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Quantum Theatre’s ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’ glows bright on outdoor stage
After driving through the peaceful Longue Vue Club in Verona and parking, audience members made their way to an array of chairs on risers in a clearing. Before them, with a copse of trees whispering in the breeze behind it, sat the cross-section of a simple shanty. Ushered into silence...
Review: Slipknot brings Here Comes the Pain 25th anniversary tour to PittsburghVideo
When bands launch album anniversary tours, they generally play that album and sprinkle in the rest of their hits throughout the set or save them for the encore. Not so for Slipknot, who brought their Here Comes the Pain 25th anniversary tour to the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown...
Rock legend Rod Stewart extends his Las Vegas Strip run
LAS VEGAS — Thirteen years and 200 shows are not enough for Rod Stewart at the Colosseum. The knighted, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will be back with a dozen dates in 2025. Dubbed “The Encore Shows,” the series runs March 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22; May 29...
TV Q&A: Do anchors go home between 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: I’ve noticed that most/all of the 6 p.m. news anchors will also be on their respective 11 p.m. broadcasts for the local news. Do those...
Mere-Exposure Effect shooting video, hosting fundraiser for PAAR
This Sunday, local band Mere-Exposure Effect will be offering the public an opportunity to appear in a music video — and raising money for a good cause. The group will be shooting scenes for a video to support their powerful song “Survive” at Linden Grove Nightclub and Restaurant in Castle...
Charles Barkley says he will not retire and remain with TNT Sports even if they don’t have the NBA
Charles Barkley intends to remain with TNT Sports through the remainder of his contract. The Hall of Fame player announced Tuesday that he will not retire next season, reversing the announcement he made in June during the NBA Finals. Barkley said at the time that the 2024-25 season would be...
Movie Review: ‘Cuckoo’ is a stylish nightmare, with a wonderfully sinister Dan Stevens
Let’s get one thing out of the way first: I did not entirely understand everything that happens in “Cuckoo,” a new indie horror in theaters Friday. This could be more of a me problem than with the storytelling, but there are a lot of strange things happening at this particular...
Los Angeles home of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson burglarized
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have become the latest victims in an uptick of Hollywood home invasions. The couple’s luxury estate was burglarized while they were out of town. According to TMZ, the robbers got access to the home by smashing in the glass to their guest house. However, the...
Singer-songwriter Emma G brings message of empowerment through music to Pittsburgh
New Zealand native Emma G is here to save the world, one song at a time. “Music has been my love language, it’s how I connect with people,” the singer-songwriter said in an interview. “I was born with a relatively rare brain condition called hydrocephalus, and so I had my...
TV Talk: What it’s like to attend a taping of CBS’s ‘After Midnight’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When you sign up to attend the taping of a late-night show, you never know what guests you’ll get. Last month for a taping of CBS’s “After Midnight” (12:35 a.m. weekdays, KDKA-TV),...
With arms wide open: Pittsburgh welcomes Creed on Summer of ’99 tourVideo
Creed, one of the biggest bands in modern rock, is no stranger to struggles. Despite selling millions and millions of records, the post-grunge band could never seem to win over music critics. Singer Scott Stapp faced mental health issues and battled alcoholism and addiction. The band broke up in 2004,...
A Pittsburgh homecoming: Dan + Shay feel the love at Star Lake
Here are some fun facts about Dan Smyers: he’s a born-and-raised native of the Pittsburgh area; he’s a Steelers fan; he still calls Acrisure Stadium by its previous name, Heinz Field; he’s half of a Grammy Award-winning country duo called Dan + Shay; and, according to him, he had the...
Interview: Former Ultravox frontman Midge Ure brings Band in a Box tour to Pittsburgh
Midge Ure has been playing music professionally for more than 50 years, so hitting the studio or going on the road for a North American tour at age 70 is as natural as “blinking or breathing.” “At the time, whichever one you’re doing seems to be the best one to...
Aerosmith retires from road, cancels final tour
Aerosmith has walked this way for the final time. The band has decided to pull the plug on its “Peace Out” farewell tour. The decision comes after frontman Steven Tyler, 76, suffered vocal chord damage in September 2023, which already had caused the tour to be delayed several times. Aerosmith...
Judge suspends Justin Timberlake’s driver’s license over DWI arrest in New York
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — A New York judge suspended Justin Timberlake’s driver’s license Friday at a virtual court appearance on Long Island. Timberlake pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated. Police arrested Timberlake June 18 after they say he ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane. The...
TV Talk: WQED-TV announces new Rick Sebak series; regional Emmy nominations releasedVideo
It’s been a year since Jason Jedlinski became president and CEO of WQED-TV and at a board of directors meeting Thursday he announced a new series of Rick Sebak shorts that will be compiled into quarterly prime-time programs for linear television, a similar format used by WQED’s “Cartoon Academy,” which...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 2-4
Rev up your engines and cruise into August! Summer weekends are dwindling, but the heat shows no sign of stopping — here’s all the excitement that’s going on around town this weekend. Vintage Grand Prix Time to zoom over to Schenley Park for a Pittsburgh tradition. This weekend is jam-packed...
Ciara watches husband Russell Wilson at Steelers training camp
Pop star Ciara was seen this week at Steelers training camp, decked out in the team’s gear and watching her husband, quarterback Russell Wilson. TribLlive snapped a few photos of Ciara at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe on Wednesday. She wore a baseball hat and a Steelers T-shirt with a...
TV Talk: ‘Kingstown’ ends its 3rd season
Paramount+’s filmed-in-Pittsburgh drama “Mayor of Kingstown” ends its third season with guns blazing. Streaming Sunday, it’s an episode overflowing with gunfire, including a massive shootout filmed on the 16th Street Bridge in Downtown Pittsburgh in mid-May. But the bloody mayhem is not confined to that scene. Multiple characters wind up...
Carrie Underwood will return to ‘American Idol’ as its newest judge
LOS ANGELES — Carrie Underwood will be the next singer to sit behind the judges’ table on “American Idol,” filling Katy Perry’s spot after her departure from the show in May. Underwood, who rose to fame after she won the singing competition show in 2005, will return 20 years later...
Foreigner and Styx deliver powerful performances at Star Lake, Thomas Jefferson High School choir gets on stage for encore
This week has been an embarrassment of riches for the region’s classic rock fans. Wednesday night brought a pair juggernauts to the stage at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Foreigner and Styx, two bands with long lists of hits that can still bring their A-game. John Waite opened the...
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council report shows racial inequity in arts funding
Arts and culture funding in Pittsburgh is inequitable, according to a new report released by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. A Second Look: Racial Equity and Arts Funding in Greater Pittsburgh is supported in part by a National Endowment for the Arts research grant, a follow-up to the Greater Pittsburgh...
TV Q&A: Will Gibbs ever return to ‘NCIS’?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: “NCIS” is my favorite TV program and Mark Harmon is my favorite actor. Will he ever return to “NCIS”? — Grace, via email Rob: Recall...
Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Seussical’ is bursting with imagination
Rounding out its 2024 summer season, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s “Seussical” opened Tuesday night at the Byham Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh. With its bright colors and whimsical songs, the show will undoubtedly be a hit with the next generation of theater lovers who are just being introduced to live performances....
Review: Lamb of God, Mastodon celebrate 20th anniversaries of their landmark metal albums in PittsburghVideo
An army of black shirt-clad heavy metal fans gathered for the 20th anniversaries of a pair of groundbreaking albums, soaking up the nostalgia. And by the end of the night Tuesday at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, they were quite literally soaked. The Ashes of Leviathan tour brought together Lamb of...
