WDVE’s Sean McDowell signs off: ‘Thank you’Video
Sean McDowell is off the air. The longtime, legendary WDVE disc jockey broadcast his final show Wednesday from the Marriott Pittsburgh City Center, across from PPG Paints Arena prior to the Queen and Adam Lambert concert. McDowell took to the airwaves at 3 p.m. and signed off for the last...
Organizers finally cancel troubled Woodstock 50 festival
NEW YORK — Woodstock 50 is officially canceled. Organizers announced Wednesday that the troubled festival that hit a series of setbacks in the last four months won’t take place next month. The three-day festival was originally scheduled for Aug. 16-18, but holdups included permit denials and the loss of a...
WDVE’s Sean McDowell set to host final show
The voice of a local legend leaves the airwaves at 7 p.m. Wednesday. WDVE disc jockey Sean McDowell will host his final show after more than 40 years in radio, 25 of them at WDVE, Pittsburgh’s preeminent classic rock station. He announced his retirement May 14 on the station’s morning...
Cardi B postpones Indianapolis concert due to threat
Rapper Cardi B postponed an Indianapolis concert following what police described as an unverified threat to the Grammy-winning artist. A post on her Twitter account offered an apology to fans about Tuesday’s planned show at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, saying: “My safety and your safety first.” Dear Indiana people I’m so...
Relive the best of the ’60s, ’70s classics at The Palace
When Gary Puckett and the Union Gap last played The Palace Theatre in Greensburg in 2011, they shared the stage with Turtle Creek’s Chuck Blasko and The Vogues. This time around, the catalog of ’60s and ’70s classic music hits will be considerably larger with the addition of The Turtles,...
Pittsburgh Symphony plays along with Harry PotterVideo
Andres Franco has vivid memories of working as an assistant to John Williams at the Fort Worth Symphony in Texas. Williams, besides being a great composer, is an expert conductor who was music director of the Boston Pops from 1980-93. He guest conducted widely, including many times with the Pittsburgh...
Tool announces title of long-awaited album, digital release date for back catalog
After waiting 13 years, fans of the rock group Tool are finally getting their light at the end of the tunnel. The band announced that its fifth record, titled Fear Inoculum, will be released on Aug. 30. FEAR INOCULUM, Aug 30th, 2019 Album Art, Lead Track, and Pre-Order info TBA....
Murrysville Concert in the Park marks Woodstock’s 50th anniversary
Bandleader Tim Woods of Greensburg was 7 years old when the original Woodstock festival spread its message of peace, love and music from Bethel, N.Y., across the nation’s consciousness as the tumultuous 1960s neared their end. While he didn’t get to attend, he was precisely the right age to be...
Lil Nas X sets new Billboard record for most weeks at No.1
NEW YORK — It’s one sweet day for Lil Nas X: The breakthrough rapper’s viral “Old Town Road” has broken the Billboard record set by Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day” for most weeks at No. 1. Lil Nas X accomplishes the feat this week as his country-trap song spends its...
Mac Miller tribute planned at Blue Slide Park on 1-year anniversary of his death
On the one-year anniversary of Mac Miller’s death, fans will gather at a place the late Pittsburgh rapper felt safe and at home — Blue Slide Park in Squirrel Hill’s Frick Park. Miller named his 2011 debut studio album “Blue Slide Park.” From noon to 9 p.m. on Sept. 7,...
Chance the Rapper bringing ‘The Big Day’ tour to Pittsburgh
Chance the Rapper has an Oct. 6 tour date at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. The Grammy Award-winning rapper will be touring in support of his debut studio album, “The Big Day,” released July 26. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning at 10 a.m. Aug. 2 at...
Aaron Neville promises ‘fantastic show’ as he makes Meadows stopVideo
Aaron Neville is a balladeer. It’s a fact that’s been well established since the world at large heard him croon his 1966 hit, “Tell It Like It Is.” It’s been a constant through his time in the Neville Brothers and his solo career that includes his pair of 1989 Grammy-winning...
Annual Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival heating up the summer
The Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival, scheduled for July 27-28 at the Syria Shrine Center in Cheswick, delivers again with a lineup of blistering blues talent. Those on the bill include national marquee acts Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, “Across the Universe” fame and Joplin-esque vocalist Dana Fuchs, Joe Grushecky...
New Baby Shark merchandise coming to Walmart
Baby Shark will consume us all. As if billions of YouTube views and a 100-date live tour wasn’t enough, the children’s song mega-hit is getting a new merchandise line at Walmart. Stores will stock electronic puppets that sing the song, dolls, bath toys, a Play-Doh set, towels and bedding. All...
AP Source: Jay-Z pulls out of Woodstock 50 performance
Jay-Z’s got 99 problems but Woodstock isn’t one: The rap king has pulled out of the 50th anniversary Woodstock festival just weeks before the troubled event is supposed to take place. Jay-Z will no longer close the three-day festival scheduled for Aug. 16-18, a person familiar with the situation told...
What music gets the Steelers hyped for training camp?
There’s no doubt about what Steelers guard Ramon Foster is listening to in order to get hyped up for 2019 training camp. “ ‘Racks in the Middle,’ by Nipsey Hussle,” Foster said without missing a beat at Saint Vincent College. “I think that’s the only one worthy of mentioning.” Likewise,...
Soul music, feeding the soul at Ligonier Country Market
Chicago native Adam Fitz will perform at the Ligonier Country Market, playing both rootsy original songs and spinning cover tunes during the 8 a.m.-noon July 27 event. His raspy voice and storytelling have earned comparisons to John Fogerty and Rod Stewart. Now living in Pittsburgh, his life experience as a...
Christian W. Clay Winery, Ridge Runner Distillery team for WineStock 2019
Christian W. Klay Winery and Ridge Runner Distillery, both based in Chalk Hill, are partnering to host WineStock 2019. The neighboring Fayette County locations are describing the 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 17 event as a “modern day Woodstock,” in celebration of the iconic outdoor music festival’s 50th anniversary. Throughout the...
Country band Confederate Railroad nixed from another fair
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — The Southern country-rock group Confederate Railroad lost a second summer fair gig after objections over the use of the Confederate flag in its logo. The band’s Aug. 1 date at the Ulster County Fair in New York’s Hudson Valley has been canceled, a spokesman for Ulster...
Drake signs creative partnership with SiriusXM and Pandora
Drake has two new partners: SiriusXM and Pandora. The two companies which merged earlier this year announced Thursday that they have signed a new creative partnership with the superstar rapper. The new deal includes “a dedicated station, curated music, and collaborations with creative talent.” The roll-out will start later this...
B.J. Thomas bringing half-century of hits to The PalaceVideo
Singer B.J. Thomas has seen (and sang) everything from “Raindrops” to “Mighty Clouds of Joy” in a career spanning more than a half-century and producing hits in the pop, country and Christian music genres. Though his first million-seller was a 1966 cover of Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could...
Dierks Bentley’s ‘Burning Man’ tour makes stop at KeyBank PavilionVideo
For Dierks Bentley, every album he makes is like a new quest and a discovery. Where some artists go into projects with an idea of the sound or style they want to pursue or even the lyrical direction they’ll explore, Bentley is Mr. Clean Slate. “I go into every album...
Entertainment planner: July 25-Aug. 7
Thursday July 25 Hamilton Ave., TGIS free concert, The Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-836-8000 or thepalacetheatre.org Stand Up for CF, comedy benefit for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Club Cafe, Pittsburgh. 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/clubcafe Friday July 26 Breaking Benjamin, KeyBank Pavilion, Burgettstown. livenation.com Picklesburgh, Roberto Clemente Bridge and Fort Duquesne Boulevard, Pittsburgh. Through...
Former ‘Dance Moms’ star JoJo Siwa brings positivity to PittsburghVideo
Pittsburgh’s Abby Lee Miller recently returned to Lifetime with “Dance Moms,” her hit reality series that chronicles the drama of running a dance school and the dreams of young girls hoping to become stars. For many members of her original cast of dance students, their exposure on Miller’s successful TV...
St. Vincent Summer Theatre closes season with ‘Always … Patsy Cline’
The musical “Always … Patsy Cline” is filled with songs — 27 to be exact — made popular by in the late ’50s and ‘60s country music star. But the show being staged by Saint Vincent Summer Theatre is more than a rundown of her hit records that include “Crazy,”...
