Top Pittsburgh concerts for November: Paul McCartney, Billy Strings and more
It’s a busy month at PPG Paints Arena, with eight shows there in November, including a Beatles icon and a rising bluegrass star. Here’s a look at the top shows coming to Pittsburgh in November:
Top concerts
Nov. 7-8: Billy Strings at PPG Paints Arena
Bluegrass guitar virtuoso Billy Strings’ fall tour includes a slew of sold-out shows, including a pair in Pittsburgh.
Strings’ latest studio album was 2024’s “Highway Prayers,” but Third Man Records, in a collab with Reprise Records, is issuing “Billy Strings Live in Rosemont + The Self-Titled EP” as the label’s latest installment of their Vault series.
“I first hit the road touring when I was 19, and I literally haven’t stopped,” Strings, now 33, told acousticguitar.com. “It’s been an amazing ride, but at some point I came to the realization that I really didn’t know what the hell I was doing, at least from any theoretical point of view. I didn’t know any of the names for anything I was playing. I’m being thrown into recording sessions with people like Béla Fleck, and all these players are talking about how the tune is built from the chords of harmonic minor, or whatever — all this heavy musical language.
“I felt like I was the little infant in the room that didn’t really know what anybody was talking about, but was pretending to,” he added with a laugh.
Nov. 11: Paul McCartney at PPG Paints Arena
Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour will cover all of his eras — from the Beatles to Wings to his solo career — in a sold-out show in Pittsburgh.
Early shows on the tour have run more than two and a half hours with 30+ songs for McCartney, 83, who shows few signs of slowing down.
A new documentary, “Man on the Run,” will be released in February on Amazon Prime, detailing his life after the Beatles.
“The Beatles had broken up and I was thinking, ‘What do I do now?’” McCartney said in the trailer, according to guitarplayer.com. “How can I ever do anything that’s anywhere near as good as the Beatles? I was on my own for the first time, so I had to look inside myself.”
Read more: What to expect from the ‘unprecedented’ Paul McCartney documentary that’s just been announced
Sold-out shows
Nov. 2: Militarie Gun, Liquid Mike, Public Opinion at Bottlerocket Social Hall
The Los Angeles hardcore band released their sophomore album, “God Save the Gun,” on Oct. 17.
Nov. 15: Mindi Abair at MCG Jazz Music Hall
If you miss saxophonist/vocalist Mindi Abair, a two-time Grammy nominee, on this tour, she’ll be back Nov. 30 for a Peter White Christmas at City Winery Pittsburgh.
Nov. 25: Boz Skaggs at Palace Theatre
Soft rocker Boz Skaggs, who just released his 20th studio album “Detour on Oct. 17, brings his Rhythm Review 2025 tour to Greensburg.
Related
• 2025-26 Pittsburgh area concert calendar
Other notable concerts
Nov. 1: Playboi Carti, Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, Homixide Gang, Apollo Red at PPG Paints Arena
Nov. 2: Bryan Adams, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo at PPG Paints Arena
Nov. 2: Bachman-Turner Overdrive at Palace Theatre (2024: Randy Bachman talks The Guess Who lawsuit resolution, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and ‘better days’)
Nov. 2: Blood Lemon, Black Cross Hotel, Larval State at Spirit Lodge (Q&A: Blood Lemon’s Melanie Radford on ‘Petite Deaths’ EP ahead of Pittsburgh show)
Nov. 4: Colin Hay at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall (Q&A: Men at Work’s Colin Hay keeps busy with new album, touring and a return to Pittsburgh)
Nov. 5: A Day To Remember, Yellowcard, The Wonder Years, Dinosaur Pile-Up at PPG Paints Arena
Nov. 5: Chicago at UPMC Events Center
Nov. 6: Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers at Palace Theatre
Nov. 6: Turnpike Troubadours, Trampled by Turtles, Leon Majcen at Petersen Events Center
Nov. 6: Kid Tigrrr, Princess Nostalgia at Brillobox (Q&A: Jenna Fournier on Kid Tigrrr project, One Night Live, touring with Billy Corgan)
Nov. 8: Seether, Daughtry, P.O.D., Kami Kehoe at UPMC Events Center (2024: Seether bassist Dale Stewart on new album ‘The Surface Seem So Far’ and more)
Nov. 8: The Crane Wives, Spencer LaJoye at Stage AE
Nov. 9: Pinkshift, LustSickPuppy, Combat at Thunderbird Music Hall
Nov. 12: The Jonas Brothers, The All-American Rejects at PPG Paints Arena
Nov. 13: Mac McAnally at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
Nov. 14: Maroon 5, Claire Rosinkranz at PPG Paints Arena
Nov. 15: Mammoth, Myles Kennedy, Return to Dust at Roxian Theatre (Q&A: Wolfgang Van Halen on Mammoth’s new album ‘The End’)
Nov. 18: Queensryche, Accept at Palace Theatre
Nov. 19: All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Four Year Strong, The Paradox at UPMC Events Center
Nov. 21: Blondshell, Colatura at Mr. Smalls Theatre
Nov. 29: Story of the Year, Senses Fail, Armor For Sleep at Roxian Theatre
Mike Palm is a TribLive digital producer who also writes music reviews and features. A Westmoreland County native, he joined the Trib in 2001, where he spent years on the sports copy desk, including serving as night sports editor. He has been with the multimedia staff since 2013. He can be reached at mpalm@triblive.com.
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