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Celine Dion reschedules Pittsburgh show to 2022Video
Celine Dion’s Courage World tour is moving to 2022, including a Pittsburgh show at PPG Paints Arena. The famed singer will now perform in Pittsburgh on April 20, 2022. The show had originally been scheduled for Nov. 16, 2020, before being moved to Sept. 22, 2021, because of the covid-19...
Wiz Khalifa tweets that he has covid
Hip hop megastar Wiz Khalifa revealed in a tweet that he has tested positive for covid-19 in a Tweet on Wednesday. “Okay loved ones….sooo…..Ya boy got covid. No symptoms. Just stay away from me for a lil while,” the musician wrote on Twitter. He said he plans to use the...
Jeff LaBar, guitarist for rock band Cinderella, dead at 58Video
Longtime guitarist Jeff LaBar, whose decades of performing included massive success with the rock group Cinderella, died Wednesday at age 58. “It’s unimaginable that one of our band brothers has left us,” his fellow Cinderella rockers said in a statement, according to Rolling Stone. “We’re sending his wife Debinique, his...
Pittsburgh Festival Opera concert series to host contemporary opera legends
As part of its expanded season of programming, Pittsburgh Festival Opera will offer “something that Pittsburgh hasn’t had for a long, long time,” said Artistic Director Marianne Cornetti. The opera will present four stars of contemporary opera in its concert series at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. “‘Legends in the...
Hempfield Park concert features Italian songs of ‘amore’ and more
The land of “amore” is the inspiration for a July 20 concert in Hempfield Park. Alabaster Performing Arts will present Mary McCormack and Jessie Glover singing tunes made popular by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and others during an Italian American Concert at 7 p.m. in the park’s open-air Smail Amphitheatre....
Westmoreland Symphony ready for live audiences at The Palace Theatre
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra will return to The Palace Theatre in October, to perform once again in front of live audiences. Artistic Director Daniel Meyer announced the 2021-2022 season during the symphony’s July 9 “Summer Sparklers” concert in Greensburg’s St. Clair Park. “If you’re wondering if your seat is still...
Backstreet Boys back in Las Vegas for a Christmas residency
NEW YORK — Everybody, Backstreet’s back — in Vegas. The pioneering boy band is returning to the Las Vegas Strip with “A Very Backstreet Christmas Party,” a series of 12 holiday shows at the Planet Hollywood resort this November and December. The band will be playing the Zappos Theater at...
Marilyn Manson turns himself in for spitting incident in New Hampshire
Marilyn Manson turned himself in to police in Los Angeles Friday to answer his outstanding warrant for alleged assault in New Hampshire, officials confirmed Thursday. The shock rocker, whose legal name is Brian H. Warner, was wanted by police in the quaint New England town of Gilford for allegedly spitting...
Paris police release rapper Lil Baby, hand him drug fine
PARIS — Paris police released rapper Lil Baby from custody on Friday after fining him for having cannabis in his car, according to the city prosecutor’s office. He was stopped along with NBA star James Harden, who was frisked but not detained. Lil Baby’s arrest on Thursday along one of...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 9-11
We’ve reached the weekend. Here are a few ways to spend it. Pittsburgh CLO Pittsburgh CLO’s “Wizard of Oz’” will be performed at 8:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Heinz Field on the North Side. The stage will be in the end zone. There will...
Pittsburgh’s Rex Theater returns under new name, ownership
Music will once again fill the The Rex Theater on Pittsburgh’s South Side — only under a different name. The East Carson Street venue that closed during the pandemic will reopen in September as Enclave. “Everyone knows The Rex had been a staple and it brought a lot of diverse...
Britney Spears’ team in limbo as multiple people, including attorney, want to resign
Britney Spears isn’t the only person who wants out of her conservatorship. Samuel Ingham III, who has served as the singer’s court-appointed attorney since her conservatorship began in 2008, reportedly will file documents Tuesday requesting that the court remove him from the job, according to TMZ. Ingham did not respond...
Bruce Springsteen’s daughter makes Olympic equestrian team
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The daughter of rock icon Bruce Springsteen and singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa has been selected as one of four riders on the U.S. jumping team that will compete at the Tokyo Olympics. U.S. Equestrian announced Monday that Jessica Springsteen would be making her Olympic debut. The 29-year-old has...
East End arts groups, restaurants will again host Hotline Ring collective fundraiserVideo
Before the pandemic, the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty was partnering with restaurants in the neighborhood to host Neighborhood Happy Hours. That group switched gears amid pandemic restrictions, joining with six other local arts organizations to host a virtual fundraiser, Hotline Ring, that brought in $130,000. This year, the...
50 years after his death, fans honor Jim Morrison in Paris
PARIS — Paris on Saturday was the only place to be for die-hard Jim Morrison fans. Fifty years after his death at age 27, rock music lovers from France and across the world came to the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in eastern Paris where The Doors’ frontman is buried. Many brought candles...
Mt. Pleasant songwriter Andy Davis nominated for 3 Josie Music AwardsVideo
Mt. Pleasant native Andy Davis was happy to be nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award in 2017 for his work as an on-air radio personality at Pittsburgh country station Y108 FM. But, after spending the past five years writing songs and working to gain recognition as a performer,...
Pittsburgh to host movies, concerts, dancing at parks this summer
More than 75 movies, concerts and dances will fill Pittsburgh parks this summer. City of Pittsburgh Office of Special Events has announced its lineup of happenings. The Dollar Bank Cinema in the Park will show films at 10 locations in July and August. Guests are asked to bring a chair...
Cheech & Chong cancel Palace Theatre showVideo
The comedy duo of Cheech & Chong canceled their concert that had been scheduled at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong, the Grammy Award-winning comedy duo, were supposed to play on Oct. 2. Drusky Entertainment, which had been promoting the show, made the announcement Thursday....
Buy a drink at the Bar Car at ‘Music on the Mon’ on Pittsburgh’s South Side
This place to get a drink has wheels. The Bar Car, a 1972 Airstream vintage vehicle, will be parked at the SouthSide Works for its “Music on the Mon” event which debuts Friday. Penn Hills native Bill Deasy will be performing at 7 p.m. with three friends. Also on stage...
Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ will be under the stars at Heinz Field
In case you’re wondering how Pittsburgh CLO can stage a musical in the vast expanse of Heinz Field, don’t worry — the audience won’t be straining to see the performers from the upper decks. When the company presents “The Wizard of Oz” July 8-10 on the Steelers’ home turf, “We’ll...
Review: Alt-rockers Cracker cracklin’ good in Pittsburgh Shrine Pavilion concertVideo
Cracker has been itching to play and their Pittsburgh area fans have been anxious to hear them. Led by lead singer/guitarist David Lowery and lead guitarist Johnny Hickman, one of the best pickers around, Cracker lit up an otherwise dreary Wednesday night in Harmar with a mix of songs easily...
105.9 The X alt-rock countdown returns over Fourth of July weekend
As the WDVE countdown of 500 songs has become synonymous with Memorial Day weekend, WXDX-FM 105.9, known as The X, hopes to claim Fourth of July for its 420 list of music. “If you are going to a Fourth of July party you can put on ‘The X’ and you...
Stage Right’s ‘Hair’ celebrates 1960s hippie vibe
For the Stage Right Theatre Company, the rock musical “Hair” isn’t just an anachronistic snapshot of the peace and love era of the 1960s. Cast members in their 20s and 30s are finding parallels between the “Age of Aquarius” and the present day, said Director Tony Marino. The troupe will...
Eclectic local band HABATAT vying for NPR Tiny Desk Concert slotVideo
When HABATAT dragged a desk onstage at a recent concert, it wasn’t just an eclectic performance art prop. The band, whose members hail from Greensburg and Johnstown, were getting ready to video a song for submission into NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert contest. HABATAT was onstage at FUNKy FEST, an annual...
Alt-rock band Cracker happy to be back on the road, heads to Harmar this week
It’s a long way from performing socially distant, one-man private acoustic shows in driveways to being back on stage with a full six-piece band. But that’s the road David Lowery, front man for the classic alternative rock group Cracker, has traveled in just one month of pandemic time. Cracker, led...
