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A Pittsburgh homecoming: Dan + Shay feel the love at Star Lake
Here are some fun facts about Dan Smyers: he’s a born-and-raised native of the Pittsburgh area; he’s a Steelers fan; he still calls Acrisure Stadium by its previous name, Heinz Field; he’s half of a Grammy Award-winning country duo called Dan + Shay; and, according to him, he had the...
Interview: Former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure brings Band in a Box tour to Pittsburgh
Midge Ure has been playing music professionally for more than 50 years, so hitting the studio or going on the road for a North American tour at age 70 is as natural as “blinking or breathing.” “At the time, whichever one you’re doing seems to be the best one to...
Aerosmith retires from road, cancels final tour
Aerosmith has walked this way for the final time. The band has decided to pull the plug on its “Peace Out” farewell tour. The decision comes after frontman Steven Tyler, 76, suffered vocal chord damage in September 2023, which already had caused the tour to be delayed several times. Aerosmith...
Judge suspends Justin Timberlake’s driver’s license over DWI arrest in New York
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — A New York judge suspended Justin Timberlake’s driver’s license Friday at a virtual court appearance on Long Island. Timberlake pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated. Police arrested Timberlake June 18 after they say he ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane. The...
TV Talk: WQED-TV announces new Rick Sebak series; regional Emmy nominations releasedVideo
It’s been a year since Jason Jedlinski became president and CEO of WQED-TV and at a board of directors meeting Thursday he announced a new series of Rick Sebak shorts that will be compiled into quarterly prime-time programs for linear television, a similar format used by WQED’s “Cartoon Academy,” which...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 2-4
Rev up your engines and cruise into August! Summer weekends are dwindling, but the heat shows no sign of stopping — here’s all the excitement that’s going on around town this weekend. Vintage Grand Prix Time to zoom over to Schenley Park for a Pittsburgh tradition. This weekend is jam-packed...
Ciara watches husband Russell Wilson at Steelers training camp
Pop star Ciara was seen this week at Steelers training camp, decked out in the team’s gear and watching her husband, quarterback Russell Wilson. TribLlive snapped a few photos of Ciara at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe on Wednesday. She wore a baseball hat and a Steelers T-shirt with a...
TV Talk: ‘Kingstown’ ends its 3rd season
Paramount+’s filmed-in-Pittsburgh drama “Mayor of Kingstown” ends its third season with guns blazing. Streaming Sunday, it’s an episode overflowing with gunfire, including a massive shootout filmed on the 16th Street Bridge in Downtown Pittsburgh in mid-May. But the bloody mayhem is not confined to that scene. Multiple characters wind up...
Carrie Underwood will return to ‘American Idol’ as its newest judge
LOS ANGELES — Carrie Underwood will be the next singer to sit behind the judges’ table on “American Idol,” filling Katy Perry’s spot after her departure from the show in May. Underwood, who rose to fame after she won the singing competition show in 2005, will return 20 years later...
Foreigner and Styx deliver powerful performances at Star Lake, Thomas Jefferson High School choir gets on stage for encore
This week has been an embarrassment of riches for the region’s classic rock fans. Wednesday night brought a pair juggernauts to the stage at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Foreigner and Styx, two bands with long lists of hits that can still bring their A-game. John Waite opened the...
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council report shows racial inequity in arts funding
Arts and culture funding in Pittsburgh is inequitable, according to a new report released by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. A Second Look: Racial Equity and Arts Funding in Greater Pittsburgh is supported in part by a National Endowment for the Arts research grant, a follow-up to the Greater Pittsburgh...
TV Q&A: Will Gibbs ever return to ‘NCIS’?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: “NCIS” is my favorite TV program and Mark Harmon is my favorite actor. Will he ever return to “NCIS”? — Grace, via email Rob: Recall...
Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Seussical’ is bursting with imagination
Rounding out its 2024 summer season, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s “Seussical” opened Tuesday night at the Byham Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh. With its bright colors and whimsical songs, the show will undoubtedly be a hit with the next generation of theater lovers who are just being introduced to live performances....
Review: Lamb of God, Mastodon celebrate 20th anniversaries of their landmark metal albums in PittsburghVideo
An army of black shirt-clad heavy metal fans gathered for the 20th anniversaries of a pair of groundbreaking albums, soaking up the nostalgia. And by the end of the night Tuesday at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, they were quite literally soaked. The Ashes of Leviathan tour brought together Lamb of...
Norah O’Donnell leaving as anchor of CBS evening newscast after election
Norah O’Donnell is leaving as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” after the presidential election, she announced on Tuesday. O’Donnell has been top anchor of the newscast for five years and prior to that anchored the network’s morning show. She told CBS News colleagues in an email that it’s time...
Local meteorologists talk twisters at The Lindsay Theater in Sewickley
Disaster movie fans had an opportunity to hear from local meteorologists about how Hollywood highlights weather — specifically tornadoes — and their thoughts on Western Pennsylvania weather so far this year. Scott Harbaugh of WPXI and KDKA’s Ron Smiley spoke to a packed house at The Lindsay Theater & Cultural...
Blues Attack to headline Cindystock 21 benefit music festival
Cindystock, an annual music festival that’s held at the home of Cindy and Ted Yates with all proceeds going toward cancer screenings and patient support services, will be held this year on Aug. 17. “This will be our 21st year. We started it out as a fundraiser for a family....
Scott Aukerman bringing his ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ podcast to Pittsburgh
On Tuesday night, popular podcast “Comedy Bang! Bang!” will bring its live show to the Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks. The host of the show — which also spawned a five-season-long TV show on IFC and a bestselling book — is actor-writer-producer Scott Aukerman. “’Comedy Bang! Bang!’ is essentially a...
Rapper Wiz Khalifa and girlfriend welcome baby girl
Congrats are in order for Wiz Khalifa and his girlfriend Aimee Aguilar. The couple of five years welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Kaydence, on July 17. Aguilar then shared a one-week postpartum TikTok video on July 24, where the model and entrepreneur showed off her stomach...
Irish singer Hozier brings woodsy rhythms to Pavilion at Star Lake
Hozier brought the rhythm and blues to his sold-out Unreal Unearth Tour stop Monday night at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. The Irish singer opened his concert with “De Selby (Part 1)” and “De Selby (Part 2).” Both featured imagery of tiny blue lights like rain in the...
Review: Sleater-Kinney shakes off vocal woes in Pittsburgh stop of Little Rope tourVideo
With Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein starting to lose her voice Monday night, the band made a few alterations so the show could go off without a hitch, as the seminal punk band visited Mr. Smalls Theater in Millvale on their Little Rope tour. A pair of songs where Brownstein does...
Creed, Imagine Dragons, Bruce Springsteen highlight August’s top Pittsburgh concerts
For the first time in eight years, Bruce Springsteen will be in Pittsburgh for a pair of shows — pushed back almost a year because of illness — while the Pavilion at Star Lake will host another busy month of concerts. Here’s a look at the top shows coming to...
TV Talk: Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ explores Beaver County severed head caseVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Terry Dunn Meurer, who co-created and has executive produced “Unsolved Mysteries” since its first iteration on NBC in 1987, said a Beaver County-set episode that premieres this week is one of her “all-time favorite” unsolved...
Fans swarm hill in Munich, claiming a high perch for watching Taylor Swift concert for free
MUNICH — Thousands of Taylor Swift fans have gotten free seats to her concerts in Munich on a grassy hill near the concert venue. The Swifties packed the Olympic Hill, or Olympiaberg, one of the highest elevations in the southern German city, for the second straight day Sunday. That gave...
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ smashes R-rated record with $205 million debut, 8th biggest opening ever
Marvel is back on top with ” Deadpool & Wolverine.” The comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first “Deadpool” ($132 million) and notched a...
