Peter Frampton bids heartfelt farewell to Pittsburgh
Farewell tours are all the rage in the pop music world these days as aging rock musicians try to squeeze every dollar they can from new audiences excited about their music, or old ones who have never tired of it. Kiss, The Who (both of whom played PPG Paints Arena...
Laurel Harmony holds barbershop music open house
In celebration of Barbershop Music Appreciation Day, the Laurel Harmony chapter of Sweet Adelines will hold an open house to share its singing style with the public. The Greensburg-based group’s members will demonstrate their a cappella four-part harmony of barbershop-style singing from 7:30-9 p.m. July 11 at Trinity United Church...
Classic, contemporary highlight free philharmonic concert
Music from Schubert to John Williams will be included in the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra Academy of Music’s free summer philharmonic concert. The program will be performed at 8 p.m. July 16 in Seton Hill University’s Performing Arts Center, 100 Harrison Ave., Greensburg. Music director Morrie Brand conducts the concert that...
Russian Chicago cover band returning to Pittsburgh area in OctoberVideo
After packing St. Clair Park in Greensburg on Friday night, Russian band Leonid & Friends is already making plans to bring the classic pop-rock sound of Chicago back to the Pittsburgh region. The band will play Jergel’s Rhythm Grille in Warrendale on Oct. 22. Tickets are $34 to $50, and...
With Rolling Stones’ return, Keith Richards looks for peace and quiet – onstage
Sometime over the weekend, depending on when they hopped into the private plane with the lips logo on the side to fly from Ontario to Washington, D.C., Keith Richards might have sidled up to Mick Jagger to bring up an important issue: whether the Rolling Stones will play their cover...
Taylor Swift pens scathing post about Scooter BraunVideo
LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift is not staying silent over the sale of her masters to Scooter Braun. In a scathing Tumblr post Sunday, the pop superstar writes she is sad and grossed out that her music catalog now belongs to Braun, whom she accuses of subjecting her to years...
Russian band covering Chicago tunes packs SummerSounds in GreensburgVideo
Friends of SummerSounds Chairman Gene James knew people from New York, Maryland and Virginia who were traveling to Greensburg on Friday evening to watch Leonid & Friends, a Russian band covering hits by American pop group Chicago. But it was nearly impossible for him to point them out in a...
New Whitney Houston song released
NEW YORK — You can dance to a new-ish Whitney Houston song this weekend. Houston originally released a cover of Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love” as a Japan-only bonus track on her 1990 album “I’m Your Baby Tonight,” but the song has been given an upbeat, dance remix by Norwegian DJ-producer...
Live Nation, Hanover officials dodge questions about KeyBank Pavilion traffic
Fans might want to arrive early for Friday’s Zac Brown Band show at KeyBank Pavilion. You could be waiting in your car for a while. Live Nation, the entertainment company that owns the Hanover Township amphitheater near Burgettstown, won’t say if it is doing anything to address reports of long...
Youngwood Park & Pool summer concert series returnsVideo
The Youngwood Park & Pool’s “moonlight swims” and summer concert series, “Battle of the Bands,” kicks off Wednesday night with a concert by the Loose Change Band. Gates open at 7 p.m. The schedule for the rest of the summer will be: • July 3: Caught on Sight • July...
Zac Brown Band will mix it up on stop at KeyBank PavilionVideo
Zac Brown Band may just be the world’s greatest cover band or at least a case could have been made for that statement on its recent “Down the Rabbit Hole” tour. The tour, which began last summer and finished up this spring, found the ZBB mixing all or parts of...
Kiefer Sutherland discusses ‘very personal’ songs, inspiration ahead of Pittsburgh-area show
When Kiefer Sutherland was on the verge of releasing his debut album “Down In A Hole” a few years ago, a lot of people might have assumed he would be delving into alternative rock, heavy metal or grunge. After all, while he has shown tremendous range over his decades as...
Tributes to Michael Jackson flow on 10th anniversary of his deathVideo
Michael Jackson’s estate paid tribute to his artistry and charity Tuesday as fans make final preparations for gatherings to celebrate his memory on the 10th anniversary of the King of Pop’s death. “Ten years ago today, the world lost a gifted artist and extraordinary humanitarian,” the Jackson estate said in...
Loss of son leads Scottdale mother to form arts foundationVideo
Tajz Dues was 28 when he collapsed and died at his workplace on June 9, 2018, from an apparent severe asthma attack. His mother, Antonette Dues of Scottdale, says her only child was a man of great Christian faith. He enjoyed, she says, his work as an assistant program director...
Dirty Heads release album, tour with 311
Southern California band Dirty Heads will perform with 311 on July 13 at KeyBank Pavilion, Burgettstown. Doors open at 4:20 p.m., and joining the bill are The Interrupters, Dreamers and Bikini Trill. Tickets start at $13.75. Described as performing infectious anthems of alternative, hip hop, reggae and rock, Dirty Heads...
BET Awards honor Mary J. Blige, Nipsey Hussle, Tyler PerryVideo
The 2019 BET Awards featured a number of contemporary pop and rap stars who are dominating the charts, from Cardi B to Lil Nas X. But the show belonged to artists viewed as icons in the black community, including singer Mary J. Blige, filmmaker Tyler Perry and the late rapper...
See Bob Dylan at his most enigmatic in Scorsese’s ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’Video
Bob Dylan has always been a mercurial character, to the point that he even described the tone he was striving to achieve on 1966’s “Blonde on Blonde” album as a “thin, wild, mercury sound.” So it makes perfect sense that “Rolling Thunder Revue,” Martin Scorsese’s kind-of-sort-of documentary about Dylan’s 1975...
Travel tip: Old Bethlehem steel mill hosts Blast Furnace Blues
Carrie Blast Furnaces in Rankin isn’t the only old steel mill in Pennsylvania that’s been repurposed as an arts venue. There’s also SteelStacks, once the home plant of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem. Five idle blast furnaces loom over the 10-acre site offering concerts, festivals, food, arts programming, family fun and...
Jagger appears healthy as Rolling Stones rock Soldier Field
CHICAGO — Mick Jagger appeared healthy and energetic Friday night as the Rolling Stones launched their North American tour at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The 75-year-old frontman ran and skipped along a narrow stage that jutted out into the crowd. It was his first major concert performance since doctors told him...
Unheard song from Queen frontman Freddie Mercury releasedVideo
Universal Music unveiled a previously unheard and unreleased song by the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. The record label announced the track, “Time Waits for No One,” on Thursday. It was originally recorded in 1986 for the concept album of the musical “Time” with musician Dave Clark. A video to...
‘Calling All Divas’ performance canceled at The Palace Theatre
The July 19 performance of the musical “Calling All Divas” at Greensburg’s Palace Theatre has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. Tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase. For those who purchased tickets in person or over the phone from The Palace Theatre or from the theater...
‘That’s Life’: New song by late Mac Miller released
A new song featuring late rapper and Point Breeze native Mac Miller was released Thursday by music producer 88-Keys. The song, titled “That’s Life,” also features musician Sia. The song originally was recorded by 88-Keys and Miller while they were in a New York City studio. In an announcement, 88-Keys...
New Kids still got ‘The Right Stuff,’ tour stop in Pittsburgh proves thatVideo
Turn on Top 40 radio or MTV in the late ‘80s and the odds were about 100% you’d hear songs and see videos from New Kids on the Block, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, Naughty By Nature and Salt-N- Pepa. Thirty years later, you can hear those hits and see the performers...
Yes, The Royal Affair Tour makes stop at Pittsburgh’s Stage AE
Last year, Yes hit the half-
century mark as a band that has been touring and recording music. Aside from a hiatus that ran from 2004 to 2008, some lineup of the group has existed for the past five decades. Guitarist Steve Howe was not a founding member and came aboard...
Pittsburgh Symphony Pops celebrates ‘Unforgettable’ legacy
The word superstar hadn’t been coined when Nat King Cole was one. At his peak, after World War II through the 1950s, the jazz pianist and smoothly poised singer sold so many recordings that the famous Capitol Records’ round headquarters building in Hollywood was called “The House that Nat Built.”...
