons Osees played the first of four sold-out shows at The Chapel on Sunday night. One of the busiest bands in show business, was fresh off the release of new album Intercepted Message and a string of shows in Europe, with the San Francisco…
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REVIEW: LL Cool J leads legends of hip-hop on F.O.R.C.E. Tour stop at Chase Center
LL Cool J performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — LL Cool J brought out some of the best of old school hip-hop for his F.O.R.C.E. tour stop at Chase Center on Friday. The headliner topped a bill that included…
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REVIEW: Sam Smith plays Aphrodite at Oakland Arena
Sam Smith performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Aug. 27, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. OAKLAND — Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation was literally center stage Sunday at Oakland Arena. An enormous golden statue of the curvaceous, recumbent, nude figure took up the entire…
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REVIEW: Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and friends happy to bring their High School Reunion to the Bay
Snoop Dogg performs at Toyota Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Aug. 26, 2023. David Jones/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — Before Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa returned to the stage at the Toyota Pavilion for an encore on Saturday night, attendees were shown a video skit. In it, the the two…
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Interview: French electro-pop trio Hyphen Hyphen wants to take over the U.S.
Hyphen Hyphen, courtesy. French synthpop trio Hyphen Hyphen loves finishing each other’s sentences. Like a symbiotic mind on pretty much all matters, vocalist-keyboardist Samanta “Santa” Cotta, guitarist Romain “Adam” Adamo and bassist Laura “Line” Christin hop around when talking about the band’s origins in school: calling themselves “misfits” to…
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REVIEW: Blackpink brings its Born Pink tour to the Bay Area
Blackpink performs at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Aug. 22, 2023. Courtesy YG Entertainment. SAN FRANCISCO — Drawing a near-capacity crowd to Oracle Park on Tuesday, vocal quartet Blackpink showed just why it’s one of the few standard-bearers of K-pop. Often copied but never replicated, Blackpink has picked…
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REVIEW: Zach Bryan heats up Oakland Arena, celebrates A’s win with hero Brent Rooker
Zach Bryan performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Aug. 21, 2023. Sean Liming/STAFF. OAKLAND — “I’m really sorry it’s Monday,” country star Zach Bryan said at the outset of his show at Oakland Arena. “If it was up to me, no one would have to go in…
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Sol Blume: Kehlani and Teyana Taylor put an exclamation point on final day
Kehlani performs during Sol Blume Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Aug. 20, 2023. Marisela Delgado/STAFF. SACRAMENTO — The East Bay’s Kehlani and New York’s Teyana Taylor topped the bill on another hot, muggy day at Sol Blume Festival at Discovery Park Sunday. Oakland-native Kehlani kicked off with…
