Janet Jackson performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., on June 16, 2023. Photos: Nick Buckmaster. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Pop icon, megastar and legend Janet Jackson made her long-awaited return to the Bay Area at Shoreline Amphitheatre on Friday night. Supported with an entertaining opening by rapper…

Row 1: Charli XCX, Camila Cabello, The Weeknd, Khalid, Weezer. Row 2: Janet Jackson, Vince Staples, SPOON, GZA, Sky Ferreira, Row 3: Meg Myers, Rina Sawayama, Eddie Vedder, Black Country, New Road, and My Bloody Valentine. Row 4: Elvis Costello, BROCKHAMPTON, Alt-J, Avril Lavigne, Lykke Li. Not pictured: The…

  View this post on Instagram   Hey U Guys! I’ve heard all your wishes and now from my lips to your ears. I’m working on my new album and going on a brand new World Tour this summer! Both titled ✨ “Black Diamond”. ✨ — Black Diamonds are…

Janet Jackson performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 21, 2019. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO — Rarely does a performer set such high expectations, dip low into serious mediocrity, then pull off such an epic, mid-career comeback the way Janet Jackson did Saturday night at Chase Center.…

Tunnel to Outside Lands in San Francisco on August 12, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello and Shawn Robbins. Welcome to the third and final installment of my Outside Lands 2018 best and worst. (But not my last column in general; I shamelessly plug that at the end.) If you missed…

Another year I was in high school and into modern music, another excessively long longlist of songs it kills me not to include. So before we get started with the official lis, here are some songs that didn’t make the final cut that you should still listen to: Our…

  Producers of the 11th annual Outside Lands announced the daily lineups of the festival that runs from Aug. 10 to 12. R&B crooner The Weeknd and alt-rock mainstay Beck headline Friday. Florence and the Machine and rapper Future take center stage on Saturday. R&B and pop icon Janet Jackson and DJ…