Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. lead field into rock hall
Posthumous inductees Whitney Houston and The Notorious B.I.G. will lead a new class into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails and T-Rex. The gospel-trained Houston, whose soaring voice transformed the Dolly Parton cover “I Will Always Love You” into...
Get the Led Out stays faithful to original Led Zeppelin songsVideo
As director of operations and programming at Greensburg’s Palace Theatre, Teresa Baughman knows a good thing when she sees it. Such was the case with Get the Led Out, a Philadelphia-based Led Zeppelin tribute group. “I first saw Get the Led Out at a 2010 booking conference in New York...
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra returns from winter break with a bang
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will go all out when it returns from winter break with a program that emphasizes its own virtuosity as well as its guest soloist. Music director Manfred Honeck will lead the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Jan. 17-19 concerts at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall. The program is Bela...
Brooks & Dunn heading to Pittsburgh area with Reboot 2020 Tour
One of country music’s most successful duos is hitting the road … again. And they’re heading to Pittsburgh. Brooks & Dunn’s latest outing — the Reboot 2020 Tour — will stop at S&T Bank Music Park in Burgettstown on Aug. 29. The five-time Entertainer of the Year winners haven’t toured...
Billie Eilish will sing latest James Bond movie themeVideo
Billie Eilish, the 18-year-old multi-platinum-selling and Grammy Award-nominated artist, will sing the theme song for the 25th James Bond film, “No Time To Die.” The film, once again starring Daniel Craig as 007, will be released April 10. Eilish has written the title song with her brother, fellow multi-Grammy-nominated artist...
Tim McGraw’s summer ‘Here on Earth Tour’ has Burgettstown dateVideo
If you’re reading this, you’ll be happy to know that country music superstar Tim McGraw will play the S&T Bank Music Park in Burgettstown on July 31. And not a moment too soon for fans. The date is part of McGraw’s Here on Earth Tour, which opens July 10 in...
Matchbox Twenty tour heads to S&T Bank Music ParkVideo
More than 20 years ago Matchbox Twenty burst onto the music scene with hits including “If You’re Gone,” “Bent” and “3 A.M.” The band is touring for the first time since 2017. The tour will begin July 17 in Bethlehem, Pa., and come to Burgettstown’s S&T Bank Music Park on...
Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker to make Pittsburgh-area stopVideo
Southern rock will heat up Western Pennsylvania this spring, as the Charlie Daniels Band and the Marshall Tucker Band bring their “Fire on the Mountain” tour to Pittsburgh. Blending Southern rock and country music, the two bands will take the stage at UPMC Events Center at Robert Morris University, Moon...
Foreigner, Kansas, Europe bring ‘Juke Box Heroes’ tour to BurgettstownVideo
The band Foreigner turned out hit songs including “I Want to Know What Love Is,” “Cold as Ice,” “Hot-Blooded” and “Juke Box Hero” throughout the 1970s-80s. Right alongside was Kansas, with “Dust in the Wind,” “Carry on Wayward Son” and “Point of Know Return,” and, soon, Europe with “The Final...
Rush drummer Neil Peart dies
Neil Peart, the legendary drummer of Rush, has died at age 67. The band tweeted a statemet Friday afternoon confirming Peart’s death. Neil Peart September 12, 1952 - January 7, 2020 pic.twitter.com/NivX2RhiB8— Rush (@rushtheband) January 10, 2020 Per the CBC, Peart died Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., after having been...
Mac Miller pop-ups coming to Pittsburgh for ‘Circles’ releaseVideo
Pop-up exhibitions will be held at two Pittsburgh sites with the release of “Circles,” Mac Miller’s sixth and final studio album, next week. The exhibitions, launched in partnership with Amazon Music, will feature immersive, intimate, front-to-back listenings of the late Pittsburgh rapper’s new album in Ultra HD audio, as well...
Young musicians can join Westmoreland Symphony youth programs
The Westmoreland Youth Symphony Orchestra Program is offering three orchestra playing opportunities for young musicians in elementary school through high school: • WYSO Philharmonic, open to high school and advanced middle school students by audition. It will meet Wednesday evenings beginning Feb. 5 at the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center....
Code Orange announces new album ‘Underneath’
Code Orange is back with a new album. The Pittsburgh hardcore band announced Friday the release of their next LP “Underneath,” out March 13 via Roadrunner Records. The tracklist for the band’s new album lists 14 songs. “(deeperthanbefore)” “Swallowing the Rabbit Whole” “In Fear” “You and You Alone” “Who I...
Pittsburgh musician Frzy looking to break Guinness record with 31-hour rap
Pittsburgh music artist Frzy will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest freestyle rap at a performance Saturday at The Block Northway in Ross Township. “This attempt will be 31 hours. The mall will stay open the whole time. Come down and support, play games with us...
Bluegrass pickers head to Butler for January Ice Jam festivalVideo
Some of Western Pennsylvania’s best bluegrass musicians will descend on Butler this weekend for the 23rd annual January Ice Jam music festival. Bands will take the stage every half-hour Jan. 10 and 11 as the Days Inn on Route 8 is transformed into a picker’s paradise, with most rooms wide...
Longtime Pittsburgh singer Billy Price nominated for 2 Blues Music Awards
As a soul singer, Billy Price has few peers. The longtime Pittsburgh resident, who now lives in Baltimore, is considered not only a superb vocalist, but a torchbearer for the genre through his incandescent performances and encyclopedic knowledge of soul music. It’s not lost on him that some of his...
Zac Brown Band’s summer ‘Lions’ tour will stop in BurgettstownVideo
The country/rock Zac Brown Band has a June 18 date at S&T Bank Music Park (formerly KeyBank Pavilion) in Burgettstown. “The ‘Roar with the Lions Tour’ will feature music from the band’s entire discography mixed with a dynamic selection of genre-crossing cover songs that are a signature mark of each...
Dave’s Music Mine on Pittsburgh’s South Side set to close
With “Foxy Lady” by Jimi Hendrix playing in the background, Anthony Wells of Peters perused the vinyl albums at Dave’s Music Mine on the South Side on Wednesday. “Every time I come in this store, I find something I like,” said Wells, who was on break from West Virginia University...
With new love, renewed energy, Grace Potter hits the road with a stop at the RoxianVideo
Grace Potter has no complaints about her life today, but she could easily have offered a different assessment not long ago. “I’m living my best life, as they say,” Potter remarked in a late-December phone interview. “It’s just pretty magical.” The journey that has taken Potter to this place, though,...
Bask in the medieval music of Sequentia at Point Park University
The fire nine months ago at Notre Dame in Paris shocked the world because of the cathedral’s beauty, iconic status and antiquity. Construction began in 1161 and wasn’t completed until more than a century later. It is an expression of a time about which we know far less than we...
Justin Bieber says he has Lyme disease
Grammy-winning pop star Justin Bieber says he is in the midst of a bout with Lyme disease. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Bieber attempted to clarify rumors. “While a lot of people kept saying justin Bieber looks like (excrement), on meth etc. they failed to realize I’ve been recently...
Halsey isn’t playing Forest Hills, Pa., but she is going on tour
Yes, Halsey is going on tour. Yes, she’s playing in Forest Hills, but not that Forest Hills. The singer on Wednesday announced a North American leg to her “Manic World Tour,” in advance of a new album of the same name set for release on Jan. 17. But there was...
Here are some Pittsburgh memories on Elvis Presley’s 85th birthdayVideo
Elvis Presley could have spent his last New Year’s Eve on Earth just about any place on the planet. But, on the last day of 1976, the King of Rock ’n’ Roll was in frigid Pittsburgh performing at the Civic Arena, his third and last concert in the Steel City....
Prize-winning piano prodigy to play at Saint Vincent CollegeVideo
Pianist Nathan Lee, winner of the 2020 Bronder Prize for Piano, will perform at the Jan. 25 installment of the Saint Vincent College Concert Series. The 18-year-old Lee’s performance will begin at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center of the Robert S. Carey Student Center on the Unity campus....
New PSO principal Pops conductor is Byron Stripling
Jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling is the new principal Pops conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. His first concerts in his new post will be in October 2020. Next season he’ll conduct three of the pops’ seven weekends of concerts. The PNC Pops season will be announced in February. “I want...
