Red Hot Chili Peppers to bring Unlimited Love tour to PittsburghVideo
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are extending their Unlimited Love tour into 2024, with a show scheduled for the Pittsburgh region. The veteran funk rockers, who released two albums in 2022, will play July 2 at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. Kid Cudi and IRONTOM will open the...
Kennedy Center Honors fetes new inductees, including Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Dionne WarwickVideo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The newest group of Kennedy Center honorees, including comedian Billy Crystal and actor Queen Latifah, were feted Sunday night at a star-studded event commemorating their lifetime achievement in arts and entertainment. Opera singer Renée Fleming, music star Barry Gibb and prolific hitmaker Dionne Warwick were also honored...
Spotify axes 17% of workforce in 3rd round of layoffs this year
LONDON — Spotify says it’s axing 17% of its global workforce, the music streaming service’s third round of layoffs this year as it moves to slash costs while focusing on becoming profitable. In a message to employees posted on the company’s blog Monday, CEO Daniel Ek said the jobs were...
Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first U.S. band to go virtual and become digital avatarsVideo
On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden. But as dedicated fans surely know — they were never going to call it quits. Not really. During their encore, the band’s current lineup...
Taylor Swift to rake in $100M as Spotify’s top artist of 2023
Taylor Swift didn’t just enchant Spotify as its top artist of 2023, but she’s also to track to earn more than $100 million in royalties from the streaming service this year. The “Enchanted” singer, 33, will take home that gorgeous figure after hitting 26.1 billion streams around the world since...
Mildred Miller Posvar, famed mezzo-soprano and founder of Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, dies at 98
Mildred Miller Posvar, a Rust Belt singing sensation who soared to stardom on some of the world’s biggest opera stages before finally alighting in Pittsburgh, where she coached voice for decades, founded an opera company and became an indefatigable booster of the arts and the University of Pittsburgh, died Wednesday....
Classic rockers Styx, Foreigner tour hitting Star Lake in 2024Video
A pair of veteran classic rock bands that haven’t played together in 10 years are touring next summer, including a stop outside Pittsburgh. Styx and Foreigner are launching the Renegade & Juke Box Heroes tour, including a show on July 31, 2024, at the Pavilion at Star Lake. John Waite...
Pittsburgh fuzz-rockers Melt to host live set Friday to celebrate vinyl debut
Ask 10 people for the best way to describe fuzz-rock band Melt and nine of them likely will talk about the Pittsburgh trio’s thunderous volume. Just ask Jacob Gardner. Earlier this summer, the South Side resident and part-time punk bassist discovered Melt while scrolling through websites, searching for concerts to...
Review: Violent Femmes debut, a cult favorite, turns 40 with an expanded new editionVideo
In 1983, Milwaukee trio Violent Femmes released their self-titled debut, an album that would quickly enter the college-rock pantheon for its spirited acoustic punk. Forty years later, Craft Recordings has released a deluxe edition of the record, in which the cult band turns back the clock to a moment of...
Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65
LONDON — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, died Thursday, his family said. He was 65. MacGowan’s songwriting and persona made him an iconic figure in contemporary Irish culture, and some of...
Taylor Swift is Spotify’s top artist of 2023, surpassing Bad Bunny
2023 really is Taylor Swift’s year. In news that should surprise no one, Swift — who this week hit $250 million at the global box office for the filmed version of her Eras concert tour — will close out the year as Spotify’s most-streamed artist worldwide, beating out three-timer Bad...
Mariah Carey, Travis Scott, Trans-Siberian Orchestra among December’s top concerts around Pittsburgh
With Christmas right around the corner, two big shows at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh will capture the spirit of the holiday. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area in December: Top shows Dec. 5: Mariah Carey at PPG Paints Arena Mariah Carey, the queen...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs temporarily steps down as Revolt chairman amid sexual abuse allegations
LOS ANGELES — Sean “Diddy” Combs has temporarily stepped down as chairman of his cable television network Revolt amid multiple sexual abuse allegations against the music mogul. Revolt announced Combs’ decision on social media Tuesday. It’s not clear when he will return to his media company — which said Combs...
Judge cites handwritten will and awards real estate to Aretha Franklin’s sons
DETROIT — A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin awarded real estate to the late star’s sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions. The decision Monday came four months after a Detroit-area jury said the document was a valid will under Michigan law,...
‘Spinal Tap’ sequel to include guest appearances by Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks
Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks are set to appear in the sequel to “This is Spinal Tap,” the 1984 cult film classic that was the first film directed by Rob Reiner. In a Monday interview on the podcast “RHLSTP with Richard Herring,” Reiner also disclosed that shooting for...
Avenged Sevenfold to make Pittsburgh stop on Life is But A Dream tour
Avenged Sevenfold’s third leg of the band’s Life is But A Dream… tour of North America will include a stop at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena in March. The metal band — which includes singer M. Shadows, guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ and drummer Brooks Wackerman —...
Pittsburgh pop radio fixture Clarke Ingram diesVideo
If you listened to Top 40 radio in the Pittsburgh area between the mid 1970s and the mid 2000s, chances are good that Clarke Ingram touched your life in some way. The Pittsburgh native, who died Saturday at 66, was not just a mover and shaker in the Top 40...
Jason Aldean’s Highway Desperado tour coming to PittsburghVideo
Country singer Jason Aldean is bringing his Highway Desperado tour to the Pittsburgh area next year. Aldean, whose new album “Highway Desperado” was released Nov. 3, will play the Pavilion at Star Lake on Aug. 10. He’ll be joined by Lauren Alaina, Chase Matthew, Austin Snell and Dee Jay Silver....
Puppet-inspired music video earns international acclaim for Greensburg’s Derek Woods BandVideo
Members of the Derek Woods Band have had to pull some strings over the years while building their reputation as a group, working to establish themselves and gain a fan base beyond western Pennsylvania. The band has performed nationally but embarked on its first coast-to-coast U.S. tour in 2023, a...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual abuse by 2 more women
NEW YORK — Two more women have come forward to accuse Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual abuse, one week after the music mogul settled a separate lawsuit with the singer Cassie that contained allegations of rape and physical abuse. Both of the new suits were filed Thursday on the eve...
Holiday songs you may not have heard a million times alreadyVideo
The stout-hearted among us can usually hold off until Thanksgiving, but once the turkey has been digested, there’s no keeping the Christmas music away. A new study used Google search results to determine the 100 most popular Christmas songs in the U.S. — and the top three in each state....
Daryl Hall is suing John Oates. Is the Philly-born pop and R&B duo ‘Out of Touch’?
PHILADELPHIA — Daryl Hall is suing John Oates. The pop and R&B duo formed in Philadelphia in 1970 has forged one of the most successful alliances in musical history. In their heyday — between 1974 and 1991 — the partners scored 29 Top 40 hits and six that reached number...
Bush’s Gavin Rossdale on greatest hits album, ‘Glycerine’ and new musicVideo
A career retrospective album didn’t sound that appealing to Gavin Rossdale, the singer and rhythm guitarist for venerable British rockers Bush. “I really didn’t want to have that, because the greatest hits can be seen — it used to be seen for me — as a ‘See you later, I’m...
Public Enemy, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and Tracy Chapman get nods for Songwriters Hall of Fame
NEW YORK — Everything from rap to yacht rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame, with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, George Clinton, Tracy Chapman, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and The Doobie Brothers. The ballot also includes “Footloose” singer-songwriter...
Taylor Swift’s Rio tour marred by deaths, muggings and a dangerous heat wave
RIO DE JANEIRO — The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Taylor Swift’s Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar’s Eras Tour, which concludes Monday night. Gabriel Mongenot Santana Milhomem Santos, 25, a fan...
