Depeche Mode performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Dec. 3, 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO —Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Depeche Mode brought their Memento Mori tour back to the Bay Area on Sunday, performing songs from throughout the band’s glossy songbook at Chase Center. The…

Ellie Goulding performs with the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on Nov. 20, 2023. Mike DeWald/STAFF SAN FRANCISCO — Pop hitmaker Ellie Goulding traded beats and synths for overtures and orchestration, teaming with the the San Francisco Symphony on Monday at the Davies Symphony…

Queen and Adam Lambert perform at Chase Center in San Francsico on Nov. 8, 2023. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO —It’s impossible to watch a Queen concert and not think of Freddie Mercury: His voice, personality and performance style were all iconic. Yet he’s now been gone longer than he’s…

Lauryn Hill performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Nov. 7, 2023. Derek Fisher/STAFF. OAKLAND — For those who were in high school when Lauryn Hill released her seminal—and only—solo album, 1998’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, it likely holds a special place. The fact was not lost on…

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…

Sting performs at Toyota Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Oct. 2, 2023. Sean Liming/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — Singer-songwriter and rocker Sting brought his My Songs Tour and a positive life outlook to Toyota Pavilion on Monday. After a fun, slightly ramshackle take on “If You Love Somebody Set Them…

U2 performs during the opening night of its U2:UV Live at Sphere residency in Las Vegas on Sept. 29, 2023. Photo: Rich Fury. Others by Kevin Mazur. Sept. 30 photos: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. LAS VEGAS — Sphere at the Venetian is truly a visual and sonic marvel. The bubble-like theater…

Caroline Jones, courtesy. Country singer-songwriter Caroline Jones is just a few weeks from releasing her third album, Homesite (Oct. 20), and today she’s premiering the final video ahead of the album, for single “Talking to Milo.” Jones, who’s performed with the likes of Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Chesney and more recently…

Tori Kelly performs at the Independent in San Francisco on Sept. 24, 2023. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been a few years since Tori Kelly’s been under a spotlight that wasn’t animated, but that didn’t stop several hundred fans from showing up early to see her perform on…

Jelly Roll performs at Toyota Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Sept. 14, 2023. Sean Liming/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — Don’t doubt someone who’s completely sold on the power of love, redemption and music being able to lift everyone higher. Nashville singer-songwriter and rapper Jelly Roll used his tremendous story of…