Carly Rae Jepsen performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2016. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Producers of the 11th annual Outside Lands this week unveiled the performer lineups for several night shows at venues throughout San Francisco. The intimate performances include Carly Rae Jepson and Broken Social Scene at the 500-capacity Independent,…

  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…

For all its fancy perks—the prime location, delicious food, terrific acts, wine, beer and much more—the one thing Outside Lands Music Festival has never been able to deliver in the past is a female-fronted headliner. That changes this year as two of the three headliners are women. Janet Jackson…

Cage the Elephant performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug. 12, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri It was not until I showed up at Golden Gate Park on Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. and walked the length of the Outside Lands Music Festival grounds that I fully grasped…

Our team trekked many miles in Golden Gate Park last weekend for the Outside Lands Music Festival. What was easy with fresh feet and room to move around at 2 p.m. turned into a slog through seas of music fans by 6 p.m. Did you miss our moment-by-moment coverage of…

Mon Laferte performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 13, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri. The third and final day of Outside Lands is in the books which means it’s time for my third and final “Best and Worst” roundup. Unless I keep this up indefinitely. Best:…

The Who performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 13, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO —The weather forecast was calling for Sunday to be the one sunny day at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. But by the time headliners The Who took the stage,…

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…

How do you follow up one of the most listened-to songs of 2016? “We’re going out on top. We’re done,” says James Sunderland, one-half of Los Angeles synth-pop duo Frenship, whose song “Capsize” was declared by many as the song of the summer last year. Frenship at Outside Lands…

Less than two months ago, Josh Legg was lying in a Cancun hospital bed, coming to terms with a neck broken in two places, the result of a sneak wave that picked him up and crashed his body head-first into the sand while he was bodysurfing. Goldroom at Outside…