Lake Street Dive begins an extensive US summer tour at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville tonight. The cross-country tour continues with headline and festival sets, as well as three shows supporting Jack Johnson and four with Amos Lee. The band also heads to Los Angeles for a special performance at the Hollywood Bowl for the Jazz at the Bowl series.

The Staves begin a nine-city tour across the UK and Ireland with a sold-out show at Gorilla in Manchester tonight. The tour includes additional headline shows at venues in Belfast, Galway, Limerick, Glasgow, Barrow in Furness, and Brighton, as well as sets at the Forbidden Fruit Festival in Dublin and Bushstock Festival in London.

This Memorial Day weekend, Fleet Foxes lead four-night run at Sydney Opera House … Jeremy Denk joins Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra … Richard Goode gives solo recital at Bath Festival … Tigran Hamasyan tours Japan … Berg's Lulu is performed in Rome … Audra McDonald is in Bethesda, Westhampton … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in France, Spain … The Staves are at BottleRock Napa … Chris Thile concludes US duo tour with Béla Fleck …

Fleet Foxes, who launched their Crack-Up world tour in the Pacific Northwest this week, have announced that the last of their four consecutive nights of shows at the Sydney Opera House in Australia will stream live via the band's Facebook page. Fans around the world can tune in live on Monday, May 29, at 8 PM in Sydney, 11 AM in London, 6 AM on the US East Coast, and bright and early (late?) at 3 AM on the West Coast, or watch it again after the concert is complete. The Fleet Foxes' shows at the Sydney Opera House, May 26–29, are part of the Vivid LIVE celebration at the iconic venue.

Brad Mehldau Trio plays sold-out show at London's Barbican Hall … Laurie Anderson joins Philip Glass in UK … Jeremy Denk performs at Bath Festival ... Fleet Foxes play intimate hometown show in Seattle … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Moscow … Emmylou Harris joins Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams at SFJAZZ … Kronos Quartet tours Europe … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in Scandinavia … Conor Oberst brings Salutations to Texas … Joshua Redman tours Europe with Jorge Rossy … Chris Thile hosts A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul … Caetano Veloso, Teresa Cristina are in Amsterdam … and more …

Fleet Foxes kicked off their world tour, featuring music from the forthcoming album Crack-Up, with intimate shows in Missoula and Spokane on Monday and Tuesday, to be followed by shows in Portland and the band's hometown of Seattle this week. Ahead of these concerts, the band's first in the US in six years, they gathered in Seattle to rehearse. They've shared behind-the-scenes footage from the rehearsals in a video by Sean Pecknold, which you can watch here.

Fleet Foxes, which releases its highly anticipated third album, Crack-Up, June 16 on Nonesuch, performs its first US concerts in six years with four special shows at select intimate theaters in the Pacific Northwest this week, in Missoula, Spokane, Portland, and Seattle. The band leads a four-night run at the Sydney Opera House, May 26–29, and tours across Europe and the US through the end of the year.

Laurie Anderson leads three-day residency in Dublin … Sam Amidon joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra … Jeremy Denk brings Medieval to Modern to California … Rhiannon Giddens plays New York City, Philadelphia … Audra McDonald performs at New Jersey Benefit Gala … Brad Mehldau Trio is in Norway … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in eastern Europe … Conor Oberst brings Salutations to California … Chris Thile hosts A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul … Caetano Veloso, Teresa Cristina are in Belgium, Luxembourg … and more …

Conor Oberst was the musical guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden. He performed "Too Late to Fixate," from his new album, Salutations, joined by The Felice Brothers as his backing band, along with the legendary drummer Jim Keltner, all of whom performed on the album. Watch it here. Oberst, backed by The Felice Brothers, begins the next leg of his US tour in California, with shows in Grass Valley, Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Diego, this week. The tour continues through the summer with headlining shows and festival sets, from Austin to Omaha, Birmingham to Brooklyn, Boston, DC, and more.

The Brad Mehldau Trio return to Europe and the UK for a mostly sold-out two week tour, beginning at the beautiful, new Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg tonight. The tour continues with shows in Sweden and Norway, then heads to the UK for dates in Leeds, Manchester, Norwich, London, and Bath, and culminates back in Germany with a set at JazzFest Bonn on May 22.

Lake Street Dive, Rhiannon Giddens play New Orleans Jazz Fest … John Adams conducts his Saxophone Concerto in Amsterdam … Laurie Anderson is in Chicago … Olivia Chaney is in Liverpool … Richard Goode performs in California … Tigran Hamasyan brings An Ancient Observer home to Armenia … Kronos Quartet is in Sweden … The Magnetic Fields conclude 50 Song Memoir tour in Seattle … Pat Metheny, Caetano Veloso, Teresa Cristina tour Italy … Nico Muhly, Teitur perform Confessions in Denmark … and more ...

Celebrate Brooklyn!—one of New York City's longest running, free, outdoor performing arts festivals—has announced the complete line-up for this summer's concert series in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Among the featured performers this year are several artists familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal: Lake Street Dive, Conor Oberst, Fleet Foxes, Sam Amidon, Amadou & Mariam, and Youssou N'Dour.