Do you recognize these skinny boys? I really, really wanted to include “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in the 1983 top 5 song list. You know the “so bad it’s good” genre of movies? Stuff like Plan 9 From Outer Space and Manos: The Hands of Fate? “Total Eclipse of the…

Metallica will headline Band Together Bay Area, a fundraiser concert for the victims of the North Bay wildfires. The concert will take place at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Nov. 9, and tickets will go on sale Friday. Dave Matthews and Bay Area rapper G-Eazy will also perform,…

Attendees at Outside Lands on August 12, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri. Day two of Outside Lands is in the books so it’s time for the second edition of my best and worst! See if you can pick up on the subtle theme. Best: Metallica — Not even just the show. Just…

While there was disappointment about A Tribe Called Quest’s postponement turning into a total (and mysterious) cancellation, Metallica’s spectacle of a performance more than made up for it. A band that’s been touring off and on for more than 35 years doesn’t really have bad shows anymore, but even by…

Producers of the 10th annual Outside Lands announces the daily lineups of the festival that runs from Aug. 11 to 13. English electronic band Gorillaz and hip-hop icons A Tribe Called Quest headline Friday. Rockers Metallica and Queens of the Stone Age take center stage on Saturday. Classic rock band The Who and pop singer-songwriter…

Photos: Roman Gokhman OAKLAND —Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield. Metal gods who, along with a revolving door of bassists including Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton, Jason Newsted and now Robert Trujillo have turned Metallica into more than just the speed/thrash metal band they started out to be 35 years ago. They are now legends of rock. Saturday night, at…

Photos: Paige K. Parsons MOUNTAIN VIEW — Neil Young sat in with Metallica and My Morning Jacket served as Roger Waters’ backing band on the first day of the 30th annual Bridge School Benefit Saturday. Nine different artists performed at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. The benefit aids…

Metallica, Roger Waters, Dave Matthews and Willie Nelson were among the 10 artists announced Monday for this year’s installment of the annual Bridge School Benefit concert. The event, now in its 30th year, brings together popular musicians to benefit the Bridge School, a Hillsborough, Calif. facility serving children with…

Metallica performs at AT&T Park in San Francisco at The Night Before, a Super Bowl 50 event, on Feb. 8, 2016. Sunday’s Super Bowl 50 had all the glitz and glam, the biggest celebrities in the world, and a halftime show that pandered heavily to Top 40 music lovers…

M83 performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on April 17, 2016. I probably went to more shows this year than ever before. This year, artists such as Florence and the Machine, Coldplay, the Black Keys, Of Monsters and Men and the reunited Garbage didn’t even crack the ranks…