Music / Nightlife

Boasting a lineup of hitmakers from the current rock charts, 107.7 The End’s Deck the Hall Ball offered a rich musical feast Tuesday at KeyArena.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at 107.7 The End.

The long-running alternative-music station, which made its debut in the early ’90s, is gearing up for its annual Deck the Hall Ball, an eight-hour concert marathon Tuesday, Dec. 9, at KeyArena.

Mary Lambert at Sasquatch! 2014 (Genevieve Alvarez)

The eclectic lineup for KISS 106.1 FM’s Jingle Ball includes Mary Lambert (shown here), Lindsey Stirling, Fences, Jake Miller, Rixton and Magic! But Lambert will be the belle of this ball, particularly now that Fall Out Boy, originally scheduled for the show, has canceled.

(Eddie Wolfl)

It’s been a milestone year for Motown legend and former child prodigy Stevie Wonder, whose soul-stirring songs have brought him millions of fans and more than two dozen Grammy Awards.
The beloved musician recently received two national honors, in addition to launching one of his most ambitious tours in years.

Fleetwood Mac keyboardist Christine McVie acknowledges the crowd as Stevie Nicks gives her a shout out before starting the song “Dreams” at the Tacoma Dome. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

With the return of singer-pianist Christine McVie after a 16-year absence, a re-energized Fleetwood Mac wowed a near-capacity crowd with a powerful, sometimes explosive concert Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Tacoma Dome.

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More than 20 years ago — a time when such artists as Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey ruled the pop and R&B charts — a 13-year-old singer and dancer named Usher graduated from “Star Search” to a soaring career that would lead to album sales of more than 50 million and…

Bob Dylan’s so-called Never Ending Tour, a string of concert treks that have kept him on the road nearly nonstop since 1988, will someday end with Dylan’s final bow.

But for now, the folk-rock icon with the gravelly voice, poetic songs and enigmatic personality shows few signs of slowing down.

If experiencing Dylan in concert is on your bucket list, there’s no sense in putting it off. The 73-year-old troubadour and his seasoned, five-piece band were in fine form Friday night for the first of three concerts at the Paramount Theatre, performing to a near-capacity crowd spanning several generations.

After decades of performing, the “Rocket Man” is still soaring.

Elton John’s current globe-trotting tour includes a concert with Bright Light Bright Light (Welsh-bred Rod Thomas) Saturday, Sept. 27, at KeyArena. According to early reviews, the show is a boisterous, piano-pounding, two-hour career retrospective stocked with such hits as “Bennie and the Jets,” “Candle in the Wind” (his famous tribute to Marilyn Monroe), “Tiny Dancer,” “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and “Rocket Man.”

  Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell is throwing his support to the national “15 Now” campaign for a $15 minimum wage.   Cornell joins his former Audioslave collaborator Tom Morello (also of Rage Against the Machine) in a performance at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave. E. Cornell will perform Audioslave songs with…

The music menu at the Washington State Fair isn’t all country.

Buoyed by its hit “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ’Em Up),” from the 2013 album “Save Rock and Roll,” early 2000s emo heroes Fall Out Boy (pictured) appear Friday, Sept. 12.