Metallica, with Local H and Volbeat (at Gillette Stadium)

Boston Globe: Metallica basks in its bragging rights

Feature: The Pixies

Boston Globe: Pixies making it up as they go

Queen Latifah with the Boston Pops (at Symphony Hall)

Boston Globe: After a Pops’ homage to Williams, Queen Latifah strikes her own chord

Amanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel, I Can Spin a Rainbow

Boston Globe: A big chill from Amanda Palmer on ‘I Can Spin a Rainbow’

(Palmer's response, sort of. And on Facebook.)