Week’s concerts: Nile Rodgers, Fleet Foxes
There’s a wide range — and we mean wide! — of concert choices for Bay Area music fans this week. Here are our top picks, including Nile Rodgers & Chic, Judas Priest and Fleet Foxes.
Nile Rodgers & Chic: Head on over to the Fox Theater in Oakland tonight to hear these disco/rock/funk champs unleash such ’70s classics as “Good Times,” “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah),” “Everybody Dance” and, of course, “Le Freak.” The English Beat opens the gig, making this, without question, the best doubleheader of the month. It will be great to hear Dave Wakeling and company rock through such favorites as “Mirror in the Bathroom,” “Save It for Later” and “I Confess.” Details: 8 p.m.; $55-$75, www.ticketmaster. com.
Judas Priest: The heavy metal legends are out on the road in support of their first new album in four years, “Firepower,” and perform tonight at the Warfield in San Francisco. Saxon and Black Star Riders are also on the bill. Details: 7 p.m.; $69.50-$95, www.axs.com.
Fleet Foxes: The Seattle indie-folk band supports last year’s “Crack-Up” — the long-awaited follow-up to 2011’s “Helplessness Blues” — on Friday at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Amen Dunes opens the show. Details >> 8 p.m.; $49.50, www.ticketmaster.com.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: These acclaimed rockers return to the Bay Area for a two-night stand — Monday and Tuesday — at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Tyler Childers and Lillie Mae also appear. Details: 8 p.m.; $23-$25, www.slimspresents.com.
Enrique Bunbury: The great rock en espanol star supports his latest chart-topper, “Expectativas,” on Tuesday at The Masonic in San Francisco. Details: 8 p.m.; $45-$125, www.livenation.com.
Kristen Strom: The saxophonist performs two shows, featuring music from Joe Henderson’s 1993 release “So Near, So Far,” on Saturday at the SFJazz Center in San Francisco. Details: 7:30 and 9 p.m.; $20, www.sfjazz.org.