San Francisco Archives

The line-up for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB) in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will feature Lucinda Williams, with Australia’s Courtney Barnett, Samara Joy, The String Cheese Incident, Reverend Horton Heat, Watchhouse, Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Dan Tyminski Band, Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, and Chuck Prophet and His Cumbia Shoes.

Metallica gave their hometown fans in San Francisco a special treat with two shows with setlist one played in chronological order from the first album to most recent and second show, a completely different setlist with the albums compiled from now until then.

Matt Harris, bass player for The Posies and before that Oranger, has passed away. A cause of death has not been announced.

Metallica will no longer be touring Australia and New Zealand in October.

The once iconic Fillmore West in San Francisco was until recently a Honda dealership. Well, it is going to be a music venue again.

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has slammed the next President of the Divided States of America for his election reality TV scare campaign designed to manipulate people.

Green Day has premiered the video for “Still Breathing”.

Metallica are set to release their new album Hardwired…To Self Destruct on November 18th via their own label Blackened Recordings, and have announced a series of special events in London to celebrate release weekend.

Green Day is about to add one more accolade to their history. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members have been named Global Icons by MTV and will be presented with the honor at the EMAs.

Metallica’s ‘Hardwired … To Self Destruct’ album is just weeks away and a third song has been released as a prelude.

Chris Isaak has been forced to pull the plug on seventeen shows, the balance of his 2016 touring commitments, after battling pneumonia.

Green Day is on a major roll with the ‘Revolution Radio’ album set for a number one debut this week in the USA.

Green Day will bring their ‘Revolution Radio’ tour to Australia and New Zealand in April and May.

After a slight delay, Green Day finally opened their Revolution Radio World Tour on Monday night at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH.

Metallica’s second taste of the upcoming ‘Hardwired…To Self Destruct’ album is ‘Moth Into Flame’.

Green Day has premiered ‘Still Breathing’, the third song from the upcoming album ‘Revolution Radio’.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were just one of a number of new and veteran artists that played parties around San Francisco in the nights leading up to the Super Bowl.

Sammy Hagar and James Hetfield will get out their acoustic guitars for the second annual Acoustic 4 A Cure in San Francisco in May.

San Francisco will host the eighth Outside Lands Festival on August 7 through 9 in Golden Gate Park and, on Tuesday, announced an eclectic lineup that includes Australia’s Chet Faker and Tame Impala.

Metallica are no strangers to playing at sports events, but they’ve never done it before on ice.

The Beatles played their final live concert in Candlestick Park, San Francisco 48 years ago. On Thursday night, Paul McCartney played what will be the final concert ever in Candlestick Park.

The official website of Scott McKenzie has been updated with the news of the passing of the singer/songwriter on Saturday.

The song’s creator Scott McKenzie has died in Los Angeles at the age of 73. ‘If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear a flower in your hair’ is one of the great hippy songs of its era and defined San Francisco in the 60s.