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Yinz ready to celebrate Pittsburgh n’at? The David L. Lawrence Convention Center will be bleeding black and gold with the first Yinzerfest, kicking off Thursday and running through Sunday. The event will feature an impressive slate of local bands, musicians and comedians, plenty of Pittsburgh eats, vendors from the area

What could be better than a vacation in Rome? Getting a call while in Italy that Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo want your band

Jackie Popovec and her band get to open for Benatar and her husband, guitarist Neil Geraldo, on a nationwide tour that kicks off May 10 in Lincoln, Calif.

What could be better than a vacation in Rome? Getting a call while in Italy that Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo want your band

It’s been more than a year since Donnie Iris last got to play a concert, but he isn’t nervous. Not after the year he’s had. “No, I’m excited,” Iris said in a phone call last week. “I’m excited more than anything.” Iris, who just turned 81 on Feb. 28, finally

Great artists suffer, so we dont have to! Rather than face such personal demons ourselves, we list 15 classic songs about addiction for the morning after.

2/28/1943 - Born on this day, American rock musician Donnie Iris, guitarist. He wrote the No.2 Billboard hit, 'The Rapper', with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry who had the 1976 US No.1 single 'Play That Funky Music'. He also achieved fame as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the hit 'Ah! Leah!'

A beloved Yinzer is celebrating another birthday today.

One of country music’s hottest stars, a Pittsburgh legend and a band known for pop-punk anthems will take the stage in Pittsburgh this month. Here’s a look at the most notable shows coming to the area in March: Top shows March 9: Zach Bryan, The Middle East, Levi Turner at

THEATER/FILM/COMEDY Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s features upcoming performances: “Beauty and the Beast” from Feb. 16-25; “Spring Mix” from April 5-7; and “Cinderella” from May 17-19, all at the Benedum Center. For tickets, times and additional information, visit pbt.org. “Mamma Mia!,” the musical based on the songs of ABBA, comes to the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh March […]