Mike Palm stories, Page 18

After inspiring head-banging for so many years, Guns N’ Roses instead left some in the audience head-scratching on Friday night at PNC Park. The veteran hard rockers’ world tour hit Pittsburgh, and singer Axl Rose’s voice fluctuated throughout the night, rarely coming close to the dynamic singing captured in their...

Pink may have made one of the grandest entrances in Pittsburgh concert history Saturday night at PNC Park. And then she raised the bar — literally — with how she closed out her latest show on the Summer Carnival Tour. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter bungeed down headfirst from behind a...

Pittsburgh is seeing the last of its stadium shows this summer, with four nights of concerts at PNC Park. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area in August: August’s top shows Aug. 5: Pink, Brandi Carlile, Grouplove at PNC Park Grammy-winning singer Pink brings her...

Pantera launched its summer headlining tour Friday night at the Pavilion at Star Lake, offering an unrelenting and powerful tribute to the band’s legacy. To be sure, this was no reunion. How could it be without the band’s co-founders, brothers Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Vinnie Paul Abbott (drums)? Dimebag was...

Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson says it’s not unusual for his band name to create some bewilderment. “It’s funny, people oftentimes don’t recognize the name, but they recognize the songs,” Pilson said. “I can tell somebody, oh yeah, I play in a band called Foreigner. ‘Oh, OK, very good. Would I...

At one point Tuesday night, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo mentioned that the band had recorded hundreds of songs in their 30+ years together. Weezer’s 90-minute set at a sold-out Stage AE leaned heavily on their first two albums as they rolled through most of their crowd-pleasing greatest hits from those...

This month’s shows include another pop superstar packing Acrisure Stadium, as well as a country megastar and the biggest (active) jam band around. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area in July: July’s top shows July 8: Ed Sheeran, Khalid, Rosa Linn at Acrisure Stadium...

Can there be such a thing as an indie supergroup? Well, if any band could stake that claim, it might be boygenius. After all, the band’s members — Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus — have released critically acclaimed solo albums. They’ve had a song prominently featured in “The...

As country music star Hardy wrapped up his show at Pittsburgh’s Stage AE, he pointed to Acrisure Stadium just off in the distance: “We’ll see you at that stadium in a few years maybe.” If Hardy keeps putting on shows like he did Thursday night, that “maybe” will turn into...

Paramore provided an energetic, emotional catharsis to a sold-out crowd Sunday night at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. “All of us in this room, including those of us on the stage tonight, we need this. We need this to survive the world,” singer Hayley Williams told the crowd. “This is...

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has played all over Western Pennsylvania, dating back to her first show here in 2006. She’s played a minor-league baseball stadium, a banquet hall in Burgettstown, Star Lake and Mellon Arena. And, of course, there’s been her four previous shows at Heinz Field, with two more...

June looks to be a crowded month of shows in Pittsburgh, headlined by a pair of Taylor Swift shows at Acrisure Stadium. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area in June: June’s top shows June 11: Paramore, Bloc Party, Genesis Owusu at PPG Paints Arena...

John Mellencamp has spent much of his career using songs to document his outlook on America, the past and the present, both good and bad. Monday night’s sold-out show at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh was a celebration of those hits, with a few newer songs that didn’t seem out...

Blink-182 might have grown older over the years, but they sure haven’t grown up. Despite enduring over the past eight years, among other things, a cancer scare, a departure and subsequent reunion with a founding member, and the scrutiny from marrying into a celebrity family, the pop-punk stalwarts are still...

Outfielder Bryan Reynolds’ eight-year, $106.75 million contract became the largest in Pittsburgh Pirates history, far surpassing the eight-year, $70 million extension given to infielder Ke’Bryan Hayes in 2022. Here’s a look at the largest contracts (total value) handed out by the Pirates: 1. Bryan Reynolds Eight-year, $106.75 million extension in...

A look at each of the homicides that have taken place in Allegheny County in 2023: Jan. 2: Justin McIntire Brackenridge police Chief Justin Clark McIntire, 46, was fatally shot during a manhunt in a confrontation with Aaron Lamont Swan Jr., 28. Swan was later fatally shot by police in...

Concerts scheduled for the Pittsburgh area: January 2024 Jan. 6: That Girl Lay Lay at Benedum Center Jan. 6: The Warm Auction, Contravan at Club Cafe Jan. 6: Moontown, Back Alley Sounds, No Sleep for Zombies, Paging Doctor Moon at Mr. Smalls Funhouse Jan. 6: Sathanas, Shadow Legion, Leprosy, Design...

The reality of modern-day sports is that players rarely spend their careers in just one town. Free agency, trades, owners unwilling to open their wallets (**cough cough Pirates cough cough**), salary caps, declining skills and a host of other reasons mean players can bounce from city to city over the...

A look at each of the homicides that have taken place in Allegheny County so far in 2022: Jan. 1: Amariey Lei Amariey Lei, 19, was found shot to death in Wilkinsburg. LGBTQ advocacy groups have said this appears to be the nation’s first killing of a trans person in...

As the threat of the omicron variant looms, covid-19 hospitalizations in Western Pennsylvania have hit their highest point in more than 10 months. Allegheny County on Wednesday reported 504 covid patients in hospitals, the most since there were 535 patients on Jan. 12, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department...