Roxy Music performs during its 50th anniversary tour in September 2022. Courtesy Matthew Becker. SAN FRANCISCO — On at least two occasions, large groups of Bryan Ferry fans at Chase Center wanted to send the Roxy Music frontman a message—to sing him a song. Both of those times, he…

Roger Waters performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 23, 2022. Derek Tobias/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Near the conclusion of the first of two concerts at Chase Center, rock and roll legend Roger Waters told a story about how he wrote the following song, “Two Suns in…

Franz Ferdinand performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Aug. 30, 2022. Nate McKinley/STAFF. OAKLAND — By the time Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand dove into “Take Me Out,” more than an hour into their 90-minute set at the Fox Theater, it might as well have been 2004…

Stray Kids perform at Oakland Arena in Oakland on July 12, 2022. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. OAKLAND — It would be reductive to call Stray Kids the hot new K-pop group on the block. For one thing, they’ve released nine EPs and two full albums since 2017. Their latest, March EP Oddinary,…

P!nk performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 29, 2022. Nathan McKinley/STAFF. NAPA — Metallica is huge but has played the Bay Area a lot in recent years. Twenty One Pilots have also made recent appearances, and while hip-hop supergroup Mount Westmore was great its…

The Warning photographed outside Cornerstone in Berkeley on April 19, 2022. Nate McKinley/STAFF. BERKELEY — For most bands, it would be enough of a feat to embark on your own headlining tour, selling out clubs throughout the U.S. But for Monterrey, Mexico rock and roll sister trio The Warning,…

Paul McCartney performs on the Got Back tour at Oakland Arena in Oakland on May 6, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. OAKLAND — In all reality, Paul McCartney didn’t need any literal fireworks at his performance at Oakland Arena on Friday night—the first of a two-show stand in a city where…

Lorde performs at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on April 3, 2022. John Shearer/Getty Images. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been a hot minute since Lorde last visited the Bay Area. The New Zealand artist’s last show, at Oakland Arena in 2018, took place when most of the country…

The Warning performs at Cornerstone in Berkeley on April 19, 2022. BERKELEY — If there was any question where the future of rock is heading, The Warning‘s Tuesday night performance at Cornerstone suggests it’s in very good hands. The sister trio from Monterrey, Mexico pulled out all the stops…

Poppy performs at the UC Theatre in Berkeley on March 8, 2022. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. BERKELEY — The always enigmatic Poppy returned to the Bay Area on Wednesday, bringing her Never Find My Place Tour to the UC Theatre. The name was fitting for an artist who seems to thrive on not…