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Golf and music: The American Categorical is a golf match that includes {many professional} golfers, however it additionally hosts two nights of reside music. On Friday, pop vocalist Gwen Stefani will carry out and Saturday will characteristic a rustic set by Hootie and the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker.
Stefani turned a pop and style icon in the course of the ’90s whereas performing within the Southern California ska-punk band No Doubt. Followers could not get sufficient of the vocalist’s picture and persona via the band’s music and movies, which led to some hostility among the many band when Stefani can be the one member featured on journal covers. The video for the one “Do not Communicate” portrayed certainly one of these incidents and the band in an argument.
No Doubt went on hiatus in 2004 after Stefani launched her first solo report “Love. Angel. Music. Child.” and have become a profitable solo artist following the large hit singles “Hollaback Lady” and “Wealthy Lady.” Though No Doubt reunited in 2008, they have been on a second hiatus for eight years whereas Stefani stays targeted on her solo profession.
Following the 2008 breakup of the choice band Hootie and the Blowfish, Rucker started releasing nation music. His cowl of the Outdated Crow Drugs Present single “Wagon Wheel” made it to No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling Nation Songs, Sizzling Nation Airplay and No. 15 on the Sizzling 100 charts, and likewise turned the third Black nation artist to win within the Greatest Nation Solo Efficiency class.
The live performance stage shall be on the driving vary at PGA West, with concert events beginning at roughly 5 pm after play on these days. A basic admission ticket to look at golf in the course of the day is $79 and can embody entry to the concert events.
If you happen to go: Friday and Saturday, 2023 American Categorical, 56-150 PGA Blvd., La Quinta. $79. theamexgolf.com
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Jazz: The Monterey Jazz Pageant is celebrating its sixty fifthth anniversary with a tour that includes jazz musicians Dee Dee Bridgewater (vocals), Kurt Elling (vocals), Christian Sands (musical director, piano and keyboards), Lakecia Benjamin (alto saxophone), Yasushi Nakamura (bass) and Clarence Penn (drums).
The ensemble will carry out on Thursday on the McCallum Theatre.
If you happen to go: 7 pm Thursday, McCallum Theatre, 73-000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert. $45 to $85. 760-340-2787. mccallumtheatre.com
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Various: It has been 14 years since vocalist Steven Web page walked away from the band Barenaked Women after huge business success. However the Canadian singer-songwriter has since recorded 5 albums, wrote music for the play “Bartholomew Truthful: A Comedy” and carried out within the Canadian supergroup Trans-Canada Highwaymen.
Web page will carry out Friday at Pappy and Harriet’s.
If you happen to go: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Pappy and Harriet’s, 53-688 Pioneertown Highway, Pioneertown. $30. 760-228-2222. pappyandharriets.com
saturday
Pop: Practice has an Americana sound that works in mainstream pop music and has generated many hits reminiscent of “Calling All Angels” and the catchy “Hey Soul Sister.” See for your self on Saturday when the band performs at Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino.
Whereas Practice was a breakout hit within the early 2000s. It took two years following the 1998 launch of the band’s self-titled debut to see any chart success when “Meet Virginia” reached No. 20 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart. Practice adopted with the 2001 “Drops of Jupiter” and the title single, “ella She ella’s On Fireplace” and “One thing Extra” all charted.
Practice fell off the radar in 2006 following the disappointing critiques and gross sales of its fourth album “For Me, It is You” and took a two-year hiatus. When Practice returned in 2009, “Hey Soul Sister” went to No. 3 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart and received a Grammy award. Since then, the band noticed extra success via the 2010s and has maintained a loyal viewers.
If you happen to go: 8 pm Saturday, Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino, 84-245 Indio Springs Parkway, Indio. $59 to $109. 760-342-5000. fantasyspringsresort.com
Nation: Among the finest nation music was recorded in the course of the ’70s and that is the music that conjures up Los Angeles singer-songwriter Tyler from the North. Tyler’s discography options the five-song EP “Well being and Health,” and two 2022 singles, “White Knights” and “High 10.”
His country-meets-rock sound is catchy and danceable. See for your self when he performs Saturday at AWE Bar.
If you happen to go: 7 pm Saturday, AWE Bar, 56-193 Twentynine Palms Freeway, Yucca Valley. Free. 760-853-0090. awe-bar.com
Desert Solar reporter Brian Blueskye covers arts and leisure. He will be reached at brian.blueskye@desertsun.com or on Twitter at @bblueskye.