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07/01/2016

It's the July concert preview in Pittsburgh with Guns N' Roses, Weezer, Pere Ubu, Peter Cetera, Journey, GBA & more

05/04/2016

Hartwood Acres, South Park concerts will feature Josh Ritter, Booker T, Ohio Players, Randy Bachman, The Bad Plus

Summer concert announcements have been rolling in almost every day, but here come the free ones, which, no surprise, happen to be some of the most popular. The Allegheny County Concert series has announced lineups for Hartwood Acres and South Park that cover most of the bases from rock to jazz to fu...

04/24/2016

"To be honest here, he was never someone who seemed particularly interested in the idea of growing old. So I just sat there and said, 'You know, this is probably the way it was meant to be.' "
-- Prince band member and Pittsburgh-raised saxophonist Eric Leeds.
He talks about how he got the gig with Prince and what it was like working with the Purple One.

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2016/04/24/Prince-sideman-Eric-Leeds-I-don-t-believe-he-meant-to-grow-old/stories/201604240165

03/21/2016

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2016/03/21/Titus-Andronicus-Craig-Finn-rock-ecstatically-on-No-Future-tour/stories/201603210108

03/17/2016

"I remember seeing Cyndi Lauper when I was in Japan singing ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ and it got me excited about diving into the ’80s world."

After charting one of the top songs of 2012 with the sugary hit “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen made an unlikely career detour. She went to Broadway. “I don’t know that it was a smart decision or a dumb one when it comes to strategy, but I got a call from someone like, ‘Do you want to move to New…

03/05/2016

Close your eyes and it's practically Pink Floyd (but then you'll miss the light show).

Brit Floyd dazzles once again on Continuum Tour Written by Scott Mervis on Saturday, 05 March 2016 9:05 am. If I were to line up my favorite living guitar heroes, I might just find a spot somewhere on the end for Damian Darlington, which is weird to say because he plays in, um, a tribute band. But i…

03/02/2016

Goodbye Pittsburgh Blues Festival, Hello Feed More Festival

The three-day Pittsburgh Blues Festival at Hartwood Acres is history, for now. Rebranded as The Food Bank’s Feed More Festival, this summer it will be a one-day event at Stage AE on July 17. Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank decided to change the name of the benefit “to better illustrate the en…

03/02/2016

Here are the 2016 Pittsburgh Rock N Roll Legends...what do you think of the list?

The voters had the option to go younger, but chose to reach deeper into local music history for the inductees into the 2016 Pittsburgh Rock ’N Roll Legends Awards, announced today. The new class consists of three classic performers, a promotions pioneer and one of the longest-running DJs on the air.…

03/01/2016

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx is coming to Stage AE in May

Sixx:AM to release 'Prayers for the Damned,' play Stage AE Written by Scott Mervis on Tuesday, 01 March 2016 10:47 am. Motley Crue has said farewell -- at least for now -- but Nikki Sixx is right back on the road with his band Sixx:A.M. It will play Stage AE, North Shore, on May 18 (doors at 6:30…

02/26/2016

The March concert preview with The Who, Blake Shelton, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cage the Elephant, Silversun Pickups, Coheed and Cambria, Daya and more.

There’s some country, some metal, some punk, some classic rock and a few nice shots of indie on the busy March calendar. Enjoy! March 1: Coheed and Cambria The progressive metal band, often compared to Rush, launched a series of sci-fi concept albums in 2002 — “The Amory Wars.” Having completed sev…

02/24/2016

There's just no defending Kanye anymore.

Kanye's attack on Bob Ezrin is another last straw Written by Scott Mervis on Wednesday, 24 February 2016 11:16 am. Kanye West is a brilliant artist and producer who deserves to have won an album of the year Grammy, but he's made it virtually impossible to remain a fan. At a time when Donald Trump…

02/24/2016

Did that Grammy performance make you want to see Jackson Browne? If so, he opens his summer tour in Pittsburgh

Jackson Browne will launch his summer tour with a concert at Heinz Hall on June 3. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. March 11 at LiveNation.com and pittsburghsymphony.org. Advance tickets, VIP Packages, and GuacFund Benefit Seats are available beginning March 2 at www.JacksonBrowne.com. The Rock and Rol…