Luke Combs in Concert at PPG Paints Arena; Hard Rock Hosts The Silencers 40th Anniversary Show (Sat., 11/23/19)

1) Luke Combs opened for Jason Aldean at KeyBank Pavilion in 2018. Now he will headline PPG Paints Arena. Combs was born in Charlotte, North Carolina; grew up in Asheville, and like many aspiring country musicians before him, sought his fame and fortune in Nashville. Short answer: he found both. His debut album, 2017’s This One’s for You, spawned five No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. The album also set a record for most weeks for a male artist at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 47 weeks total. “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” the first single from his new album, this year’s What You See Is What You Get, also went to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. On the new album, Combs collaborates with the legendary country duo Brooks & Dunn on “1, 2 Many.” Morgan Wallen and Jameson Rodgers open. 7 p.m. 1001 Fifth Ave., Uptown. (CM)

2) The Silencers were mainstays at local venues such as the Decade Lounge in the early ’80s. (The Decade, which closed in 1995, sat at the corner of Atwood and Sennott, where Garage Door Saloon is now.) Their music video for the medley “Peter Gunn Theme/Remote Control/Illegal” premiered on MTV’s first day. The Silencers’ albums, 1980’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Enforcers and 1981’s Romanic, sound as great today as they did back then. See them, with original singer Frank Czuri, at the Hard Rock Cafe to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s first performance. Spinning Jenny, from Mingo Junction, Ohio, opens. 8 p.m.  Sold out. 230 W. Station Square Dr., Station Square. (CM)

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