Far from trying to curate anything, or even connecting the present to the neighborhood’s rock ’n’ roll legacy, the Sunset Strip Music Festival last Saturday merely offered something for everybody. Fans responded with their pocketbooks and feet: The festival appeared more crowded that 2012’s Motley Crue-headlined party, although promoters put the attendance at the same […]
While the Sunset Strip Music Festival and the city of West Hollywood were busy looking backwards last week, veteran rocker Joan Jett was looking into the future. No sooner had she been honored with a “Joan Jett Day” proclamation than Jett announced she would be releasing “Unvarnished,” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ 14th album and […]
Setting aside your obsession with rock-star divorces, here are tonight’s shows: ‣ Big day on the Sunset Strip: The street fair portion of the Sunset Strip Music Festival brings Linkin Park, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Wale, AWOLNATION, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, Logic, Asher Roth, Street Drum Corps, Finch, Warren G., Orgy, Andy Clockwise, […]
Set times have been announced for Saturday’s finale of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, which features three outdoor stages, indoor sets at the Roxy and the Whisky and more, culminating in a 9:30 p.m. headlining set by Linkin Park. Sunset Boulevard will be closed to traffic between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard. The festival […]
Incoming: System of a Down, Sunset Strip Music Festival, HARD Summer, Writer, Bad Rabbits, Sebadoh, Franz Ferdinand, We the Kings, Dr. John, Joan Jett, Xavier Rudd, Son Volt, Shye Ben-Tzur, El-P, the Decoders, Ours, Casey Veggies, the Sword, ZZ Top, Tony Bennett, the Presets, Kitten, the Icarus Line, Daughn Gibson, Blackalicious, José James, Ozomatli, Scott […]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, AWOLNATION, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Wale and Logic will join previously announced headliners Linkin Park on the outdoor stages of the three-day Sunset Strip Music Festival on Aug. 3. Street Drum Corps, Asher Roth and Finch were among the other lineup additions announced for the two stages on Sunset Boulevard […]
The Sunset Strip Music Festival loves rock ’n’ roll. You don’t even have to put another dime in the jukebox, baby. The festival this year will honor the woman who made that love her calling card, Joan Jett, it was announced today. The iconic rock frontwoman who launched her career at age 15 with the […]
Linkin Park has been announced as the headliner for this year’s street party portion of the Sunset Strip Music Festival on Aug. 3. The full lineup for the multiple-day, multiple-venue festival, including the SSMF’s annual honorees, has yet to be revealed. For the two-stage outdoor festival on Saturday, Sunset Boulevard will be closed to traffic […]
By Dani Miskell The Sunset Strip Music Festival fell short of the standard set the previous two years, and by the end of Saturday’s street festival it was apparent that the festivities offered a lot more for party animals than it did music fans. Sure, you had the Strip’s iconic venues and delicious food trucks […]
Incoming: Sunset Strip Music Festival, Rock the Bells, Grandaddy, the Kills, Alabama Shakes, Michael Kiwanuka, Dead Can Dance, Regina Spektor, Peter Murphy, Neil Diamond, Amadou & Miriam, HoneyHoney, the Henry Clay People, Zola Jesus, Fun., Filter and more. Above: Peter Murphy, the 55-year-old “Godfather of Goth,” recently told the Sunset Strip Music Festival blog that […]
