When Kesha, then known as KE$HA, was waking up in the morning feeling like P Diddy, she was the most obnoxious newcomer since the Beastie Boys. Like that intergalactic trio, she surprised everyone by refusing to be the gimmicky flash in the pan, voice of a specific year, that many critics predicted she’d be. She defied expectations with Warrior, a banger of a sophomore album, then fought a very public abuse case against her former producer that prevented her from releasing new music for five years. She came out the other end with Rainbow, hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. July 4th, her new album comes out on her own Kesha Records.
Thu, 7pm, $53-$1,061
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View
