By Scott Tady
May brings a double dose of Pearl Jam and an eagerly awaited return of AC/DC to Pittsburgh, plus the season opener at The Pavilion at Star Lake and other cool concerts in western Pennsylvania.
Post Malone and George Strait headline Pittsburgh stadiums this May.
Barry Manilow plays his final Pittsburgh show, the last of The Monkees makes a Strip District winery stage appearance; Herb Alpert brings a taste of Tijuana to the Cultural District and a Hollywood film star’s book-signing will pack a McKees Rocks club.
The Pittsburgh area concert guide for May and beyond:
PPG PAINTS ARENA
May 9: Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias
May 16, 18: Pearl Jam (sold out)
May 23: Barry Manilow
July 17: Phil Wickham and Brandon Lake; July 18: Ghost; July 22: Shinedown; Aug. 19: Linkin Park; Oct. 15: Tate McRae; Oct. 18: Cody Johnson; Oct. 19: Mumford & Sons; Oct. 23-24: Sabrina Carpenter; Nov. 12: Jonas Brothers.
STAGE AE
May 9: Larry Fleet
May 15: Warren Zeiders outdoors
May 20: Mayday Parade
May 30: All Out Music outdoors
June 3: Vampire Weekend; June 6: Teddy Swims; June 7: Mt. Joy; June 12: Slightly Stoopid; June 13: Jack’s Mannequin (sold out); June 14: Less Than Jake; June 20: Megan Moroney (sold out); June 21: Khruangbin; June 23: Whiskey Myers; June 25: Brand New; June 28: The Clarks; July 1: 311; July 11: Sam Barber; July 23: Keshi; Aug. 1: Blackberry Smoke; Aug. 2: Rock, Reggae & Relief with Stephen & Damian Marley; Aug. 3: The Head & The Heart; Aug. 7: Lord Huron; Aug. 9: Flaming Lips/Modest Mouse; Aug. 21: Chevelle and Asking Alexandria; Aug. 26: Gary Clark Jr.; Sept. 3: Men I Trust; Sept. 5: Women Who Rock; Sept. 8: PUP; Sept. 9: Alabama Shakes; Sept. 10: Vance Joy; Sept. 12: Pixies; Sept. 13: Bruce Dickinson; Sept. 20: Suicide Boys; Sept. 25: Garbage; Sept. 26: Gavin Adcock; Sept. 27: Russell Dickerson.
PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
May 20: Primus, Puscifer & A Perfect Circle
June 6: Jon Pardi; June 24: Phish; Oct. 9: Crowder; Oct. 23: John Mulaney; Nov. 1: Katt Williams.
UPMC EVENTS CENTER
June 21-22: TNA Wrestling; Oct. 3: Dylan Scott.
ROXIAN THEATRE
May 3: Magdalena Bay
May 4: Jeremy Renner book-signing
May 8: Shakey Graves
May 18: Lacuna Coil
May 20: Parliament Funk featuring George Clinton
June 8: The Menzingers; June 14: Santigold; June 15: Band of Horses; June 23: Billy Corgan; July 16: Yelawolf; July 23: Jojo Siwa; Aug. 18: Silversun Pickups; Aug. 19: The Struts; Sept. 11: Rilo Kelly; Sept. 20: Marilyn Manson; Sept. 30: Franz Ferdinand; Nov. 11: Minus The Bear.
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE
May 1: Pure Prairie League
May 3: Jefferson Starship
May 6-7: Leonid & Friends
May 9: Filter
May 13: Bill Deasy
May 27: Honky Tonk Heroes
June 6: Los Lonely Boys; June 18: Big Country, Tommy Tutone; June 26: Mark Farner; June 27: Slaughter; July 3: Samantha Fish; July 8: Ace Frehley; Aug. 17: Stryper; Aug. 27: Sister Hazel; Sept. 10: Michael Schenker; Sept. 24: Lita Ford; Oct. 4: Here Comes the Mummies; Oct. 26: Tab Benoit.
CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH
May 1: Howie Day
May 3: California Guitar Trio
May 4: Mickey Dolenz
May 10: Brett Dennen
May 12: Billy Sherwood
May 16: Bruce Cockburn (sold out)
May 17: Five For Fighting
May 30: Garrison Keillor
June 3: Jill Sobule; June 7: Jorma Kaukonen; June 8: Napoleon Dynamite Live; June 14: Bob Schneider; June 25-26: Robert Glasper; July 6: Kasey Chambers; July 14: Mekons; July 26: Joe Grushecky.
PALACE THEATRE
May 23: Gaelic Storm
June 29: Frankie Avalon; July 3: Robin Trower; July 10: The Wallflowers; July 11: Little River Band; Aug. 3: Graham Nash; Sept. 14: Vicki Lawrence & Mama; Oct. 1: Don Gatlin & the original Kenny Rogers Band; Oct. 3: Geoff Tate; Nov. 22: The Outlaws.
THUNDERBIRD CAFE & MUSIC HALL
May 4: Deep Sea Diver
May 9: Mason Jennings
May 10: Shemekia Copeland
May 17: Wheatus
June 2: American Aquarium; Aug. 19; John Moreland; Sept. 16: Superchunk.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE
May 3: The Blue Stones
May 13: Lucius
May 24: Of Mice & Men
June 9: The Lemon Twigs; July 13: Murder by Death; July 15: Ezra Furman; Aug. 14: Los Lobos; Sept. 20: The Baseball Project.
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL
May 4: Fortune Feimster
June 20: Allman Betts; Oct.6: Pat Metheny; Oct. 24: Neko Case.
RIVERS CASINO
June 8: Theresa Caputo; July 18: Comedy Jam with Steve Byrne.
BENEDUM CENTER
May 1: Stavros Halkias
May 31: Jon Stewart
Sept. 24: Lucy Dacus; Nov. 21-22: Steve Martin and Martin Short;
BYHAM THEATER
May 4: Bruce Hornsby
May 9: Trevor Wallace
May 12: Herb Alpert
Aug. 23: Chris DiStefano; Sept. 12: Chris D’Elia.
PAVILION AT STAR LAKE
May 25: Pierce The Veil
June 13: Thomas Rhett; June 14: Halsey; June 26: Avril Lavigne; July 9: The Lumineers; July 15: Pantera; July 24: Toto, Christopher Cross and Men at Work; July 26: Kesha; July 31: Kidz Bop; Aug. 2: Luke Bryan; Aug. 6: Doobie Brothers; Aug. 9: Jason Aldean; Aug. 10: Styx, Kevin Cronin and Donnie Iris; Aug. 29: Dierks Bentley; Sept. 5: Hardy; Sept. 20: $uicide Boy$; Oct. 1: Alice Cooper-Judas Priest.
ACRISURE STADIUM
May 8: AC/DC
May 31: George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Parker McCollum
July. 5: Billy Joel and Rod Stewart
HEINZ HALL
July 2: Diana Krall; July 12: Vince Gill; July 20: Frankie Valli; July 26: Nas with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Aug. 6: Wilco; Aug. 23: Louis C.K.
PNC PARK
May 29: Post Malone & Jelly Roll and Sierra Farrell.
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER
May 29: Ella Langley and Riley Green
May 31: Lita Ford
June 1: Coheed & Cambria-Mastodon; June 12: Train and Edwin McCain; June 28: Rick Springfield, Wang Chung, John Waite; Sept. 20:Cody Jinks.
TIMBER ROCK AMPHITHEATER
May 30: Beach Boys
June 5: Trace Adkins; June 6: Warrant, Lita Ford; July 5: Jon Anderson; July 10: Lee Brice; July 18: Old Crow Medicine Show; Aug. 8: Billy Currington; Sept. 6: Gabby Barrett.
MOUNTAIN VIEW AMPHITHEATER
May 23: Insane Clown Posse
July 10: Umphrey’s McGee
IRON CITY STAGE
June 14: Alabama & Jamey Johnson; July 22: Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors.
HOLLYWOOD CASINO AT THE MEADOWS
June 13: Night Ranger; June 27: Bret Michaels; June 28: Stone Temple Pilots; Aug. 22: Aaron Lewis.
OAKS THEATER
June 7: Bubba Sparxxx; Sept. 10: Ruben Studdard; Oct. 4: Duane Betts
Others
June 26: Ryan Adams, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh; June 27: Buckcherry, Westmoreland County Fairgrounds; Sept. 13-14: Four Chord Music Festival, EQT Park, Washington, Pa.
