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Pittsburgh music scene: Reviews of Avenged Sevenfold, KK’s Priest, JP Saxe; Merce Lemon’s new single; Indigo Girls docVideo
A quick look at a few recent shows in Pittsburgh, plus a local singer is ready to release a new single and an acclaimed documentary will screen here in April. Avenged Sevenfold at PPG Paints Arena It’s been 10 years since veteran heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold played Pittsburgh. And...
Bruce Springsteen becomes first international songwriter made a fellow of Britain’s Ivors Academy
LONDON — Bruce Springsteen is the first international songwriter to be named a fellow of The Ivors Academy, the U.K’s professional association of music creators. The American icon was announced as the next recipient of the 80-year old Academy’s highest honor Tuesday, in recognition of the impact his career has...
Barenaked Ladies set to play Rivers Casino this fall
Barenaked Ladies will bring their In Flight Tour 2024 to the Rivers Casino on the North Shore on Sept. 27. They will be appearing with special guest Toad the Wet Sprocket. The Barenaked Ladies’ best-known hits are “If I Had $1,000,000,” “One Week,” “Pinch Me” and “The Big Bang Theory...
Netflix series ‘3 Body Problem’ poses some big sci-fi questionsVideo
I recently finished the first book of Liu Cixin’s science-fiction trilogy, which shares its title, “The 3 Body Problem,” with the Netflix sci-fi series that debuted last week. And while this is only the first season, and I can’t say with certainty that the show will go where the books...
Feds search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe
NEW YORK — Two properties belonging to music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York, two law enforcement officials told The...
Bayside singer Anthony Raneri on the punk band’s new album, unusual release cycle and songwriting stylesVideo
Bayside, a veteran punk rock band out of New York, changed things up with their latest album, “There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive.” The new album, scheduled for an April 5 release date, will combine 2022’s “The Red EP” and 2023’s “The Blue EP” with an additional five more...
Kate and William ‘extremely moved’ by support since the Princess of Wales’ cancer revelation
LONDON — Kate, the Princess of Wales, and her husband, Prince William, are said to be “extremely moved” by the public’s warmth and support following her shocking cancer announcement as tributes continued to pour in Sunday from around the world. After weeks of frenzied speculation on social media about her...
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” is No. 1 with $45.2M, Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Immaculate’ lands in 4thVideo
NEW YORK — Ghost busting is still a good business. “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” collected $45.2 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing Sony Pictures the studio’s first No. 1 film since last summer. The opening weekend for “Frozen Empire,” in 4,345 theaters, was nearly...
Comedian Kevin Hart is joining a select group honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American humor
WASHINGTON — Kevin Hart, who rose from the open mics and comedy clubs of his native Philadelphia to become one of the country’s most recognizable performers, will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a gala performance Sunday at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Hart, 44,...
Cameron Diaz, Benji Madden announce surprise birth of baby boy
The stork has arrived with another bundle of joy for Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden. The “Shrek” star, 51, and Good Charlotte musician, 45, shared a joint Instagram post on Friday announcing the birth of baby boy Cardinal. The news came as a surprise as no one knew the couple...
Indie pop/rock band Daisy the Great discusses their formation, going viral and sequel songsVideo
With one semester left at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Kelley Dugan and Mina Walker started writing a musical about a fake band for fun. That musical — with pop stars being struck by lightning, masked singers and much more — will never see the light of day, but...
Washington, D.C.’s Origami Angel headlining Pittsburgh collective’s 17th birthday celebrationVideo
Origami Angel, a two-piece emo band out of Washington, D.C., is a strong supporter of local music scenes. They’ll be in Pittsburgh on Sunday to headline the 17th birthday bash for Don’t Let the Scene Go Down on Me, a music collective that’s been booking shows since 2007 and in...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 22-24
We’ve made it to the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it if you aren’t attending the NCAA men’s basketball tournament hosted by Duquesne at PPG Paints Arena, Uptown. Eggstravaganza The National Aviary on the North Side is hosting Eggstravaganza from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and...
Community bands converge on Murrysville for free annual festival
A classic John Philip Sousa march. Variations on the “Scarborough Fair” theme. Music inspired by the “Lord of the Rings” books. Musicians from all over the Pittsburgh area will perform music from all over the map at the 18th annual Three Rivers Community Band Festival, set for April 6 in...
Andrea Bocelli interview: Famed Italian tenor on singing with his children, performing and faithVideo
Just weeks after a heartfelt father-son duet at the Academy Awards, famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will be performing in Pittsburgh. Bocelli, along with his son Matteo, performed an emotional version of “Time to Say Goodbye” at the Oscars, paying tribute to actors and musicians who died in 2023. That...
TV Talk: ‘American Rust’ season 2 set largely in PittsburghVideo
For its second season, the filmed-in-Pittsburgh drama “American Rust” moves from Showtime to Amazon’s Prime Video. The show’s setting also shifts. In its first season “American Rust” was set almost entirely in fictional Buell, Fayette County, but for the second season, the show splits its time between Buell and Pittsburgh,...
Country singer Jay Allen brings Night of Hope tour to Jergel’s in Warrendale
Country rock singer Jay Allen has seen the power of music first-hand. When the Iowa native’s mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, he said one thing that could bring back the woman who raised him was country music. The genre was a constant fixture in her pickup truck when Allen...
Did UK hospital staff try to snoop on Princess Kate’s medical records? Privacy watchdog investigates
LONDON — A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday it is looking into a report that staff at a private London hospital tried to snoop on the Princess of Wales ’ medical records while she was a patient for abdominal surgery. The Information Commissioner’s Office said: “We can confirm that we...
Tom McGreevy interview: Ducks Ltd. singer/guitarist on new ‘Harm’s Way’ album, jangle pop, nostalgiaVideo
Ducks Ltd., a jangle pop duo out of Toronto, recently released its second album, “Harm’s Way,” with the nine songs clocking in around a concise 27 minutes. The way Tom McGreevy sees it, keeping Ducks Ltd.’s songs to around three minutes puts the band in “good company” in a broad...
A newspaper says video of Prince William and Kate should halt royal rumor mill
LONDON — The late Queen Elizabeth II used to say that the royal family has to be seen to be believed. That became glaringly evident as the absence of Kate, the Princess of Wales, from public view unleashed an escalating frenzy of wild speculation, skepticism and flat-out conspiracy theories fueled...
A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental messageVideo
LONDON — A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a four-story building and shows a small figure holding a pressure hose beside...
Jeff Lynne’s ELO farewell tour hitting Pittsburgh in SeptemberVideo
Jeff Lynne’s ELO is embarking on its final tour, which includes a stop in Pittsburgh. The classic rock band’s Over and Out tour will visit PPG Paints Arena on Sept. 10. Originally founded in 1970 as Electric Light Orchestra, the band has sold more than 50 million records worldwide on...
Cockney Rebel singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with ‘Make Me Smile,’ dies at 73Video
LONDON — British musician Steve Harley, whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday he had “passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.” Harley said...
Review: Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘La traviata’ is a party and everyone is invited
Dancing. Drinking. Drama. Matadors. Pittsburgh Opera’s production of “La traviata,” which opened Saturday night at the Benedum Center, has something for everyone to enjoy. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi, “La traviata,” which translates in English into “The Fallen Woman,” premiered in 1853 and is one of the world’s most popular operas....
‘Luck of the Iris’: Donnie Iris and the Cruisers still know how to rockVideo
Attending a Rolling Stones concert is somewhat akin to looking through an ultra-powerful telescope and seeing light that has been traveling this direction practically since time began. In the context of rock ’n’ roll, Mick, Keith and company started wowing audiences just a few years after the genre’s advent. For...
