Some of Taylor Swifts most gut wrenching new songs were developed in the Bay Area.  Union City’s Maryam Qudus, better known as singer-songwriter Spacemoth, and her husband, producer and engineer Beau Sorenson worked on a handful of songs from Swift’s latest release, “The Tortured Poets Department and its subsequent ‘secret’ second installment ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.’ Qudus confirmed their involvement with the Chronicle, but said they couldn’t share further details about the process.  “this can finally be declassified: @spacemoth__ and I worked on the new @taylo ..read more

The Golden State Warriors have found a new friend in Olivia Rodrigo — at least according to a video showing the NBA players sporting bracelets in anticipation of her summer San Francisco tour stop.  In a video posted to Chase Center’s TikTok account on Wednesday, April 24, several players are shown being handed bracelets in the pop singer’s signature purple with phrases such as “Warriors,” “Dubs” and “Guts” on them.  “Olivia Rodrigo + Warriors = Besties,” the caption reads.  The 21-year-old former Disney Channel star is scheduled to perform two sold-out concerts at Chase Center ..read more

Kid Cudi has been forced to cancel his forthcoming Insano: Engage the Rage Tour, which included a stop in San Francisco, after breaking his foot at Coachella over the weekend.  The North American leg of the tour was to kick off June 28 in Austin and make its way to the Bay Area for a concert at Chase Center on Aug. 20, before wrapping up in Los Angeles on Aug. 30. The tour was in support of his ninth studio album, “Insano,” which was released in January.  “I’m headed to surgery now and there’s gonna be a long recovery time,” the rapper posted to Instagram on Wednesday, April 24 ..read more

Hotties, rejoice — San Francisco’s summer just got hotter.  Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion has extended the U.S. leg of her Hot Girl Summer Tour to include a date at Chase Center on June 23.  The U.S. leg of the tour is scheduled to kick off on May 14 in Minneapolis and will now wrap up with the new Bay Area date. The rapper then plans to jet off to Europe for the tour’s international segment, which kicks off in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 4. General onsale for the rapper’s Chase Center show begins at 10 a.m. Friday, April 26. VIP packages including premium tickets, access to ..read more

Imagine Dragons is bringing its biggest North American headlining tour ever to the Bay Area this fall.  The Grammy-winning band’s stop at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View is scheduled for Oct. 20, two days before its “Loom” tour wraps up at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Named after the pop rock group’s upcoming studio album, due out June 28, the “Loom” tour is expected to kick off on July 30 in Camden, N.J.   General ticket sales for the local date begins at 10 a.m. Friday, April 26.  Imagine Dragons’ forthcoming nine-track album is anchored by the energetic lea ..read more

Phil Lesh is returning to the Warfield next month with a stacked lineup of his musical friends. The upcoming Phil Lesh & Friends show at the historic San Francisco venue is scheduled for May 9 and marks the former Grateful Dead bassist’s only scheduled show for the rest of the year. His first performance of 2024 was at the Market Street venue in January.  Lesh is expected to be joined next month by his son Grahame Lesh, singer-songwriter Nicki Bluhm of the Gramblers, guitarist Daniel Donato, multi-instrumentalist Jason Crosby and percussionist John Molo.   Far from a traditi ..read more

In the wake of tragedy, the only place Shannon Shaw could think to go was a bean field in Aurora, Ore. It was there, in the early morning of Aug. 22, 2022, that the powerhouse singer’s fiancé, 41-year-old Joe Haener, was killed in a truck collision near his family’s farm. Known in the Bay Area music scene as a drummer and percussionist, Haener’s sudden death occurred just months before he and Shaw were scheduled to be married in her hometown of Napa. “It became very symbolic in a lot of ways,” Shaw said of the site. “It was such a shocking juxtaposition between life and death. His family and I ..read more

Charli XCX and Troye Sivan want to make Bay Area fans sweat during their upcoming tour stop. The co-headliners are scheduled to bring their Sweat Tour to Chase Center on Oct. 20. Following stops at Kia Forum in Inglewood on Oct. 15 and Viejas Arena in San Diego on Oct. 18, the San Francisco show is the artists’ only Northern California date before the end of their two-month tour, which concludes on Oct. 23 in Seattle. Ticket presales begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 25, with general onsale starting at 10 a.m. Friday, April 26. Their joint tour is scheduled to open in Detroit on Sept. 14, squee ..read more

Angel Olsen is setting out on a trip down memory lane for her upcoming solo tour, and Northern California audiences get first access.  The indie rock singer’s Songs From the Archive Tour is set to begin at Gundlach Bundschu Winery in Sonoma on Sept. 8. She then plans to stop at a handful of intimate venues across the country before closing the tour in Red Bank, N.J., on Sept. 30. During the shows, Olsen plans to delve into her catalog and revisit deep cuts spanning more than 10 years’ worth of EPs and albums. A ticket presale starts at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, and general sa ..read more

Looks like Northern California fans are among those whom rapper-producer duo Future and Metro Boomin are learning to trust again.  The musicians plan to bring their upcoming We Trust You Tour to Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center on Sept. 3 and Oakland Arena on Sept. 4 in support of their collaboration albums “We Don’t Trust You” and “We Still Don’t Trust You,” released on March 22 and Friday, April 12, respectively.   The tour is scheduled to begin in Kansas City on July 30, hitting arenas across North America all summer long before wrapping up in Vancouver on Sept. 9.  Cas ..read more