Lady Gaga The Mayhem Ball Tour Lady Gaga on Tuesday announced three San Francisco concerts on her Mayhem Ball Tour. The shows will take place at Chase Center toward the start of the North American leg of her tour, on July 22, 24 and 26, right after she opens…

Lady Gaga, “MAYHEM.” Don’t let the title fool you. Lady Gaga is the most grounded she’s been in the entirety of her career. Her seventh album, Mayhem, explores themes of chaos and transformation, as well as showcasing the return to her dance-pop roots. It’s her most personal album, drawing…

Lady Gaga, The Chromatica Ball Tour. Lady Gaga on Monday announced The Chromatica Ball summer stadium tour, a 14-city tour presented by Live Nation. Originally announced before the pandemic, the tour will now include eight additional dates. Among the new shows is a Sept. 8 date at San Francisco’s…

Paying tribute to the legendary composer and songwriter Cole Porter—and of course the undeniable legacy of Tony Bennett, now 95 and living with progressing Alzheimer’s—Bennett and Lady Gaga have come together to collaborate on their second album, Love For Sale, seven years after their first project together, Cheek to Cheek.…

Aaron Lee Tasjan, Courtesy: Curtis Wayne. There’s a song on Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, the new solo album by singer-songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan, that speaks to some of his serendipitous, yet totally true experiences. “Feminine Walk” chronicles him at various parts in his life, from the time he got a…

The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): The Jayhawks, Lady Gaga, Royce da 5’9”, Poppy, MisterWives, The Weeknd, Donna Missal, Caleb Landry Jones, Songhoy Blues and Homeboy Sandman. Welcome back to RIFF’s top album countdown! If you’re here just to complain about the order or lack…

Lady Gaga, “Chromatica.” In the four years since Lady Gaga released her last studio album, the singer-songwriter-cum-actress has been busy. After a brief TV stint on “American Horror Story: Hotel” and then an award-winning turn in “A Star Is Born” alongside Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga has returned to her…

America; animated by Childish Gambino. We made it! This is the 52nd RIFF Rewind and the last year of our musical journey through my esoteric and idiosyncratic tastes, not to mention my often sesquipedalian ramblings about that music. I don’t know how you made it this far. I stopped reading…

Lady Gaga, probably singing about our editor. I’ll be honest with you, I kinda cheated on this one. Two of the songs are from one of my favorite video game series, two were generously provided by a friend, and one is Lady Gaga, which is basically the 21st century…