Madonna, Drake highlight February's top Pittsburgh concerts

The Material Girl and Champagne Papi headline February’s biggest shows in Pittsburgh.

Madonna is set for a concert rescheduled from August, while Drake visits for two nights of shows. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area this month:

Top shows

Feb. 5: Madonna at PPG Paints Arena

It’s already been 11 years since Madonna last performed a full show in Pittsburgh, so what’s a few more hours?

Madonna has been sued in New York after her show — announced as an 8:30 p.m. start — actually started at 10:50, with the suit making accusations of “unconscionable, unfair, and/or deceptive trade practices.” Her management said they plan to fight the lawsuit. (FYI, Pittsburgh’s show is also slated for 8:30 p.m.)

Postponed after the singer’s brush with death last summer, the Celebration tour is a career-spanning extravaganza, covering her 40-plus years of radio and video hits.

“I didn’t think I was going to make it,” she told the London crowd in October. “I forgot five days of my life — or death, I didn’t really know where I was.”

Read more: Madonna dances with death

Feb. 16-17: Drake, J. Cole at PPG Paints Arena

One night in Pittsburgh wasn’t enough for singer/rapper Drake. After tickets sold quickly for his first show, a second night was quickly added for his Big as the What? tour.

Drake, known for songs like “One Dance,” “God’s Plan,” “In My Feelings” and “Hotline Bling,” last played here in 2016 on his Summer Sixteen tour.

“One of my biggest accomplishments is the fact that I didn’t let this massive, massive change in my life destroy me,” Drake said in a 2019 interview with Rap Radar. “I’m just happy that I’m still intact.”

Read more: Drake dodges barrage of bras and delivers the hits at Madison Square Garden

Sold-out shows

Feb. 3: Willi Carlisle, Golden Shoals at Club Cafe

Folk singer Willi Carlisle is touring in support of his new album, “Critterland,” which came out on Jan. 26.

Feb. 22: Boyz II Men at Rivers Casino Event Center

The powerhouse R&B group from Philadelphia returns for another sold-out show at Rivers Casino, with hits like “End of the Road,” “Motownphilly” and “On Bended Knee” on tap.

Other notable shows

Feb. 1: Machine Head, Fear Factory, Orbit Culture, Gates to Hell at Roxian Theatre

Feb. 1: Lynch Mob, Blood Union, Truckstop at Jergel’s

Feb. 2: The Guess Who at the Palace Theatre

Feb. 6: Extreme, Living Colour at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall

Feb. 8: Greensky Bluegrass, Melt at Stage AE

Feb. 9: Riley Green, Ella Langley at Petersen Events Center

Feb. 12: Band of Horses at Roxian Theatre

Feb. 12: Lydia Lunch/Joseph Keckler/Kevin Shea, Skeletonized at Club Cafe

Feb. 13: The Dead South, The Hooten Hallers, Jake Vaadeland & the Sturgeon River Boys at Stage AE

Feb. 13: Mia x Ally at Crafthouse

Feb. 16: Ghost Hounds, Orianthi at Roxian Theatre

Feb. 19: Static-X, Sevendust, Dope, Lines of Loyalty at Stage AE

Feb. 21: Neck Deep, Drain, Bearings, Higher Power at Stage AE

Feb. 21: Trapt at Crafthouse

Feb. 27: Aimee Mann, Jonathan Coulton at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall

Feb. 27: Haken at Roxian Theatre

Feb. 28: Subtronics, Wooli, Hedex, Saka, Jon Casey, Skellytn at Stage AE

Feb. 28: Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins at the Andy Warhol Museum

Feb. 28: Selwyn Birchwood at Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh

Feb. 29: Rome & Duddy at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall