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Legendary performers Patti Smith and Bob Weir are set to join a celebration of climate action during the Global Climate Action Summit. Pathway to Paris, together with 350.org and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a special concert on September 14th at the Masonic in San Francisco. Set ...

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Taking the stage at the Greek Theatre to a backdrop of old color television consoles broadcasting scenes of Robert Kennedy, Vietnam and the Mexico City Olympics protest, Ian Anderson and his band arrived to perform a 50th Anniversary celebration of the music of Jethro Tull Saturday night ...

  BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER While many an iconic artist has become infamous by hitting the road for what was billed as a “Farewell Tour,” only to be followed by years of touring, chances are good that in Paul Simon’s case his newly launched “Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour” that ...

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Longtime Black Crowes frontman and lead vocalist Chris Robinson has pretty much avoided playing any material from The Black Crowes catalog following an acrimonious split with his estranged brother Rich that ensued after that bands final show at the Bill Graham Civic in San Francisco back in ...

BY HELEN LAME’ Irish rockers U2 brought their latest concert extravaganza to the SAP Center in San Jose Monday night for the first of two sold out concerts at the arena. In just the third show of their new Experience + Innocence tour in support of their 2017 album Songs ...

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER African musician Angélique Kidjo’s electrifying interpretation of the Talking Heads iconic album “Remain in Light” was a thrilling moment for those in attendance to experience at her concert Friday night at the UC Theatre in Berkeley. Kidjo, a 57 year old three time Grammy Award winning Beninese ...

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER For many seasoned fans of The Who, the iconic British rock band that has produced some of the most recognizable classic rock hits of the past half-century ceased to exist after bassist John Entwistle’s death in 2002, if not drummer Keith Moon’s drug overdose in 1978. But ...

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull are coming to town on June 2nd as part of a 50th Anniversary celebration of the career of the Progressive Classic Rock band. Appearing at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Anderson, a Scottish born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as the lead ...

For one night only, friends, former bandmates of David Bowie and other world-class players will perform a career spanning concert of nothing but David Bowie’s music in Bowie’s imitable style. Performing this Saturday March 3rd at The Regency in San Francisco and the following night at the Luther Burbank Center ...

By DANIEL GLUSKOTER The daily schedule for the sixth annual BottleRock Music Festival May 25-27, 2018, at the Napa Valley Exposition has been announced as follows: Friday, May 25: Muse, The Chainsmokers, Incubus, Earth, Wind & Fire, Phantogram, Mike D (DJ set), St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Trombone Shorty ...