Skip to content
  • Ice Cube (AMY SUSSMAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES)

    Ice Cube (AMY SUSSMAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES)

  • LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: H.E.R. performs onstage during...

    LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: H.E.R. performs onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

  • Brian Wilson performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in concert...

    Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group

    Brian Wilson performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Maluma performs onstage during...

    NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Maluma performs onstage during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for MTV)

  • SANTIAGO, CHILE - MARCH 17: Chance the Rapper performs during...

    SANTIAGO, CHILE - MARCH 17: Chance the Rapper performs during the second day of Lollapalooza Chile 2018 at Parque O'Higgins on March 17, 2018 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)

  • IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR DORITOS - To help launch the Doritos...

    IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR DORITOS - To help launch the Doritos 'For the Bold' campaign, Ice Cube performs on the Doritos #BoldStage at the South by Southwest Music Festival, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The interactive and digital concert experience was controlled by fan engagement on Twitter. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Invision for Doritos/AP Images)

  • Brian Wilson, left, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in...

    Brian Wilson, left, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES Chance The Rapper, who played the recent...

    KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES Chance The Rapper, who played the recent tribute concert for Mac Miller in Los Angeles in October, would make an ideal choice for an Outside Lands headliner this summer.

  • LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: H.E.R. accepts the Best...

    LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: H.E.R. accepts the Best R&B Album award for 'H.E.R.' onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

  • OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 07: Snoop Dogg gives a pre-game...

    OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 07: Snoop Dogg gives a pre-game interview prior to Game Four of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors at ORACLE Arena on June 07, 2019 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

  • EARL GIBSON/GETTY IMAGES Vallejo sing-songwriter-musician Gabi Wilson -- aka H.E.R....

    EARL GIBSON/GETTY IMAGES Vallejo sing-songwriter-musician Gabi Wilson -- aka H.E.R. -- is nominated in the best album and new artist categories.

  • Rappers Dr. Dre (L) and Snoop Dogg perform onstage during...

    Rappers Dr. Dre (L) and Snoop Dogg perform onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

  • AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 20: Snoop Dogg attends HBO's "Game...

    AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 20: Snoop Dogg attends HBO's "Game of Thrones" Presents: House of Pleasure at SXSW on March 20, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for HBO Game of Thrones)

  • LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: H.E.R. performs onstage during...

    LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: H.E.R. performs onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

  • NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Maluma performs onstage during...

    NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Maluma performs onstage during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for MTV)

  • H.E.R. performs at the Outdoor Theatre during the 2019 Coachella...

    H.E.R. performs at the Outdoor Theatre during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 14, 2019 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

  • Brian Wilson performs with The Beach Boys during a concert...

    Associated Press archives

    Brian Wilson performs with The Beach Boys during a concert at the Beacon Theater, Tuesday, May 8 , 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

  • LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Recording artist Chance The...

    Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Recording artist Chance The Rapper accepts the award for Best Rap Album onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

  • John Green/staff archives Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Brian...

    John Green/staff archives Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Brian Wilson

  • Rapper/actor Snoop Dogg arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of...

    Chris Delmas/Getty Images

    Rapper/actor Snoop Dogg arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of "The Beach Bum" at the Arclight cinemas on March 28, 2019 in Hollywood. (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP) (Photo credit should read CHRIS DELMAS/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Brian Wilson performing at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco...

    Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group/archive

    Brian Wilson performing at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco in 2015. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group/archive)

  • Brian Wilson, left, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in...

    Brian Wilson, left, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • Snoop Dogg speaks onstage during Nipsey Hussle’s Celebration of Life...

    Snoop Dogg speaks onstage during Nipsey Hussle’s Celebration of Life at STAPLES Center on April 11, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed in front of his store, The Marathon Clothing, on March 31, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images For Atlantic Records)

  • Brian Wilson, center, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in...

    Brian Wilson, center, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • Brian Wilson, right, and musicians take the stage to perform...

    Brian Wilson, right, and musicians take the stage to perform the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JUNE 06: Katy Perry (L) and...

    UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JUNE 06: Katy Perry (L) and Snoop Dogg perform onstage at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Studios on June 6, 2010 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

  • Brian Wilson, left, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in...

    Brian Wilson, left, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • Chance the Rapper poses upon his arrival at the BET...

    Chance the Rapper poses upon his arrival at the BET Awards ceremony, on June 25, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. / AFP PHOTO / CHRIS DELMASCHRIS DELMAS/AFP/Getty Images

  • LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 25: Chance The Rapper accepts...

    LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 25: Chance The Rapper accepts the Humanitarian Award onstage at 2017 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images )

  • Brian Wilson, left, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in...

    Brian Wilson, left, performs the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in concert at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

  • In this June 20, 2017 photo, rapper and actor Ice...

    In this June 20, 2017 photo, rapper and actor Ice Cube poses for a portrait in New York to promote the 25th anniversary re-release of his 1991 solo album, “Death Certificate." (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP)

  • Hip Hop Artist Chance The Rapper during The 59th GRAMMY...

    Hip Hop Artist Chance The Rapper during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)

  • Recording artist Chance the Rapper accepts the award for Best...

    Recording artist Chance the Rapper accepts the award for Best New Artist, from Jennifer Lopez onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

  • CORAL GABLES, FL - JULY 06: Maluma and Piso 21...

    CORAL GABLES, FL - JULY 06: Maluma and Piso 21 perform on stage during Univision's "Premios Juventud" 2017 Celebrates The Hottest Musical Artists And Young Latinos Change-Makers at Watsco Center on July 6, 2017 in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for Univision)

  • LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 06: Rapper Ice Cube performs...

    David Becker/Getty Images

    LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 06: Rapper Ice Cube performs at Daylight Beach Club at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on May 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Daylight Beach Club)

  • CORAL GABLES, FL - JULY 06: Maluma accepts an award...

    CORAL GABLES, FL - JULY 06: Maluma accepts an award during Univision's "Premios Juventud" 2017 Celebrates The Hottest Musical Artists And Young Latinos Change-Makers at Watsco Center on July 6, 2017 in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for Univision)

  • CORAL GABLES, FL - JULY 06: Maluma performs on stage...

    CORAL GABLES, FL - JULY 06: Maluma performs on stage during Univision's "Premios Juventud" 2017 Celebrates The Hottest Musical Artists And Young Latinos Change-Makers at Watsco Center on July 6, 2017 in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for Univision)

of

Expand
Jim Harrington, pop music critic, Bay Area News Group, for his Wordpress profile. (Michael Malone/Bay Area News Group)
PUBLISHED: | UPDATED:

CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device.

It’s another great week for live music in the Bay Area, highlighted by a couple of really hot hip-hop shows, the return of a pop music genius and an intriguing new festival.

Kings of the West

Here’s your chance to see two of the most popular rappers of all time – Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube – on Sept. 14 at the SAP Center at San Jose. The bill also features the Bay Area’s own E-40, West Coast hip-hop pioneer Warren G and acclaimed L.A. outfit Psycho Realm.

The show is part the SAP Center 25 Festival Weekend, a three-day celebration of the venue’s 25th anniversary that runs Sept. 13-15.

Details: 7:30 p.m.; $39-$299; www.ticketmaster.com

Brian Wilson, Zombies

Wilson focuses on two oft-ignored Beach Boys gems — “Friends” and “Surf’s UP” — during his set at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Sept. 13. He’ll be joined onstage by fellow Beach Boys members Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin. The Something Great From ’68 Tour also features the Zombies, the recent inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who will be performing 1968’s “Odessey and Oracle” album in its entirety, plus other material.

Details: 8 p.m.; $79.50-$229.50; www.ticketmaster.com

 

Lights On Festival

The daylong show is curated by H.E.R., the Vallejo R&B artist whose career has been absolutely skyrocketing over the last couple of years.

Joining the Grammy-winning artist on the bill are Jhené Aiko, Daniel Ceasar, Summer Walker, Ari Lennox, Kiana Ledé, DaniLeigh, Lucky Daye, Melii, Tone Stith, LONR, Marc E. Bassy, bLAck pARty and Rayana Jay on Sept. 14 at Concord Pavilion.

Details: 2 p.m.; $50-$125; www.livenation.com

Maluma

The Colombian singer-songwriter-rapper, known for such top 10 smashes as “Felices los 4,” “Borró Cassette,” “El Perdedor” and “Corazón,” performs Sept. 15 as part of the SAP Center Festival Weekend.

Details: 7:30 p.m.; $65-$185; www.ticketmaster.com