Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann—along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti—rolled through their old Grateful Dead stomping grounds, Shoreline Amphitheatre (which Bill Graham allegedly designed to resemble the band’s iconic “Steal Your Face” logo from above. Naturally, Deadheads young and old turned up in force, many without tickets…
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Hometown hero, Gerald Gillum, better known as G-Eazy, gave an explosive, breathless and sometimes emotional performance to a capacity crowd at the Shoreline Amphitheatre on Friday night. Tearing through a cameo-packed set—in which he brought out tour mates Yo Gotti and YG, as well as “super-duper-hyphee” Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak—Eazy, who…
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The long-anticipated lineup for the 29th Annual Bridge School Benefit arrived today with a power trio of ladies who rock—the Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow and St. Vincent—on the bill with benefit co-founder Neil Young.
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Mikaiah and Anaiah Lei of The Bots are used to throwing people off. For starters, the two brothers are of mixed Taiwanese and Caribbean descent. Their complexion and hair texture often leads to them they’re being mistaken as black, which, in the past has led to some assuming they make rap music.…
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At the turn of the millennium, popular music was heading into a dark place. Cheesy boy bands and bling-obsessed hip-hop ruled MTV, and the only rock music cracking the Top 40 was abysmal—literally and figuratively. Fortunately, we had Incubus and Deftones.
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It’s that time of year again. As summer slips into autumn, the farmers prepare for the harvest, and the people prepare for the long hard winter ahead… It’s also time for Beyond Wonderland. A traveling electronic music circus—a playground for late teens and early 20-somethings to figure out just how little they can…
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DJ Snake, who along with Lil John, created one of the most unabashedly, antagonistic party anthems in recent memory, will be headlining the Beyond Wonderland electronic music festival this Saturday. That song, “Turn Down for What,” exhorts listeners to keep the volume pumped, both literally and figuratively—as “turned up,” or “turnt,” in…
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Fresh after the release of double album Reflektor, Arcade Fire announced plans for a North American tour today that include a date at Shoreline Amphitheatre and a suspicious gap during the scheduled dates for Coachella 2014.
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Thousands of hip hop fans showed up to Shoreline Amphitheatre for two days of Rock the Bells music festival, headlined by Wu-Tang Clan and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performing alongside holograms of deceased rappers Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E, respectively.
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Rock the Bells Festival revives two of hip hop’s most iconic rappers this weekend with virtual performances by the late Eazy E with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Ol’ Dirty Bastard with Wu-Tang Clan.
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