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12/2: Gloriana
@ Sycuan Casino, sycuan.com
Country threesome best known for its 2011 hit, “(Kissed You) Good Night.”
12/4: Slightly Stoopid
@ Observatory North Park ,
observatorysd.com
These Ocean Beach -based boys dropped their eighth studio album, Meanwhile...Back at the Lab, in June. Slightly Stoopid also plays at the Belly Up Tavern on 12/5.
12/4: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
@ Valley View Casino Center,
valleyviewcasinocenter.com
Progressive rockers on the road to promote their new album, Letters from the Labyrinth, which dropped November 13.
12/4: Adam Lambert
@ San Diego Civic Theatre, sandiegotheatres.org
In June, this Season Eight American Idol runner-up dropped The Original High, his third pop album.
12/5: Tori Kelly
@ Petco Park, channel933.com
Pop singer-songwriter Tori Kelly headlines Channel 933’s FREEcember concert (free admission with an unwrapped toy donation) with support from Alessia Cara and Max.
12/5: Slightly Stoopid
@ Belly Up Tavern, bellyup.com
Also playing 12/4 at Observatory North Park (see 12/4 entry above).
12/9: Ghost Town
@ SOMA, somasandiego.com
Kevin “Ghost” McCullough, Alix “Monster” Koochaki and Manny “Drummer” Dominick compose this electronic rock outfit.
12/10-11: Tribal Seeds
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
In 2014, this San Diego-based roots/reggae band’s Representing album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s reggae chart.
12/11: Eli Young Band
@ House of Blues, hob.com
This country foursome’s first chart-topping hit, “Crazy Girl” (2011), earned the band an Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year.
12/11: Our Last Night
@ SOMA, somasandiego.com
These punk rockers have covered songs by Maroon 5, Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus .
12/12: The Maine
@ The Irenic, theIrenic.com
Five-piece alt. rock band on the road to promote its new album, American Candy, which dropped in March.
12/12: Agnostic Front
@ Til-Two Club, tiltwoclub.com
Hardcore punk band out of NYC.
12/13: Lights
@ House of Blues, hob.com
The Canadian electro-soul artist wraps her month-long U.S. tour at this show in San Diego.
12/12: Dance Gavin Dance
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
Screamo quintet headlining the 10 Year Anniversary tour with Slaves, A Lot Like Birds, Dayshell and Strawberry Girls.
12/12: KSON CountryFest Christmas
@ Del Mar Fairgrounds, kson.com
Country artists Scotty McCreery , Love and Theft, Raelynn and Chase Bryant perform at KSON’s annual holiday-themed mini music festival.
12/12: Will Downing
@ Sycuan Casino, sycuan.com
Grammy Award-winning R&B artist on the road in support of his new album, Chocolate Drops, which dropped in March.
12/13: Jennifer Nettles
@ Pechanga Resort & Casino, pechanga.com
Half of mega-successful country duo Sugarland, singer-songwriter Jennifer Nettles released her debut studio album, That Girl, in January 2014. In advance of her forthcoming sophomore solo album, Nettles released a new single, “Sugar,” in July, and will complete her 20-stop Playing with Fire tour (with openers Brandy Clark and Ryan Kinder) at this show in Temecula.
12/13: 91X Wrex the Halls
@ Valley View Casino Center, valleyviewcasinocenter.com
Alt. rockers Jane’s Addiction, indie rock bands The Wombats and Foals, hip-hop duo Run the Jewels and others perform during this annual holiday music fest.
12/15: Cheap Trick
@ Belly Up Tavern, bellyup.com
In October, the rock band best known for 1977’s “I Want You to Want Me” was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
12/15: The 1975
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
These indie rockers plan to release their sophomore album, I Like It When You Sleep for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, in February 2016.
12/16: Chris Tomlin
@ Balboa Theatre, sandiegotheatres.org
In 2013, this Christian music singer-songwriter’s Burning Lights album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
12/16: Muse
@ Valley View Casino Center, valleyviewcasinocenter.comShania Twain’s ex-hubby, Robert John “Mutt” Lang, produced this Grammy Award-winning alt. rock band’s seventh album, Drones, which dropped in March.
12/16: Chris Tomlin
@ Balboa Theatre, sandiegotheatres.org
In 2013, this Christian music singer-songwriter’s Burning Lights album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
12/17: Ghostface Killah
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
Rapper Dennis Cole, aka Ghostface Killah, is also a member of hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
12/17: Volumes
@ SOMA, somasandiego.com
This metal band covered Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home” on the Punk Goes Pop 6 album.
12/18: Rick Springfield
@ House of Blues, hob.com
In August, this rocker starred opposite Meryl Streep in the film Ricki and the Flash.
12/18: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
Five-piece R&B group most recognized for “Tha Crossroads,” its 1999 hit and tribute to deceased rapper Eazy-E.
12/18: Machine Head
@ Ramona Mainstage, ramonamainstage.com
Metal foursome on its international Bloodstone & Diamonds tour through March.
12/20: Mo?tley Cru?e
@ SDSU’s Viejas Arena, as.sdsu.edu
Tommy Lee and his hard rock crew plan to retire after this tour, The Final Tour, which wraps on New Year’s Eve.
12/29: Chet Faker
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
This electro soul artist’s cover of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” was featured in a Beck’s Sapphire beer commercial during the 2013 Super Bowl .
12/30: The Academy Is...
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
These Illinois rockers reunited for their month-long 10 Year Anniversary tour, which wraps on this night in America’s Finest.
12/31: Skylar Grey
@ Parq Nightclub, parqsd.com
Pop/rocker Holly Brook Hafermann, aka Skylar Grey, co-wrote Eminem and Rihanna’s 2010 hit single “Love the Way You Lie.”
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