The duo treated Boston to two marathon sets and a double encore to kick off a two-night run at the Lansdowne venue.

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For its "Everyone's A Star!" World Tour at TD Garden, 5 Seconds of Summer combined fan-voting surprises, theatrical videos, and self-aware humor.

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Eclectic alt/art rocker St. Vincent was the latest guest at the Boston Pops, and they complemented her work perfectly.

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“It’s weird not having a phone, isn’t it?” said Phoebe Bridgers to the 18,000-or so strong audience who’d willingly had their devices locked up for Thursday night’s special acoustic concert at Madison Square Garden. “I love it. I appreciate you allowing this to be an internet-free zone.” She added with a smile, “And if any […]

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 […]

It's amazing what a small venue in downtown Toledo can do, but here we are.

On Wednesday night at a sold-out Nationals Park in this nation’s capital, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band had just reached the end of “Streets of Minneapolis,” the song the Boss wrote about the ICE murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the resistance put forth by the citizens of Minneapolis and St. […]

At a sublime show Friday, Odom Jr. cemented his status as the latest legend to play with the Pops.

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The Berklee alum blended jazz, pop, and nostalgia at his “Whatever's Clever! World Tour.”

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The Wallflowers played their smash hit "Bringing Down the Horse" in full, followed by Petty's "Long After Dark."

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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 […]

Adele was in the audience for the closing night of Raye’s U.S. tour this week at the Greek Theatre, which naturally led to all kinds of murmurings about torches being passed. One imagines Adele being the type to give up a torch only when it’s pried out of her cold, dead hands, but it’s safe […]

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 […]

The Melbourne-based singer-songwriter brought a strong set of indie rock to Roadrunner to promote her new album “Creature of Habit.”

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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 […]

As No Doubt ticked towards the end of the first night of their Las Vegas Sphere residency on Wednesday with “Just a Girl,” a period-perfect hit that’s become a generational touchstone over the past few decades, lead singer Gwen Stefani put a nostalgic cap on the evening. “I wrote this song out of pure innocence […]

There’s something deeply counterintuitive about the idea that we would go to a pop concert — the most communal-seeming of all gathering places, outside of a football game or church — in order to stop cheering, forget about everyone around us and just go deep into someone’s personal headspace. That is the stuff of live […]

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, […]

After a three-year hiatus from performing, Capaldi was more than happy to be back at MGM Music Hall.

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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 […]

Probably the only one who wouldn't like Saturday's Boston performance by "West End Girl" Lily Allen would be her ex, David Harbour.

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A review of Children of Bodom's "A Celebration of Music" shows to commemorate the band and Alexi Laiho's life's work with an exclusive interview with Antti and Janne Wirman.

When Bruce Springsteen brought his “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour” to the Los Angeles area this week, it followed the same template as the opening night of the tour in Minneapolis exactly seven days prior. There was one addition to the setlist Tuesday, in the first of two Kia Forum shows: a cover of […]

As Mitski played a five-night engagement at Hollywood High School this past week, any teachers who might have made it into the school auditorium for the shows must have been insanely jealous of how hushed her audiences were, at least between songs, when a hush was called for. Surely no school assembly ever held on […]

At least as the stage design suggested, Ye (the artist formerly known as Kanye West) was standing on top of the world last night at Inglewood, CA’s SoFi Stadium — a barely veiled metaphor strung across the first of two sold-out comeback concerts at the 70,000-capacity venue. For a leisurely paced two hours, Ye delivered […]

The heavy metal band played a 90-minute set including a cover of Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club."

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The Hives played the House of Blues Friday, along with opening act The Chats.

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How many phenomenal young British female singers can one world withstand? It’s hard to imagine a more enjoyable onslaught than the wave that has brought us Olivia Dean, Raye and Sienna Spiro, among other standouts — and, of course, Lola Young, who may count as the edgiest of this commercially and artistically compelling crop. She […]

See all the greatest moments from the band’s March 13 show, plus openers The Vigilantes, Haywire, and Showcase Showdown.

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“This weekend makes us a better band because we have to play so many songs. Thanks for giving a s—t.”

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