Tag Archives: Too Short
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REVIEW: Chris Brown takes flight at Oakland Arena
Chris Brown performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on July 31, 2024. Derek Fisher/STAFF. OAKLAND — Rapper and singer Chris Brown showed why he’s considered one of the greatest entertainers of the times at Oakland Arena on Wednesday during his 11:11 Tour stop in the Bay Area. Brown hit…
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REVIEW: Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and friends happy to bring their High School Reunion to the Bay
Snoop Dogg performs at Toyota Pavilion in Concord, Calif. on Aug. 26, 2023. David Jones/STAFF. CONCORD, Calif. — Before Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa returned to the stage at the Toyota Pavilion for an encore on Saturday night, attendees were shown a video skit. In it, the the two…
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Our favorite concert photos of 2022, with Dua Lipa, Post Malone, The Weeknd
RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2022 included these shots of Post Malone, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Jaleh, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Lil Uzi Vert, Marina Diamandis, Rico Nasty, Royal Blood, Chris Stapleton, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kid Cudi, Too $hort and Caroline Polachek. We asked our photographers to share…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mount Westmore delivers the message with ‘Snoop Cube 40 $hort’
Mount Westmore, “Snoop Cube 40 $hort.” What happens when four of California’s most legendary MCs come together to form a hip-hop supergroup for the ages? You get Mount Westmore, featuring Angelenos Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg and the Bay Area’s own Too $hort and E-40. Snoop Cube 40 $hort is…
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Too Short, Tower of Power kick off Stern Grove Festival after 2021 flooding
Attendees at the opening day of the 2022 Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on June 12, 2022. Marisela Delgado/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “Yay areaaaaaa!” shouted San Francisco mayor London Breed during her introduction, setting the stage for the first show of the 85th Stern Grove Festival. In addition to…
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BottleRock Day 2: Twenty One Pilots, Mount Westmore, 8 more we loved Saturday
Twenty One Pilots perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Saturday night’s BottleRock Napa offerings presented, perhaps, as challenging a headliner clash as the fest has ever seen. On one stage was one of the most exciting live bands…
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REWIND: The A’s don’t seem to appreciate Oakland, but we still can
Too $hort performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2019. Shawn Robbins/STAFF. As much as I love my beloved Oakland Athletics, boy oh boy do I hate their ownership. The story to this point: After screwing up their first choice of stadium location…
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BottleRock 2019 Day 3: Santana and 13 other performances we loved on Sunday
Santana performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2019. Photos: Shawn Robbins. NAPA — Guitar legend Carlos Santana, closing out BottleRock Napa Valley 2019 on Sunday along with Mumford and Sons, saw it as his mission to fight fear with love. On several occasions,…
