Taylor Swift, Paramore, Hardy among top concerts to see around Pittsburgh in June
June looks to be a crowded month of shows in Pittsburgh, headlined by a pair of Taylor Swift shows at Acrisure Stadium. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area in June:
June’s top shows
June 11: Paramore, Bloc Party, Genesis Owusu at PPG Paints Arena
Paramore is hitting arenas on this tour on the heels of the release of its latest album, “This is Why,” in February.
“This tour feels like we got our sea legs the most out of all the tours we’ve done for this album thus far,” singer Hayley Williams told the Cut. “The album started out so shaky, and we kind of had to relearn: How do we write together? How do we move our bodies so that they don’t break down on us, because after four years of chilling at home for the first time as adults, it was definitely zero to 60 — or more.”
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June 15: Hardy, Dylan Marlowe, Blame My Youth at Stage AE
Country rocker Hardy extended his “The Mockingbird and the Crow” tour to include Pittsburgh after a vocal injury forced Morgan Wallen to postpone his PNC Park shows (Hardy was scheduled to open).
After starting as a songwriter — with songs co-written with Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line and Jameson Rodgers, to name a few — Hardy started putting out his own music in 2018, with 2023’s “The Mockingbird & the Crow” hitting No. 1 on Billboard in both the top rock and top country album charts.
“I absorbed and lived the country lifestyle growing up and that’s why I talk about it or write about it in my songs so much,” he told Forbes earlier this year. “I listened to rock, but I grew up a little redneck or smalltown kid, whatever you want to call it, so that’s where my lyrics come from.”
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June 16-17: Taylor Swift, Girl in Red, Gracie Abrams/Owenn at Acrisure Stadium
The stadium-filling juggernaut that is Taylor Swift comes to Pittsburgh for two sold-out shows at Acrisure Stadium. The Eras Tour is hitting stadiums throughout the United States, and she also has her re-recorded version of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” coming out in July.
“And I’m making more albums at a more rapid pace than I ever did before, because I think the more art you create, hopefully the less pressure you put on yourself,” Swift said in a conversation with playwright Martin McDonagh hosted by Variety. “It’s just a phase I’m in right now. And everybody’s different. There are people who put an album out every five years and it’s brilliant and that’s the way they work. And I have full respect for that. But I’m happier when I’m making things more often.”
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June 20: boygenius, Claud at Stage AE
The indie rock supergroup boygenius — Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus — released its debut album, “the record,” in March. (The band’s critically acclaimed, self-titled EP came out in 2018).
“We’ve made a document of our friendship that exists primarily for our gratification that we get to share as something we do,” Baker told Alternative Press.
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Sold-out shows
June 2: Kansas at the Benedum Center
Classic rockers Kansas are kicking off their 50th anniversary “Another Fork in the Road” tour on June 2 at the Benedum Center. Kansas, best known for songs like “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind,” made their Pittsburgh debut in 1975 at the Stanley Theater (now known as the Benedum).
June 6: Noah Kahan, Richy Mitch & the Coal Miners at Stage AE
Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan brings his “Stick Season” tour to Pittsburgh a few days ahead of the June 9 release of “Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever),” an expanded version of his 2022 album.
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Other notable shows
June 3: Jay and the Americans, Charlie Thomas’ Drifters, Jay Siegel’s Tokens, The Skyliners, Chris Ruggiero, Emil Stucchio & the Classics at the Benedum Center
June 4: Jackson Browne at Benedum Center
June 5: Dead & Company at the Pavilion at Star Lake
June 7: All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Games We Play at Stage AE
June 8: Three Rivers Arts Festival: Corinne Bailey Rae at Dollar Bank Main Stage
June 9: O.A.R., The 502s at Stage AE
June 10: Hank Williams Jr., Old Crow Medicine Show at the Pavilion at Star Lake
June 13: Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, Bully at Stage AE
June 13: Candlebox, The Dead Deads at Roxian Theatre
June 16: Trace Adkins at Hollywood Casino at the Meadows
June 18: Young the Giant, Milky Chance, TALK at Stage AE
June 18: America at the Palace Theatre
June 19: Descendents, Circle Jerks, Adolescents at Roxian Theatre
June 23: Dave Matthews Band at the Pavilion at Star Lake
June 23: Ben Folds, Tall Heights at the Palace Theatre
June 24: Dierks Bentley, Jordan Davis, Hailey Whitters at the Pavilion at Star Lake
June 26: Counting Crows, Dashboard Confessional at UPMC Events Center
June 27: Rebelution, Iration, DJ Mackle at Stage AE
June 28: Big Time Rush, Max, Jax at the Pavilion at Star Lake
June 28: My Morning Jacket, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe at Stage AE
Mike Palm is a TribLive digital producer who also writes music reviews and features. A Westmoreland County native, he joined the Trib in 2001, where he spent years on the sports copy desk, including serving as night sports editor. He has been with the multimedia staff since 2013. He can be reached at mpalm@triblive.com.
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