The Cure performs at British Summertime Fest at Hyde Park in London on July 7, 2018. Courtesy Paige K. Parsons. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — After walking onstage on Saturday, The Cure frontman, Robert Smith, surveyed the sea of people in the crowd at Shoreline Amphitheatre. A fanr offered a…

Keanu Reeves performs with Dogstar at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Alt-rock trio Dogstar, best known as being the band in which Keanu Reeves plays bass, played its first show in more than two decades on Saturday at…

Post Malone performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2023. Sean Liming/STAFF. NAPA — Thousands of attendees packed the Napa Valley Expo on Friday on the first day of the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival. The weather cooperated for once, with highs in…

Shania Twain performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on May 26, 2023. Photos: Derek Fisher/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Shania Twain was every bit the pop-country diva at her sold-out show at Shoreline Amphitheatre on Friday night, regaling an excited audience with a parade of singalong hits.…

Matchbox Twenty performs at Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on May 21, 2023. Photo by Jim Trocchio. CONCORD, Calif. — Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas made an observation as he looked out over the large gathering at Concord Pavilion during the home stretch of his band’s set. “It’s funny,…

Love and Rockets perform at Fox Theater in Oakland on May 21, 2023. Karen Goldman/STAFF. OAKLAND — As Love and Rockets prepared to perform their second encore at Fox Theater Sunday night, nobody seemed able to find Daniel Ash’s acoustic guitar. “Can we go acoustic, please?” bassist David J…

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, courtesy the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has been around for quite a while. You may have seen him play at the White House in 2014, for example. You may have seen him play at the fictional Harlem’s Paradise on the then-Netflix, now-Disney+ series…

M83 performs at Fox Theater in Oakland on May 16, 2023. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. OAKLAND — There are many artists in search of the next big hit. But Anthony Gonzalez has been avoiding his for years. And at the first of two nights at the Fox Theater on Tuesday, his band…

Joan Baez, Taj Mahal and Sammy Hagar perform at Acoustic-4-A-Cure at The Fillmore in San Francisco on May 13, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — An unexpected appearance by Joan Baez, impressive blues chops of Taj Mahal and punchy one-liners by Chris Isaak highlighted the Acoustic-4-a-Cure concert at the…

Lil Wayne performs at the Masonic in San Francisco on May 12, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Rapper Lil Wayne brought his Welcome to Tha Carter tour to the Masonic on Friday. The iconic rapper born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. could have played arenas, but chose much more intimate…