Nickelback performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on July 9, 2023. Gary Chancer/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The smile on Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger’s face stretched a country mile just a handful of songs into his band’s Sunday show at Shoreline Amphitheatre. The band is in the…

Nickelback, “Get Rollin’.” Nearly three decades later and 10 albums in, you know the sound of Nickelback. The Canadian rockers’ mix of fist-pumping drinking anthems and riff-heavy love songs has been a staple of mainstream rock. The band has even outlasted the scorn from the peanut gallery, taking it…

Ed Sheeran could never shoot straight. He tragically passed away shortly after his appearance in the ‘Star Wars’ series. Condolences, in the form of cash, may be sent to the RIFF office. This weekend marks one of the most pervasive and joyous of American traditions: something beloved by young…