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Steven Tyler, by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP The ticket: Pop musicSunday, Aug. 28, 2016 XENIA RUBINOS This dependably vital, consistently inventive singer and rapper continues to twist her Afro-Caribbean cultural and musical roots into unexpected and instantly appealing new branches, the likes of which can be heard on her powerful new album, “Black Cat.” Aug. 31, 9 p.m.
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Bent Knee, by Ben Stas for the Boston Globe The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, Aug. 25, 2016 BLACK SABBATH They say this is our last chance to see three-quarters of the quintessential English heavy-metal band, and you get the sense they’re telling the truth this time. The set list offers no surprises, but think
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Black Sabbath The ticket: Pop musicSunday, Aug. 21, 2016 BLACK SABBATH They say this is our last chance to see three-quarters of the quintessential English heavy-metal band, and you get the sense they’re telling the truth this time. The set list offers no surprises, but think of this as paying your last respects. Aug. 25,
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Zac Brown Band, by Josh Reynolds for the Boston Globe The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, Aug. 18, 2016 ZAC BROWN BAND Though their flag is nominally planted in the country-music world, Brown and his Atlanta cohorts are seasoned hands at reaching across the aisles to invite poptimists, jam-bandsters, and rockers into their party. Saturday’s
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X The ticket: Pop musicSunday, Aug. 14, 2016 X Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake: Now and always, this simply is one of the very best bands that American music has ever produced, punk or otherwise. The group’s latest trek — “Re-Zoomed,” so called because of guitarist Billy’s recovery from a cancer
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EPMD, by Simon Abrams The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, Aug. 11, 2016 EPMD The influential hip-hop duo of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith is back in business again, celebrating its 30th anniversary with a road trip focused on its classic 1988 debut LP, “Strictly Business.” Aug. 13, 8 p.m. $25, advance $22. Middle East,
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Drake, by Scott Legato/FilmMagic The ticket: Pop & rockSunday, Aug. 7, 2016 THE GO-GO’S The band fondly tagged during its heyday as “America’s sweethearts” is calling this a farewell tour — which doesn’t mean you’ll never see the group again, but does suggest chances will be few and far between. Aug. 8, 7 p.m. $35-$45.
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Pearl Jam, by Chad Batka/The New York Times The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, Aug. 4, 2016 PEARL JAM Big hits, deep cuts, surprise guests (Cheap Trick! Sting! Jack White!) — no wonder the current trek by this seasoned Seattle group has been acclaimed far and wide as one of the year’s top tours. Officially
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Bryan Ferry, by Zak Hussein/Getty Images The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 31, 2016 BRYAN FERRY The suave English gentleman vocalist is touring with a crack band that includes longtime guitar associate Neil Hubbard, and playing a set list that ranges from the first Roxy Music album to his latest solo LP, 2014’s “Avonmore” along with
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Garbage The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 28, 2016 GARBAGE Having celebrated their 20th anniversary on tour last fall, Shirley Manson & Co. return to town in support of a strong, dark new album, “Strange Little Birds,” with Kristin Kontrol (Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls) in support. July 28, 8 p.m. $45, $55.
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Super Furry Animals The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 24, 2016 HEART + JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS + CHEAP TRICK They’re calling this trifecta “Rock Hall Three for All,” a play on the Hall of Fame status each band has secured. Heart and Cheap Trick have solid new records, but you’re guaranteed to hear all
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The Julie Ruin, by Shervin Lainez The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 21, 2016 HEART + JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS + CHEAP TRICK They’re calling this trifecta “Rock Hall Three for All,” a play on the Hall of Fame status each band has secured. Heart and Cheap Trick have solid new records, but
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Paul McCartney, by Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 17, 2016 PAUL McCARTNEY Three years after his last jaw-dropping performance at Fenway, Sir Paul’s back to please the masses again this weekend. A glance at Setlist.fm suggests he’s playing a bushel of songs he didn’t get around to last time, while also hitting
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Luke Bryan, by Matthew J. Lee/Boston Globe The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 14, 2016 LUKE BRYAN The pop-country superstar shrugged off his spring break fixation with last year’s “Kill the Lights,” but that doesn’t mean he’s not all about a good time. His Saturday night show has been sold out for ages, but
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Gwen Stefani, by Rich Fury/Invision/AP/File The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 10, 2016 JOE JACKSON Not quite a year after this versatile singer-songwriter played a sold-out Wilbur in support of his latest album, the itinerant and excellent “Fast Forward,” he’s back for another pass. Same disc, same space, but you can count on seeing and hearing
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Swans, by Samantha Marble The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, July 7, 2016 SWANS The swansong arrives for Michael Gira and the present configuration of his reactivated art-rock band, touring in support of a fourth and final album, “The Glowing Man.” Potent as the new disc is (and its predecessors have been), the stage is
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Donald Fagen, by Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella The ticket: Pop musicSunday, July 3, 2016 KING SUNNY ADÉ He didn’t get to tour the US last year because of a visa glitch, but leave it to the iconic king of Nigerian juju to make the best of the situation: Now this concert, presented by World
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Peter Gabriel and Sting, by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 30, 2016 BOB DYLAN + MAVIS STAPLES Here’s a case of iconic performers venturing toward new horizons while moving in opposite directions: Dylan with classic-pop standards made famous by Sinatra, Staples in songs by modern-day troubadours and
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FLAG, by Dmitri Coats The ticket: Pop musicSunday, June 26, 2016 FLAG Whatever one makes of the turmoil continually afflicting the iconic hardcore-punk band Black Flag, there’s no denying the abrasive catharsis songs like “Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie,” “TV Party,” and “My War” provide — and no better way to hear them played right than by
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Quilt, by Daniel Dorsa The week ahead: Pop & rockThursday, June 23, 2016 DEERHOOF Hot on the heels of “Balter/Saunier,” an arrestingly gorgeous collaboration with Chicago new-music ensemble Dal Niente, this inimitable quartet comes to town heralding “The Magic,” its newest collection of tunefully itchy art-pop gems, which arrives the same day. June 24, 8
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