24 South Bay Accent
CALENDAR
perform with four-time Grammy
winner and rock trailblazer Pat
Benatar, joined by Neil Giraldo.
Tickets $90-$310. Wente Vineyards,
5050 Arroyo Road, Livermore.
925/456-2424.
Dave Koz & Larry Graham.
Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m. Montalvo
favorite Dave Koz is joined
by jazz guitarist Larry Graham
in the beautiful outdoor Lilian
Fontaine Garden Theatre. Tickets
$35-$125.50. Lilian Fontaine
Garden Theatre, Montalvo Arts
Center, 15400 Montalvo Road,
Saratoga. 408/961-5800.
Idina Menzel. Aug. 26, 8 p.m.
Tony-Award winner Idina Menzel
graces our presence at the
Muse, Sep. 15, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View
Greek Theatre in Berkeley this summer.
Besides being a regular on Broadway, Idina
is also an actress, singer/songwriter and voice
actor. Her most memorable voice work was in
Disney’s “Enchanted,” in which she sang the
Oscar and Grammy Award-winning song ”Let
It Go.” Tickets $39.50-$149.50. Greek Theatre,
Gayley Road, Berkeley. 510/809-0100.
Kings of Leon. Aug. 24, 7 p.m. This fourtime
Grammy winning band puts together
the perfect blend of Southern rock, blues,
alternative and arena rock sound. Kings of
Leon achieved two Brit Awards in 2008, and
all three of their albums at the time peaked
in the top five of the UK Albums Chart.
Rock out to classics such as “Sex on
Fire,” “Use Somebody” and “Pyro.”
Tickets $24-$663. Shoreline
Amphitheater, 1 Amphitheatre
Parkway, Mountain View.
650/967-4040.
Dwight Yoakam. Aug. 24,
8 p.m. Multiple Grammy
Award-winner Dwight
Yoakam is a pioneer of
country music and has
sold more than 25 million
albums worldwide.
Yoakam has 12 gold
albums and nine platinum
albums,
with five of
those albums
topping Billboard’s
Country
Albums
chart. Come
hear him in
August as he
highlights the
classic songs
that put his
name on the
the longest-running and most
successful rock bands. Chicago
has sold more than 100 million
records and has had five
No. 1 albums and 21 Top 10
singles. The band was inducted
into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2016. Tickets
$31-$486. Mountain Winery,
14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga.
408/741-2822.
SEPTEMBER
Chris Stapleton. Sept. 1, 7
p.m. Chris Stapleton is a singer
songwriter and guitarist
who has had six country No. 1
songs, including the five-week
chart-topper “Never Wanted Nothing More,”
recorded by Kenny Chesney, “Love’s Gonna
Make It Alright,” recorded by George Strait,
and “Come Back Song,” recorded by Darius
Rucker. Tickets $45-$515. Shoreline Amphitheater,
1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain
View. 650/967-4040.
Lost ’80s Live. Sept. 2, 6:30 p.m. Get your
fanny packs ready! Lost ’80s Live will get you
back into the spirit that iconic musical decade.
Hear from Tony Hadley, formerly of Spandau
Ballet, Cutting Crew, Wang Chung, Berlin,
The Flirts, Naked Eyes, Missing Persons, The
Motels and Pretty Poison. Tickets $21-$279.
Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga.
408/741-2822.
Foreigner. Sept. 2, 6 p.m. Foreigner is one of
the world’s best-selling bands of all time, having
sold more than 80 million records worldwide,
including 37.5 million records in the
U.S. alone, since the ’70s. In 2016, Foreigner
celebrated its 40th anniversary by releasing
a limited edition 10-inch vinyl EP, “The
Flame Still Burns.” Tickets $17-$515. Shoreline
Amphitheater, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway,
Mountain View. 650/967-4040.
Nickelback. Sept. 3, 6 p.m. Canadian poprock
band Nickelback has sold more than
50 million albums worldwide and ranks as
the 11th best-selling music act and second
best-selling foreign act in the U.S. of the
2000s, just behind the Beatles. Nickelback’s
song “How You Remind Me,” was listed
as the best-selling rock song of the decade.
Tickets $21-$641. Shoreline Amphitheater,
1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View.
650/967-4040.
I Love the ’90s. Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m. If you’re
still a fan of crimped hair, overalls with the
straps down, mood rings or terrycloth wristbands,
then this is the show for you. Groove
out to Salt N Pepa, Color Me Badd, O-Town
and Young MC. Tickets $89-$600. Mountain
Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga.
408/741-2822.
Gladys Knight. Sept. 7, 8 p.m. The seventime
Grammy winner, “The Empress of Soul,”
charts. Tickets $80-$300. Wente Vineyards,
5050 Arroyo Road, Livermore. 925/456-2424.
OneRepublic. Aug. 26, 7 p.m. OneRepublic
released their debut album, “Dreaming Out
Loud,” in 2007. Its lead single, “Apologize,”
was remixed by Timbaland, making the band
a huge international success, reaching No. 1
in 16 countries and earning them a Grammy
Award nomination. Tickets $25-$653. Shoreline
Amphitheater, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway,
Mountain View. 650/967-4040.
ZZ Top & The Doobie Brothers. Aug.
29, 7 p.m. ZZ Top is known for their bluesinspired
rock sound, incorporated with new
wave, punk rock and dance-rock. Join them
in August as they pair up with the Doobie
Brothers, the San Jose band that has sold
more than 40 million albums worldwide.
Tickets $31-$1,503. Mountain
Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga.
408/741-2822.
Smokey Robinson. Aug. 30, 8
p.m. With his eternally smooth
and instantly recognizable falsetto,
the legendary singer,
songwriter and producers honey
coated voice is the audio
equivalent of comfort for the
soul. Join him at Wente
Vineyards as he shows
his audience a night
of great Motown.
Tickets $80-$300.
Wente Vineyards,
5050 Arroyo
Road, Livermore.
925/456-2424.
Chicago. Aug.
30, 7:30 p.m.
Known for its
experimental,
soft rock sound,
Chicago was
formed in the
late ’60s in its
namesake city
and is one of
Iliza Shlesinger, Sep. 28–30,
San Jose Improv