DaBaby booted from Lollapalooza after homophobic comments
CHICAGO — Rapper DaBaby was cut Sunday from Lollapalooza’s closing lineup as a result of crude and homophobic remarks he made last week at a Miami-area music festival. The Grammy-nominated artist, whose name is Jonathan Kirk, had been scheduled as a closing act on the final night of the four-day...
MTV marks 40th anniversary with a new ‘Moon Person’ designVideo
MTV is marking its 40th anniversary with a relaunch of its iconic image of an astronaut on the moon, with an MTV flag planted nearby. On Sunday, the media network unveiled a large-scale “Moon Person” during a ceremony at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The new design...
Benefits of Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival goes beyond the musicVideo
The Pittsburgh Roots and Blues Festival is about more than good music — it’s also about supporting those on the autism spectrum. The event, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center in Harmar, serves as a fundraiser. The groups benefiting are the Autism Society of Pittsburgh and...
Lollapalooza to require vaccination card or negative test
CHICAGO — The hordes of people expected to descend on Chicago’s Grant Park for the Lollapalooza music festival this week will be required to show proof that they’ve been vaccinated for covid-19 or tested negative for the disease within the last three days. The four-day festival starts Thursday and is...
Greensburg’s Palace Theatre opening its doors; here’s who’s hitting the stage, so far
Live entertainment is coming back strong at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. “With shows continually being added to the schedule, this fall will feature more performances than any other in Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s history of owning The Palace Theatre,” said Trust CEO April Kopas. Along with new shows, shows postponed...
Concert in the Park returns to Murrysville following pandemic hiatusVideo
After being forced to take a year off because of covid concerns, Murrysville recreation officials will bring back the annual Concert in the Park, which has taken the place of Murrysville Community Day in recent years. In a nod to continuing covid-19 developments both locally and nationally, special events and...
Westmoreland Winds offer eclectic program at Hempfield Park
Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra continued its Live on the Lawn outdoor summer concert series Friday with a performance by the Westmoreland Winds. In their second season, the concerts are presented at the Smail Auto Group Amphitheater at Hempfield Park. This week’s concert featured an ensemble including Tom Godfrey, flute; Renate Sakins,...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 23-25
We’ve almost reached the end of July. Besides the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in Schenley Park, which is back on track Saturday and Sunday after missing last year because of the pandemic, here are five other things to do while it’s still summer. Taking it to the streets “OpenStreetsPGH” visits...
Air Supply brings love songs to The Palace TheatreVideo
There’s a common thread running through “Lost in Love,” “Making Love Out of Nothing at All” and “All Out of Love.” “Our songs are about love and romance,” said Russell Hitchcock, lead vocalist for the duo Air Supply in his Australian accent. “There is a fascination with our songs because...
Rolling Stones reschedule Pittsburgh ‘No Filter’ tour date
The Rolling Stones announced rescheduled dates for their interrupted “No Filter” tour, including an Oct. 4 stop at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. Tour dates originally slated for 2020 were postponed due to the pandemic. The Stones originally were set to play Heinz Field on June 23, 2020. The return engagement...
Alle-Kiski Valley rockers Sourmash nominated for multiple independent music awardsVideo
Independent musicians from Western Pennsylvania are representing the region in a strong way when it comes to the annual Josie Music Awards. Alle-Kiski Valley hard rockers Sourmash have received three nominations from the country’s largest independent music awards organization. The group, whose repertoire pays homage to classic and Southern rock,...
Pittsburgh CLO’s star-studded 75th-anniversary show set for Heinz Field
The stars won’t just be in the sky when “Pittsburgh CLO’s 75th Anniversary: A Broadway Musical Celebration” comes to Heinz Field Wednesday through Saturday. The star-studded production will feature Pittsburgh CLO alumni and Broadway veterans performing musical highlights and theater classics spanning the history of the organization. “We’re bringing the...
‘Kansas’ rock violinist, singer Robby Steinhardt, dies at 71
Robert E. “Robby” Steinhardt, a violinist and vocalist with the progressive rock band Kansas, has died due to complications from pancreatitis. He was 71. His wife, Cindy Steinhardt, said he died Saturday at a hospital in Tampa, Florida. She announced on Facebook Monday that he had just recorded his first...
Greensburg’s Stage Right summer campers staging ‘Oz,’ ‘Addams Family’
Participants in Stage Right’s second summer camp session hit the ground running, starting to rehearse for performances on their first day. They’ll show what they learned during two musical productions Friday through Sunday in the Science Hall Theater on the Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood campus. “We had a great...
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...
