Pirates to give away Mac Miller bobbleheads
The Pittsburgh Pirates will pay tribute to the late Pittsburgh-born rapper Mac Miller by giving away commemorative bobbleheads during a game in July. On Thursday, the team shared a teaser video on social media featuring a montage and the message, “This is for you, Malcolm.” Miller, whose real name was...
Chris Brown arrested in UK for alleged attack at London club in 2023
LONDON — Singer Chris Brown was arrested Thursday in England for allegedly hitting someone with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. The Metropolitan Police did not name Brown but said it took a 36-year-old into custody at a Manchester hotel on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. Under...
Pearl Jam has nearly 35-year concert history in Pittsburgh region
Pearl Jam may be best known for their album “Ten,” but it’s been more than 11½ years since they came to Pittsburgh. Seeing as it’s been so long since we’ve heard “Black” or “Yellow Ledbetter” here in the home of the Black and Gold, it’s fitting that the seminal grunge-rock...
Pierce the Veil singer Vic Fuentes on band’s biggest tour, new album, Pittsburgh memoriesVideo
In the early days of Pierce the Veil, the post-hardcore band would throw in fun, unexpected covers — from R&B to hip hop to pop — as a surprise in their sets. It just so worked out that they were doing a Wiz Khalifa song when they hit Pittsburgh’s Stage...
Need tickets? Stage AE, Star Lake offering deals with sales promotions
Pittsburgh area music fans could get a little relief for their bank accounts in a pair of ticket promotions. Stage AE in Pittsburgh is running a deal for $25 all-in tickets for select shows by using the code SUMMER25. The sale, while supplies last, runs through 11:59 p.m. Friday at...
Eddie Vedder has special connection to Pittsburgh’s Clemente Museum. Here’s why.
Iconic Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has described Pittsburgh’s Clemente Museum as one of his “top five places on the whole planet Earth.” Vedder — who returns to Pittsburgh this weekend for a pair of sold-out shows at PPG Paints Arena — isn’t just an admirer of the late baseball...
Billy Strings playing 2 shows this fall at PPG Paints Arena in PittsburghVideo
Multiple Grammy-winner Billy Strings expanded his fall tour into Europe and North America, including a pair of shows in Pittsburgh. Strings, who blends traditional bluegrass with folk and jam band music, will play PPG Paints Arena on Nov. 7 and 8. His latest studio album, “Highway Prayers,” debuted in 2024...
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass blow the house down at the Byham
At 90 years old, Herb Alpert is still going strong. “My sister is 98 years old,” he said to the applause of the sold-out crowd at the Byham Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh at Monday night’s show. “She said, ‘Why are the world are you doing this?’ I’ll tell you the...
Defense concedes Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had violent outbursts, but say no federal crimes occurred
NEW YORK — The public knew Sean “Diddy” Combs as a larger-than-life cultural icon and business mogul, but in private he used violence and threats to coerce women into drug-fueled sexual encounters that he recorded, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements at Combs’ sex trafficking trial. “This is Sean...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: BroomVideo
The band Broom only started a few years ago, and they don’t take it for granted when a crowd is singing their songs back to them. Much like when they opened for Winger’s Reb Beach at Jergel’s in 2023, playing to a receptive audience. “It was the closest we’ve gotten...
Guitarist Scarlett McKahey of Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers on opening for Pearl Jam in PittsburghVideo
Guitarist Scarlett McKahey had cut back her touring with Australian rockers Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers after a diagnosis of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in 2023. But the opportunity to open shows for Pearl Jam on their current Dark Matter tour was too good to pass up. “I’ll just...
Photos: AC/DC rocks through set at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh
AC/DC, making their first Pittsburgh appearance in more than 16 years, played a career-spanning show on their Power Up tour for a nearly full house at Acrisure Stadium on Thursday night. Over the course of 21 songs, from the rollicking, classic tunes of their heyday in the 1970s to a...
Lainey Wilson rules the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards once again, Alan Jackson is honored
NEW YORK — It was her night once again. Lainey Wilson took home the top prize at the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards — the title of entertainer of the year — for a second year in a row. And that was after she cleaned house, taking home...
AC/DC thunders through classics in Power Up tour stop in PittsburghVideo
If Thursday night proved to be AC/DC’s last concert in Pittsburgh, the hard rock legends went out with a bang … or make that a whole lotta bangs. The Australian rockers, making their first Pittsburgh appearance in more than 16 years, played a career-spanning show on their Power Up tour...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 9-11
Want to do something more special for Mom this Mother’s Day weekend than just buying some flowers and a card? How about taking her to one (or more) of the great events happening around town? Here’s some inspiration. Contemporary Craft Community Day Time to get hands-on at Contemporary Craft in...
Opera star, retired Pirates pitcher to headline fundraising gala for Pittsburgh Youth Chorus
An internationally renowned opera star and a retired Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher will headline the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus’ first gala-style fundraiser in June. Marianne Cornetti, a Winfield native who is one of the leading Verdi mezzo-sopranos of her generation, and Steven Brault, a multitalented vocalist and former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher-turned baseball...
South Side bar, restaurant and music venue The Smiling Moose closing
After more than two decades, East Carson Street bar, restaurant and music venue The Smiling Moose is closing its doors. On Saturday, the business posted the news to its social media pages, citing a new business model post-covid and the intent to focus on its Cranberry location. The South Side...
Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault and rape
LOS ANGELES — Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him. The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks at least $50 million in damages over the alleged assaults,...
Singer Matt Andersen talks new ‘The Hammer & The Rose’ album before Pittsburgh concertVideo
With Matt Andersen’s latest album, “The Hammer & The Rose,” producer Josh Van Tassel convinced the veteran Canadian singer-songwriter to try a different approach from his previous effort. “He’d seen me live a bunch, and the moments when we’d chill out on stage a lot, those parts in the show...
Pittsburgh Blues Fest will pay tribute to Kip London, Mike Lange
The eighth installment of an annual music festival is getting a new name this year: the Kip London Memorial Pittsburgh Blues & Roots Festival. This year’s event, scheduled for July 25-27 at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center Pavilion in Harmar, will pay tribute to London, a Greensburg native who died in...
New Castle-based Pyrotecnico will light up AC/DC’s Pittsburgh show
Pete Cappadocia has played with fire, smoke and other special effects for four decades. Known as “Pyro Pete,” the pyrotechnics expert has spent many nights lighting up the stage for some of the biggest rock ‘n’ roll bands in the world, including AC/DC, which is set to play Acrisure Stadium...
Greensburg native, Juilliard grad will perform senior recital at hometown churchVideo
A piano sounds like a piano. A trumpet sounds like a trumpet. A big old church organ is another matter. A talented organist, using all of the instrument’s stops, levers and pedals, can make it sound like just about anything he or she wants. “I love that the organ can...
KT Tunstall, Ashley Cooke lead Allegheny County summer concert series
Allegheny County announced its 2025 summer concert series, with a diverse lineup ranging from country to jazz to the British Invasion to funk. The free concerts, which start May 30, take place at either the South Park Amphitheater or the Hartwood Acres Amphitheater in Hampton. Rising country singer Ashley Cooke...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Gary Pratt
Local country singer Gary Pratt loves to write songs, but he couldn’t pass up “Red Barn,” his latest single which was penned by veteran Nashville writer Jason Patrick Matthews (who has worked with Luke Bryan and Billy Currington). “It reminded me of the red barn on my great grandfather’s farm,”...
Melvins’ Buzz Osborne on touring, new album, Ozzy Osbourne’s final show ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo
Melvins guitarist/singer Buzz Osborne has learned quite a bit about touring in his 40-plus years with the sludge metal pioneers. Before touring, Osborne sits down with a map and a calendar, plotting a route that will, mostly, hit the bigger cities on weekdays and the smaller markets on weekends. “Chicago...
