As it turned out, Jay-Z had been quietly setting the stage over the past few months for what we could expect during his headlining show at the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia. On streaming, he’d changed his name from Jay-Z to its original spelling, JAŸ-Z, perhaps a wink and a nod that it would be a […]

In the four years since BTS’s previous Las Vegas showing, both everything and nothing has changed. In the final moments of their last performance at Allegiant Stadium in April of 2022 on their “Permission to Dance Tour,” RM, the group’s leader, cut into the party-like send-off with a stunning gesture of…

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The annual pilgrimage back to Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, felt bigger than ever in 2026 — literally. With record-breaking attendance, pristine weather (at least to start), and a lineup that read like a living archive of heavy music’s past, present, and future, Sonic Temple didn’t just return, it…

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Amsterdam, one of the more low-key of Europe’s great cities, is an unlikely place to launch a tour as hotly anticipated as Harry Styles’ long-awaited “Together Together” global trek — especially when he’s only performing shows in one city per continent for this entire year. Walking around the city on this chilly May weekend, it was […]

Hayley Williams has some mixed feelings about both Los Angeles and Nashville, evidently. Kicking off a three-night stand at the Wiltern Wednesday night to conclude her “Hayley WIlliams at a Bachelorette Party” spring tour, she waxed enthusiastic about L.A. But not so enthusiastic that she wants to take up residence again. “This is one of […]

At the end of her “Mayhem Ball” tour, Lady Gaga performs “Bad Romance” as the opera house behind her ignites, the set piece roaring with flames. It’s a commentary, or at least it appeared to be, on the ephemeral nature of pop music: Gaga spends the entire performance celebrating the genre’s artifice by leaning into […]

The line stretching around 15th Street towards Union Square in New York on Thursday was a familiar sight. Foo Fighters had done this exact same underplay — an intimate show at the 1,200-capacity Irving Plaza — in the fall of 2014, with roughly the same stand in line-style ticketing format…

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You’ve probably heard the adage that Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist, but in hindsight, it feels prescient. Since the start of his career, which rang off with a feature on the inescapable smash “See You Again” with Wiz Khalifa in 2015, Puth has gone from wallowing in schlocky doo-wop to crafting sharpshooting anthems, […]

Just under a year ago, Bruce Springsteen launched the “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour,” a run that saw him focus on his most politically charged material and call out the many, many, many injustices of Donald Trump’s second administration. It caught The President’s eye, leading to a public feud…

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If there were ever truth in advertising, it can be found in the poster for Raye’s sensory-overload “This Tour May Contain New Music”: “This tour may also contain: dramatic endings, a brass section, live & passion, at least on jazz cover, potential waffling (excessive unnecessary chatting), a big belted note, a nightclub segment, live strings […]