Luke Combs, “Fathers & Sons.” Luke Combs has been a busy man. Combs released albums in consecutive years, won ACM Awards and was nominated for seven Grammys, and is now selling out stadiums. He’s had a meteoric rise. Fathers & Sons Luke Combs Sony Nashville, June 14 8/10 Get the…

Luke Combs performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on May 17, 2024. Sean Liming/STAFF. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Most major artists—the ones who are successful enough to fill a stadium—choose to do so in order to share a stadium-sized artistic vision or concept. Country star Luke Combs…

Beyoncé performs on the opening night of the Renaissance World Tour in at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on May 10, 2023. Photo by Mason Poole. Beyoncé has the no. 1 country song on Billboard with “Texas Hold ‘Em.” That’s generating a lot of talk, most of it hysterical…

Taylor Swift accepts the Album Of The Year award for “Midnights” during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy. Every Grammy Awards have own storyline, and the 2024 edition may end up being…

Luke Combs, “Gettin’ Old” Billed as a reflection of where Luke Combs is at in his life now while reminiscing on the way things used to be, Growin’ Up, traverses themes of love, loss and family. But rather than from the perspective of a young man looking to make his…

The best albums of 2022 include Amanda Shires, Mitski, Shinedown, Jack White, Sharon Van Etten, Luke Combs, Blackpink, Broken Bells, Lamb of God, Bad Omens, Noah Cyrus, Kevin Morby, Freedy Johnston and Zach Bryan. Welcome back! Or, if this is your first click into our list of the best…

Luke Combs, “Growin’ Up.” The last five years have likely passed in the blink of an eye for country star Luke Combs. Growin’ Up Luke Combs Columbia Nashville, June 24 9/10 From releasing his first studio album in 2017 to headlining BottleRock Napa and selling out arenas, Combs has…

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…

Luke Combs performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2021. Sean Liming/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Luke Combs embraced the isolation of the pandemic and used the time to write a new album. The 2020 CMA Award-winner didn’t disappoint his Bay Area fans, who sang along with him to…