Year in Photos 2019: Pop, Rock, and Jazz
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Despite Santa Barbara’s small size, it attracts some of the largest rock stars on tour. This year was no exception. The 1975 front man Matt Healy and the rest of the Manchester band brought some serious energy to their set at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
Photo: Paul Wellman
Sameer Gadhia, vocalist for Young the Giant, took the Bowl audience on a rock-and-roll ride.
Photo: Paul Wellman
Hozier stopped in Santa Barbara twice in 2019 on his 'Wasteland, Baby!' tour — the Arlington in the spring and the Bowl in the fall.
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Rock legends ZZ Top entertained a sold-out crowd at the Arlington with hits such as “Legs” and “Sharp Dressed Man.”
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Lionel Richie wooed fans with his “getting old” jokes and all of his hits.
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Electric blues for a new century is what Gary Clark Jr. brought to the Bowl stage at his October concert.
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Thom Yorke (sans Radiohead) was in top form for his Bowl show, in which he blended a palette of electronica punctuated by piano ballads.
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Florence + the Machine bewitched the Bowl crowd as she skipped, twirled, and floated barefoot across the stage.
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Folk-pop siren Maggie Rogers stopped in town on her 'Heard It in a Past Life' tour.
Photo: Paul Wellman
