Pop group Katseye will bring its newly announced WILDWORLD TOUR to Oakland Arena this fall as part of a massive arena run.

In the 1980s, the Bay Area thrash metal scene was less a community than a proving ground. Bands fought for attention in half-empty clubs. Fans booed weak performances. Some musicians burned out.

But don’t feel bad. She’s more talented than us, anyway. And she was built for this type of thing. The timing of Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters–her first record in eight years–may have been ...

There are musicians who burn brightly and then burn out, and others whose light illuminates, not glaringly but satisfyingly, over time. Rarer are the artists who have successfully done both, having ...

Get the album on Amazon Music. Photographer Kasia Wozniak and stylist Karen Binns helped Amos assemble the visual elements of her latest, In Times of Dragons, including the striking cover photo with ...

A little over 30 years ago, I was in a tiny bar in Chicago called the Lounge Ax. Onstage, a band called Cibo Matto was rocking the room and my friend tapped me on the shoulder and shouted in my ear, ...

Fifteen years have passed since 2011’s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, a gap shaped by relentless touring, an extensive writing process and frontman Mike Ness’ battle with cancer. It’s the kind of ...

Get the album on Amazon Music. Few mainstream country artists mine personal experience with as much clarity or confidence. On Middle of Nowhere, Musgraves once again turns inward, drawing from a well ...

OAKLAND — K-poppers Aespa will return to the Bay Area this fall as part of the newly announced SYNK : COMPLæXITY tour, with a stop at Oakland Arena on Oct. 6. The trek, in support of forthcoming album ...

Kesha performs with Farheen Khan (L) and Ginger Scott (R) of MGNA Crrrta at Tunnel Tops Park in the Presidio in San Francisco on May 1, 2026. Photo: Steve Jennings/Getty Images. SAN FRANCISCO — At a ...

Kacey Musgraves performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Feb. 19, 2022. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. OAKLAND — Kacey Musgraves will return to the Bay Area this fall with a stop at Oakland Arena on Oct. 23 ...