On December 20, 2025, the culmination of California’s legendary musical history will come together for one night only.
WAR, Tower of Power and Poncho Sanchez will unite for an evening of the quintessential California playlist, and the night will be hosted by none other than super producer and Cypress Hill legend, DJ Muggs. Fans can expect to hear all of their favorites including, “Low Rider,” “What Is Hip,” “Besame Mama,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” “Soul Vaccination,” “El Conguero,” and many more classics. In addition to a night full of hits, the concert promises plenty of holiday cheer and surprises sprinkled into the event.
This will be THE event to kick off the holiday season with your friends and family. Presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale starting Friday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. PT at ticketmaster.com.
WAR, one of music’s defining and most enduring soul/funk groups, was founded in Long Beach, California. In 1969, producer Jerry Goldstein united the seven-piece band with former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon; the alliance produced the No. 1 worldwide hit “Spill the Wine.” Stepping out on their own in 1971, they launched a fruitful career with a dynamic sound that fused R&B, rock, Latin music, jazz, and blues. In 1973, their smash album The World is a Ghetto vaulted to No. 1 on Billboard’s pop and R&B charts behind the crossover success of two top-10 singles, the album’s socially conscious title song and its rollicking follow-up “The Cisco Kid.” Over a long and glittering career, WAR has rung up more than 20 multi-platinum, platinum and gold albums and singles to include the previously mentioned songs as well as smash hits “Low Rider,” “Why Can’t We be Friends,” “All Day Music,” and many more. This year, fronted by co-founding member Lonnie Jordan, the group celebrates 50 years of their 1975 multi-platinum album, Why Can’t We Be Friends, with a 50-date tour, new releases and more.
For 55 years, Tower of Power has delivered the best in funk and soul music. East Bay Grease defined their sound and landed them with Warner Brothers. Bump City, their 1972 debut for the label, was a hit on both the Billboard 200 and the R&B Albums chart, and netted them the hits “You’re Still A Young Man” and “Down to The Nightclub.” The ‘70s were a boom period with radio classics like “So Very Hard to Go” and “What Is Hip?,” and the band continued to tour and record over the years. The band has traveled the world, enjoyed hit singles on their own and backed legendary artists including Otis Redding, Elton John, Santana, the Grateful Dead, John Lee Hooker, Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt, and countless others. In the process they’ve defined an “Oakland soul” sound as instantly recognizable as those from Detroit, as well as inspirations like Memphis and Philadelphia. The future of Tower of Power is set out to be vigorous and dynamic, and will prove to be just that for fans around the world starved for the band’s groove just the way Tower of Power likes it!
GRAMMY-winning bandleader, conguero, and percussionist Poncho Sanchez is among the most influential percussionists in jazz. For more than four decades, he’s stirred up a fiery stew of straight ahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources. Throughout his career, Sanchez has held aloft the torch lit by such innovators as Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente and Cal Tjader, embraced by each of those icons and entrusted to carry forward the traditions of Latin Jazz.
Beyond Cypress Hill, DJ Muggs has worked with artists like Ice Cube, GZA, MF DOOM, Westside Gunn, Yelawolf, and more, continually evolving his style while staying true to his underground roots. His contributions have cemented him as one of the most influential producers in hip hop.