Record 250 herpes cases reported per day near Coachella Festival
Music fans apparently caught more than some great tunes at a California music festival this month. The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival draws about 250,000 people to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, across two weekends in April. In addition to the impacts that any large event...
Taylor Swift to open Billboard Music Awards with new single ‘ME!’Video
Taylor Swift will open next week’s Billboard Music Awards with a performance of her new single “ME!” Swift released the colorful, upbeat song Friday morning, ending the weekslong search the pop star set off when she teased fans with clues about a new project. She will kick off the May...
Blues Traveler reschedules Rivers Casino concert
A shoulder injury to one of the members of Blues Traveler has caused the group to postpone its Rivers Casino concert. The show was originally scheduled for Saturday. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, at 8 p.m. All tickets issued for the Saturday show will be honored for...
Taylor Swift poses with fans ahead of big announcement
Taylor Swift, who has been teasing fans for weeks with clues about a new project to be announced Friday, hyped fans up when she visited a mural in Nashville on Thursday. The pop star surprised a few hundred fans, posing with them in front of a mural she commissioned. View...
Iconic Pittsburgh musician Joe Negri retires from PittVideo
Room 124 at University of Pittsburgh’s music building won’t have that familiar sound resonating from inside. Pittsburgh jazz guitarist and legend Joe Negri retired after 49 years teaching students how to play not only songs, but how to live their lives. Pitt held a going-away party for him Thursday. Negri,...
Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents ‘Disney’s Newsies’
Pittsburgh Musical Theater will present its final Seize the Stage season show, “Disney’s Newsies,” at the Byham Theater, 101 6th St., Pittsburgh. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. May 2-4 and 10-11 and at 2 p.m. May 5 and 12. Tickets start at $18 for adults and $9 for children....
New Prince album featuring unreleased demos out in June
NEW YORK — A new Prince album featuring his versions of songs he wrote for other artists will be released in June. The 15-track “Originals” will include “Nothing Compares 2 U,” the No. 1 hit for Sinéad O’Connor; “The Glamorous Life,” Sheila E.’s signature song and Top 10 pop hit;...
Bruce Springsteen readies a Western-style album
NEW YORK — Fresh off his Broadway run, New Jersey’s Bruce Springsteen looked West for inspiration on a new album he’s planning to release on June 14. The 13-song disc is his first new studio album in five years. Titled “Western Stars,” Springsteen said Thursday the album draws some inspiration...
Live Nation announces ‘all-in’ ticket salesVideo
Live Nation is announcing its fifth annual National Concert Week, set for May 1-7, offering concert fans the chance to purchase $20 tickets (all-in, including fees). The offer includes more than 2 million tickets to 2,800-plus in-demand shows from Live Nation’s upcoming roster of tours across North America. The tickets...
Contemporary Christian classics coming to Hempfield churchVideo
A beloved oldies song comes on the radio and instantly you’re transported back to the time and place where you first heard it. That’s the vibe created by the Greatest Hits Live Tour, coming April 26 to Word of Life Church in Hempfield. The twist is that these golden oldies...
The 5th Dimension still shining bright with Palace Theatre show
The 5th Dimension was as popular a symbol of the late 1960s and early ‘70s as peace signs and “Make Love, Not War” posters. If the vocal group’s name doesn’t ring a bell, the parade of timeless hit records surely will. Who doesn’t remember singing and dancing to the group’s...
‘Carmina Burana’ is grand finale for WSO’s 50th season
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra is going all out for the grand finale of its 50th anniversary season. It’s such a big show, expressing “the sheer joy of living,” that the stage of The Palace Theatre in Greensburg will need to be expanded to hold performers. Daniel Meyer will conduct solo...
Sounds of summer: WYEP Music Festival lineup announced
Is it summer yet? The WYEP Summer Music Festival from 3 to 10 p.m. on June 29 in Schenley Plaza in Oakland features six performances. On the docket are DeVotchKa, Cautious Clay, Clara Kent, Nevada Color, Elias Khouri and Pierce Dipner. WYEP's Summer Music Festival lineup is here! Featuring @devotchkamusic...
The Cranberries, still in mourning, return for the last timeVideo
NEW YORK — Whether there would be a final Cranberries’ album hinged on what was on a hard drive on the other side of the world. Last spring the surviving members of the Irish band began combing through unfinished vocals that singer Dolores O’Riordan sent to Ireland before her death...
Britney Spears squashes rumors that she’s being held against her will
The pervasive Britney Spears rumor — that she’s being held against her will at a mental health institution - and the related campaign to “save” her prompted the pop singer to reassure her fans that “all is well.” As #freebritney mania spread from social media to the streets in West...
Sting on Las Vegas residency, new album and Juice WRLD
NEW YORK — Sin City? More like Sting City. Grammy-winning superstar Sting is heading to Las Vegas to launch a residency next year. Sixteen performances of “Sting: My Songs” will take place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, beginning May 22, 2020. Shows are also planned for June, August and...
Take a journey with Pittsburgh Symphony Pops’ ‘Wonderful Music of Oz’
Music played a vital role in the iconic film “The Wizard of Oz,” as well as subsequent shows “The Wiz,” “Wicked” and “Chasing Rainbows,” which were inspired by the film but take a different approach to the story. Lawrence Loh will conduct the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops in three performances of...
Clarion Quartet explores music suppressed by the Nazis
The Clarion Quartet is a group with a mission and performs at the highest level, but gives few performances because its members have another job — members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Two upcoming concerts are therefore special events. The musicians formed the quartet to play a single concert exploring...
John Noble to take final bow with ‘Night of the Stars’
Greensburg attorney and champion of high school musicals John Noble is a pretty humble guy when it comes to taking credit for the success of his “Westmoreland Night of the Stars.” The event held at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg has grown to a two-night celebration of local students representing...
Keynote Café owner celebrates its ‘community of creative people’ as closing nearsVideo
Jill Sorrels just wanted to hear live music again when she made the decision to open Keynote Cafe on Jeannette’s Clay Avenue in 2007. “I missed the music,” Sorrels said of get-togethers at her home where friends would regularly play and sing. “I had enough money for about six months,...
Country music series returns to Washington County ballpark
Texas Country concerts are returning this summer to Wild Things Park, home of the Washington Wild Things in North Franklin Township, Washington County. The schedule, announced by hosts Lord and Thorn Music Publishing and radio station Y108, includes: • June 15: David Allan Coe, with Ruff Creek and Todd Jones....
Sheryl Crow records ‘Redemption Day’ with Johnny Cash vocalsVideo
Sheryl Crow has released a political and spiritual song about war featuring vocals from the late Johnny Cash that will be featured on what she says is her last full-length album. Crow’s “Redemption Day” was originally included on her Grammy-winning 1996 self-titled album and later recorded by Cash and released...
Woodland Hills High School set to perform ‘Mamma Mia!’Video
Woodland Hills High School gets down to business with a music boot camp. “It teaches you about music but also to be ready for anything, because anything can happen on stage,” says senior actress Ava Karas. “Someone might forget a line to a song or a piece of the set...
Greensburg Central Catholic tells the tale of the ‘Children of Eden’Video
As Greensburg Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School students rehearse for their spring musical, “Children of Eden,” performing arts teacher and musical producer/director Joette Salandro is on the lookout for any needed changes in lighting, sound and actor positions. It’s her 29th year directing school musicals, her third time at the...
Rapper Wiz Khalifa announces Pittsburgh-area tour stop
Rapper Wiz Khalifa will bring The Decent Exposure Tour to Burgettstown this sumer. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday with a presale starting Tuesday for the July 20 date at KeyBank Pavilion, according to an announcement. The Taylor Allderdice graduate will be joined by French Montana,...
