Farm Aid celebrates 40 years of supporting family farmers with a concert in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Farm Aid — the annual fundraising concerts launched by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp during the farm crisis of the 1980s — celebrates its 40th anniversary on Saturday in Minneapolis. The star-studded festivals are still raising public awareness of the challenges facing family farmers, and assisting...
Progressive metal band Dream Theater brings heavy theatricality to the Benedum Center
A metal band may seem like an odd fit in a setting like Downtown Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center, typically home to musicals and ballets. But Dream Theater — shaped and honed by four decades of recording and performing — provided plenty of theatricality to match the stage at Thursday night’s concert....
Teen girl’s body found in impounded car registered to singer d4vdVideo
A decomposed body found inside an impounded Tesla in Los Angeles has been identified as that of a teenage girl who went missing last year. Several local news outlets reported the vehicle was registered to the singer d4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, 20. Neither his representatives nor...
Q&A: Singer-songwriter Cornelia Murr ready for 1st Pittsburgh showVideo
Although singer-songwriter Cornelia Murr has been to Pittsburgh before, she’ll play her first show here later this month. On one of her last tours, Murr and her band drove through town and had a memorable meal. “I had the best pho of my life in Pittsburgh,” she said in a...
MGK bringing Lost Americana tour to Star Lake in 2026Video
MGK is coming back to Pittsburgh next year. Also known as Machine Gun Kelly, MGK announced his Lost Americana tour, which includes a June 10 show at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. He’ll be joined by Pittsburgh-born rapper Wiz Khalifa, as well as De’Wayne. MGK’s latest album “Lost...
Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival celebrates George Benson
In September 1945, Leon Hefflin Sr. brought the first jazz music festival to the masses at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. Cavalcade of Jazz was an opportunity for music lovers of all stripes to join together and enjoy the sounds of legendary musicians. “His reason for starting it was to...
Q&A: Pittsburgh’s Reba Meyers talks playing with Marilyn Manson ahead of Roxian showVideo
At 32, guitarist Reba Meyers considers herself the kid among gothic rocker Marilyn Manson’s band, with the rest of the members ranging between 49 and 60 years old. “I’m always trying to listen, but I’m sure I annoy the (crap) out of them. I’m basically like the (expletive) triceratops from...
Country singer Riley Green becomes 1st Star Lake show announced for 2026
Country singer Riley Green will bring his Cowboy As It Gets tour to Pittsburgh next year, with his show being the first announced for the 2026 season at the Pavilion at Star Lake. Known for songs like “Worst Way,” “Jesus Saves” and “I Wish Grandpas Never Died,” Green will play...
Q&A: Scott McCaughey on pulling a doubleheader with The Baseball Project, The Minus 5Video
Somewhere in Europe, there exists live footage of an unreleased song about Roberto Clemente, penned by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills. The Baseball Project — a music supergroup now comprised of R.E.M.’s Mills and guitarist Peter Buck, guitarist Scott McCaughey of The Young Fresh Fellows, guitarist Steve Wynn of The Dream...
Suspect in Seattle home invasions of Macklemore and celebrity athletes pleads not guilty
SEATTLE — A man accused of breaking into the homes of Seattle-area celebrities, including baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki and hip-hop artist Macklemore, and pepper-spraying people he encountered inside pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple charges. Patrick Maisonet, 29, was arrested at his home in on Aug. 21 in...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Connie RosesVideo
The rising Pittsburgh hip-hop artist Connie Roses is on his fourth release of the year after “What We Got To Offer pt. 2” dropped earlier this month. “People should understand and explore the album the same way a writer commits to world building in a book,” he said. “There is...
Blink-182 rocks 1st day of Four Chord Music FestivalVideo
In Blink-182’s song “Turpentine,” co-lead singers Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus join their voices together to belt out “What If I’m not like the others?” For any of the thousands of pop-punk/emo fans gathered Saturday at Four Chord Music Festival, they found plenty of kindred spirits as they sang, bounced...
Q&A: Guitarist Ryan Lee Crosby on how he discovered Bentonia bluesVideo
Singer-songwriter Ryan Lee Crosby calls his latest album an “authentically made modern-day analog field recording of a century-old blues tradition.” The new album, “At the Blue Front,” was released Aug. 20 and recorded at the Blue Front Cafe — considered the oldest juke joint in the U.S. — in Bentonia,...
The Pixies and Spoon bring no-frills night of rock to Pittsburgh
Are you the type of person who goes to a concert hoping to hear 50 songs in one night? Well, you should have been at Stage AE on Friday. In the course of about four hours, three acts jetted their way through dozens of tunes with the efficiency of an...
Rilo Kiley bring reunion tour to Pittsburgh after long hiatusVideo
Rilo Kiley opened up a time capsule that took a sold-out Pittsburgh crowd back to the early 2000s. The long-absent indie rock band is back on the road for the first time in 17 years, with their Sometimes When You’re On You’re Really (Expletive) On tour making a stop Thursday...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Sept. 12-14
As with every weekend, there’s so much going on in the Pittsburgh area in the next few days, from entertainment to sports to mouthwatering food and more. Here are just a few of the events to put on your radar. Science Center (Re)Launch Day The Carnegie Science Center — whoops,...
Q&A: James McMurtry on touring, new album, why he writes ahead of Pittsburgh show
If James McMurtry doesn’t make it to Pittsburgh for his show next week, he already has a sneaking suspicion where he’ll be. “Hopefully they’ll let us back in from Canada the night before because we got to hop up to Toronto and do a date,” he said. “If we don’t...
Jeff Goldblum to headline new Pittsburgh International Airport terminal gala
Who better to celebrate Pittsburgh’s new flying experience than native Pittsburgher — and star of “The Fly” — Jeff Goldblum? On Oct. 3, the Pittsburgh International Airport will host a gala in honor of its new $1.7 billion terminal. Goldblum will headline the event, performing with both the Pittsburgh Symphony...
A new Whitney Houston duet? How Calum Scott made ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ with the late star
NEW YORK — It sounds impossible, but that’s the magic of it. On Thursday, a new Whitney Houston song arrives 13 years after her death. English singer Calum Scott is responsible. The single is a duet between Scott and Houston, a balladic reinterpretation of the timeless “I Wanna Dance with...
Q&A: Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan on the band’s long-awaited return to Pittsburgh and moreVideo
It’s been 24 years since indie rockers Superchunk played a show in Pittsburgh, but vocalist/guitarist Mac McCaughan made a much more recent stop here. “I was on a family trip recently, and we came through Pittsburgh like a month ago. We had a great meal at this place, Apteka. It’s...
Alabama Shakes are back and keep on rocking at Stage AE
There was a palpable sense of joy throughout Stage AE’s packed outdoor venue on Tuesday night among fans seeing a favorite band back together after nearly a decade. Alabama Shakes rose onto the scene like a rocket in the early 2010s, a retro-styled band with a fresh sound and the...
Q&A: Jimmy Eat World drummer Zach Lind, whose dad coached for the Pirates, back in town for Four Chord festivalVideo
Zach Lind will be at at Pittsburgh area ballpark on Saturday, but it’s not quite one he remembers from his youth. The Jimmy Eat World drummer will play Four Chord Music Fest 11 at EQT Park in Washington with his band and a host of others, including Blink-182, Hot Mulligan...
Q&A: Slow Joy’s Esteban Flores on new album, feeling like a ‘real artist’ and moreVideo
For Esteban Flores, who performs as Slow Joy, his first time in Pittsburgh last year made quite an impression. “I loved it. This is kind of ridiculous, but I’m a big ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ fan. When I saw the two yellow bridges, I got really excited,” he said with...
Rick Davies, co-founder and singer of Supertramp, dies at 81
LONDON — Rick Davies, the co-founder, singer and songwriter of British band Supertramp, has died after a long battle with cancer, the band said Monday. He was 81. Davies, who co-wrote the band’s music with Roger Hodgson, was “the voice and pianist behind Supertramp’s most iconic songs, leaving an indelible...
Trans-Siberian Orchestra bringing ‘The Ghosts of Christmas Eve’ winter tour to PittsburghVideo
Trans-Siberian Orchestra will make its annual stop in Pittsburgh over the holiday season. The theatrical rock group is bringing its The Ghosts of Christmas Eve: The Best of TSO and More tour to PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Dec. 20. There will be a pair of shows at 2:30...
