T-Pain performed at Boston Calling on Friday night.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Cowboy (and rain) boots were the attire du jour for Boston Calling on Friday, as the wettest day of the fest collided with its country-heavy billing.
The first night also brought faithful Fenway vibes as fans joined a “Sweet Caroline” singalong during a rain-soaked intermission while waiting for headliner Combs to perform. The short delay before his set proved to be worth the wait, as the country star charged up the Green Stage and “didn’t let up for an hour and a half,” according to Globe reviewer Marc Hirsh.
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Boston Calling crowd shows up in full country attire for day one of festival
Scores of cowboy hats, boots, and bandanas could be seen in the crowd at Boston Calling Friday, with country acts Luke Comb and Megan Moroney headlining. (Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff)
The “When It Rains It Pours” singer’s set featured a cameo by fellow country star Megan Moroney, who performed earlier in the night on the Green Stage. She rocked a personalized Red Sox jersey while joining Combs for a rendition of his song “Beer Never Broke My Heart.” Combs noted in an Instagram post that Moroney had beenan extra in the song’s music video and asked her to jump in on Friday night when he saw they “were playing the same festival.”
Other highlights from the day included Sheryl Crow, rewarding fans who weathered the late-afternoon rain with crowd-pleasing hits like “Soak Up The Sun.” She offered a small bit of political commentary too, at one point shouting out, “I don’t know, Bruce Springsteen for president?” while wearing a T-shirt featuring the rocker.
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Poncho-clad fans took in a performance by Sheryl Crow at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Max McNown played up to the New England crowd by performing the Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season,” calling the Vermont crooner, “one of my greatest inspirations.” Over on the Blue Stage, rapper T-Pain showed off his dance moves and kept the party going with nostalgic bangers like “Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” and “All I Do Is Win.”
T-Pain performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Boston band Dalton & the Sheriffs served as a last-minute replacement for TLC. The R&B group dropped out “due to an unexpected medical circumstance,” the fest announced early Friday afternoon.
Read Globe correspondent Marc Hirsh’s day one review here and check out more photos from Friday below.
Luke Combs performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Luke Combs performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Fans cheered for a performance by Luke Combs at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Fans sang along while “Sweet Caroline” played before Luke Combs’ performance at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
T-Pain performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Megan Moroney performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Alive Coverage for Boston Calling
Sheryl Crow performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Megan From Work performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Singer Josh Lane performed with Thee Sacred Souls at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Infinity Song performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Dalton and the Sheriffs performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Max McNown performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Alive Coverage for Boston Calling
Future Teens performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Fans took in a performance by Latrell James at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Latrell James performed at Boston Calling on Friday.Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Saturday’s lineup was a trip down memory lane for millennial pop-punk fans, culminating with headliners Fall Out Boy. From hits like “Thnks fr th Mmrs” to newer tracks like “So Much (for) Stardust,” the band surveyed its lengthy discography, with plenty of pyrotechnics thrown into the mix.
Fans sing along to the Fall Out Boy at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Fans who caught Fall Out Boy’s set were treated to another “Sweet Caroline” moment, as singer Patrick Stump broke out the Neil Diamond tune during a brief piano interlude. The band also teased the opening to the Dropkick Murphy’s “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” before diving into “Bang The Doldrums.”
Avril Lavigne also brought the pyrotechnics and a heavy dose of pink pop punk aesthetics to the Green Stage with her early 2000s angsty teen anthems like “Sk8er Boi.” Lavigne later brought singer Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low out to perform their recent track “Fake As Hell.” (All Time Low performed earlier in the day on the Green Stage as well.)
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The Maine, Black Crowes, Cage the Elephant, and James Bay were also among Saturday’s lineup of performers.
Read Globe correspondent Victoria Wasylak’s day two review here and check out more photos from Saturday below.
Patrick Stump, lead singer of Fall Out Boy, performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
The Black Crowes performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Fans sang along to the Black Crowes at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Avril Lavigne performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Ben Adams/Alive Co./Alive Coverage for Boston Calling
Avril Lavigne performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Ben Adams/Alive Co./Alive Coverage for Boston Calling
Cage The Elephant performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Cage The Elephant performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
All Time Low performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Ben Adams/Alive Co./Alive Coverage for Boston Calling
Danya Clein, left, Ema Scollo danced to All Time Low during Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
The Maine performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Ben Adams/Alive Co./Alive Coverage for Boston Callin
Robbie Cunningham, lead vocalist of Amble, performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Amber Lawson of PINKLIDS performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Local band sidebody performed at Boston Calling on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Festival-goers take a selfie under the Boston Calling entrance arch at Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston on Saturday.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Flavor Flav with Public Enemy performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
The final day of the fest brought the best weather, along with a mix of poignant tributes and political moments on stage.
Headliner Dave Matthews Band wound back the clock to the ’90s as the group played hits like “Tripping Billies.” During the set, singer Dave Matthews shared a message of hope for fans who felt like “the world has lost her mind” while calling out “mis-leaders.” After the performance, Matthews returned to the stage holding up a pair of signs that read “Stop killing children” and “Stop the genocide,” which he has brought out at previous events.
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Dave Matthews performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
On the Blue Stage, former Rage Against the Machine star and Harvard alum Tom Morello was back in his old stomping grounds. During his set, Morello reminisced with the crowd about his days in Cambridge. He also welcomed them to show with a heavy dig at the Trump administration, saying, “the last big event before they throw us all in jail.” (His stage and guitar were adorned with anti-Trump and -ICE motifs.) Morello also shouted out the Springsteen-Trump feud, adding: “Bruce draws a bigger audience,” before playing the Springsteen classic “The Ghost of Tom Joad.”
Morello also paid tribute to former Audioslave bandmate Chris Cornell with a rendition of “Like a Stone,” calling it “more of a prayer than a song” while honoring the late singer. The tributes continued on the Blue Stage with Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav and Chuck D, as the duo got the crowd to shout well wishes for recovering Celtics star Jayson Tatum. Flav also paid tribute to “Cheers” actor George Wendt, who died last week, telling the audience, “we gotta pour one out for Norm.” Chuck D and Morello teamed up for a song during the evening as well.
Other highlights from day three included Sublime, with singer Jakob Nowell honoring his late dad and the band’s former singer Bradley Nowell, as Sunday marked 29 years since his death. Amid a cloudy overcast, he added: “If you’ve got a family member or loved one who isn’t here with you tonight, I just want to let you know that they are here, man, sure as that [expletive] sun’s going to come out again.” The sun ended up breaking through the clouds shortly afterwards as the band performed, with Nowell later joking, “Yeah, we planned it.”
Jakob Nowell the lead singer with Sublime performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Vampire Weekend, Remi Wolf, Spin Doctors, and more also performed on Sunday.
Check out more photos from Sunday below.
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Dave Matthews performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Ezra Koenig, lead singer with Vampire, performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Music fans singing along with Vampire Weekend as the band performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Chuck D, Left and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Flavor Flav performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Tom Morello performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Eric Wilson the bass player with Sublime performed at Boston Calling on SundayMatthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
A fan crowd surfs while Sublime performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Copilot performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Remi Wolf performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Griff Washburn, lead singer with Goth Babe, performed at Boston Calling on Sunday.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Globe correspondents Haley Clough and Marianna Orozco contributed to this report.
Matt Juul can be reached at matthew.juul@globe.com.
Investigators identified Tyler Brown of Boston as the man who allegedly opened fire on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, leaving two victims with life-threatening injuries.
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said Brown fired 50 to 60 shots on the busy road shortly after 1 p.m. Monday.
Two male victims were hit in vehicles, Ryan said. They are in critical condition and fighting for their lives.
A Massachusetts State Police trooper and a civilian with a license to carry a firearm went toward the gunman and fired their weapons at him. Officers treated Brown at the scene, and he was brought to a Boston hospital, where he is in intensive care, according to the district attorney.
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This video shared with NBC10 Boston appears to show a man opening fire at cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, May 11, 2026.
Authorities have, so far, shared limited information about the suspect.
“Mr. Brown is from Boston, and apparently was in the process of moving here. We understand that Mr. Brown was under the supervision of either the Massachusetts Probation Department or Department of Parole,” Ryan said.
She did not elaborate on why Brown may have been on probation or parole.
“We will address Mr. Brown’s criminal record, if any, at the arraignment,” she said.
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Ryan added that she did not know enough about Brown’s condition to say whether he would be arraigned in court or in a hospital bed. The timing was also not clear.
He will face two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and firearms charges, and “a variety of other charges as we unfold what took place, exactly, and we have a chance to speak to the many, many people who were out there,” Ryan said.
An inbound stretch of Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field Road will be closed each night through August for tunnel repairs, officials announced.
Starting Monday, the closures will begin at 8 p.m. and last until 5 a.m., state officials said.
Road closures begin at North Harvard Street in Allston and stretch along the Charles River Esplanade to Mugar Way in Boston, near the Hatch Memorial Shell, officials said.
Traffic will be detoured into Cambridge over the Anderson Bridge, along Memorial Drive, and then be routed into Boston over the Longfellow Bridge.
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The closures will allow ongoing repairs to the Storrow Drive Tunnel in the Back Bay.The work is the first phase of a two-stage project to extend the lifespan of the tunnel, which carries roughly 50,000 drivers to and from downtown Boston daily.
The outbound portion of the tunnel and accompanying roadways will not be affected.
State transportation officials said changes to the work schedule will be made when necessary to minimize impacts during major local events at TD Garden, Fenway Park, or during the FIFA World Cup and 250th anniversary celebrations scheduled for this summer.
Additional changes may be made without notice due to weather.
Transportation officials have not specified when the closures will end.
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Bryan Hecht can be reached at bryan.hecht@globe.com. Follow him on Instagram @bhechtjournalism.
OXFORD — Ole Miss softball is back in the NCAA Tournament after making the Women’s College World Series a season ago.
The Rebels (34-24) will play Boston (46-13) on May 15 (1 p.m. CT, ESPNU) in the Lubbock Regional. Ole Miss is the No. 2 seed in the regional, and Boston is the No. 3.
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Texas Tech (52-6), the No. 11 overall seed and regional host, will face No. 4 Marist (37-19).
The Rebels went 6-18 in SEC play this season, and have a largely new-look roster from the team that made the WCWS last season.
Ole Miss beat South Carolina and Tennessee in the SEC Tournament to improve its seed.
Freshman Madi George has burst onto the scene in the SEC. The first-year infielder leads Ole Miss with a .385 batting average. She has a team-high 21 home runs and 58 RBIs.
Seniors Emilee Boyer (3.86 ERA), Kyra Aycock (3.97 ERA) and junior Lily Whitten (3.04 ERA) are the primary options in the circle for coach Jamie Trachsel.
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Trachsel is in her sixth season leading the Ole Miss program. She led the Rebels to their first WCWS appearance in program history in 2025.
What to know about Boston, Texas Tech and Marist in Lubbock Regional
Boston entered the Patriot League Tournament as the top seed and the Terriers delivered. Boston beat No. 2 Colgate 12-1, becoming the second team in Patriot League history to four-peat as conference champions. Boston is on a 12-game winning streak. Kylie Doherty leads the team with a .396 batting average and 26 home runs.
Texas Tech made the 2025 WCWS championship series, losing to Texas in three games.
Texas Tech lost just three Big 12 games this season but lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. The Red Raiders are a strong threat to get to the WCWS again. There are four Texas Tech batters hitting over .400. Star pitcher NiJaree Canady leads the Red Raiders with a 1.24 ERA. She has 209 strikeouts.
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Marist plays in the MAAC and won the conference tournament. Marist split a two-game series against South Carolina early in the season. Ava Metzger (12-3, 2.51 ERA) and Peyton Pusey (.404 batting average) lead the team.
Sam Hutchens covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at Shutchens@gannett.com or reach him on X at @Sam_Hutchens_