Also on Wednesday: Rivers Cuomo, Low Hum, Japandroids, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Styx, the Struts, Dear Nora, Moxi, Singer & the Scientist, Cosmic Kitten, Astronomyy, Subhumans, Dana Williams
Also on Tuesday: TOMI, Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, Greg Holden, Sarah Walk, Foxtrails, Joe Marson, JoJo, Subhumans
Incoming: Paul Simon, EELS, Hinds, Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, Japandroids, the Struts, Steely Dan, JoJo, Mellowdrone, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, James Taylor, Okkervil River, Curtis Harding, Mating Ritual, Liz Phair, Buckcherry, Pink, the Dead Milkmen, Poolside, Tuxedo, Dr. Dog, Lord Huron, GZA, Calexico, Greg Laswell, Ray Lamontagne, Jonah Matranga
Foo Fighters’ long, guest-star-filled set capped a one-day festival highlighted by Queens of the Stone Age, Cage the Elephant, Liam Gallagher and the Kills.
Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age top the bill for Cal Jam, a one-day festival Oct. 7 at Glen Helen Regional Park. The original Cal Jam was held in 1974.
The return of Japandroids — in support of their first album in five years, “Near to the Wild Heart of Life” — thrilled a sold-out crowd at the Fonda Theatre.
Also on Friday: Pure Bathing Culture, the Japanese House, Lady Lamb, Chastity Belt, the Molochs, Jungle Fire, Terry Malts, Hey Violet, Salt-N-Pepa, the Beta Machine, Café Tacvba, Darkest Hour
Also on Thursday: Ghostface Killah, Greg Graffin, Imelda May, Youngr, G. Love & Special Sauce, LVL UP, Death by Unga Bunga, Surf Curse, Daya, Charlie Wilson, the Soft White Sixties, Bebe Rexha
Incoming: Spoon, Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bash & Pop, Thrice, Bebe Rexha, Bon Jovi, Milky Chance, the Drums, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Japandroids, Ghostface Killah, Imelda May, Dead Sara, Greg Gaffin, Café Tacvba, the Japanese House, STRFKR
Canadian duo Japandroids are back after five years with their third album, “Near to the Wild Heart of Life,” out Friday. They play the Fonda Theatre on March 9 and 10.
