Three bands that dominated radio airwaves in the 1990s and 2000s have joined forces for the promising Rock and Roll Express Tour. The bands -- headliner 3 Doors Down, Collective Soul and opener Soul Asylum -- will come to the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook on Lake Winnipesaukee tonight for a triple bill of hits, hits and more hits.   Read More >>

Albert Mazibuko lived through the start and end of apartheid in South Africa, watched his cousin Joseph Shabalala form Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1960, and has been part of the group since 1969. Mazibuko has never been to Lowell.   Read More >>

He is the voice behind dozens of the biggest radio hits of the 1970s, '80s and '90s. He has played all around the country and all over the globe, but now Peter Cetera's coming to Boarding House Park in Lowell this weekend as part of the Lowell Summer Music Series.   Read More >>

The swish of the net. The crack of the bat. The sound of the cannons firing. Those have been the traditional sounds you used to hear at TD Garden, Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium when the Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox and Patriots were in town.   Read More >>

Ever walk into a coffee shop early and hear a song that sounds good, only to be disappointed that you can't figure out who it is before you leave? Or maybe you're waiting for your favorite act to come onstage and they play some music to warm the crowd up, but again, there's no announcement as to who it is, so you can't figure out who is performing.   Read More >>

People originally thought of Lawrence Gowan as "the guy who replaced Dennis DeYoung," so to hear the Styx keyboardist say 2018 is his "20th year with the band" is a bit jarring. The passage of time is not lost on Styx, a group of relentless road warriors who come to Boston next week as part of a co-headlining summer tour with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.   Read More >>

CHELMSFORD -- Chelmsford Center for the Arts hosts Chick Singer Night on Saturday, June 23. The show, a celebration of women in music, begins at 7:30 p.m., and features performers Sandy Spence, Colleen Nicholas, Marissa Michaela and Jillian Dawn, as well as "Are You Man Enough" with AttiK Band -- Jeff Hardy, Karl Haberl, Jack Reid.   Read More >>

She has sold millions of albums, won plenty of awards, and been a staple of country-music radio (with some cross-over success on the pop chart as well), so it's kind of a big deal that Sara Evans is coming to Blue Ocean Music Hall in Salisbury.   Read More >>

Though they are often classified as New Wave, dance rock or even an art-pop band, there's no doubt The B-52s are perhaps America's pre-eminent party rock band. In fact, if you were building a Mount Rushmore of party-rock acts for the past half century, you'd probably have K.   Read More >>

A nationwide tour opening in the Boston area is exciting enough, but when the group opening their tour here next week is Dead & Company, well, that's even better. Indeed, the jam-band supergroup, featuring members of The Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band and Ratdog, as well as John Mayer, will open their three-month, 26-date summer tour Wednesday, May 30, at Xfinity Center in Mansfield.   Read More >>