Sweet Sweet Music
A of new and old songs highlighted Bob Dylan’s Heinz Hall concert.
Legendary rock promoter Pat DiCesare recreates the fun and the excitement of the Beatles Pittsburgh concert experience with The American Tour ’64. The story of how the original concert came about and a photo slideshow of the Beatles 1964 Pittsburgh visit.
Paul McCartney brought his Out There tour to Pittsburgh’s Consol Energy Center. Both McCartney and the crowd were highly energized as McCartney performed Beatles, Wings, and solo hits during a concert of over two and a half hours.
Bear Hands, whose single “Giants” reached the top of the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, begins their tour in the Steel City with a momentous, post-punk set.
Jake Bugg and band rock out the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
When the Boss comes to town, you can feel the energy building up long before show time. Such was the case at Consol Energy Center on Tuesday night. As the light techs climbed their rope ladders and ascended high into the rigging above the stage, and as people filed to their seats, it grew evident…
Progressive pop/rock band MGMT‘s nearly sold-out Monday night show at Stage AE was replete with cool lighting effects, somewhat psycheic videos and spacey and industrial-sounding song intros and exits. Getting the crowd warmed up was Kuroma, a Southern power pop band led by Hank Sullivant. After releasing Kuroma’s debut album Paris, Sullivant was recruited by MGMT and…
At its inception, blues was a folk music, performed by working-class nonprofessional musicians who picked up a guitar after coming home and taking off their muddied overalls. Most major artists of the genre worked blue-collar jobs for years before they reached any measure of success. Muddy Waters drove a truck; Howlin’ Wolf was a cropper;…
Grace Potter knows what Pittsburghers want, and she’s determined to give it to them.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse to the Petersen Events Center by storm in their concert Tuesday night. Young and Crazy Horse played a tight, twelve song set that left the diverse crowd well-satisfied. The majority of the songs were from Young’s soon to be released album, Psycheic Pill, which he recorded with Crazy Horse. Young has always been one of…
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