No downturn in summer concert calendar

No DoubtRecession?

Not in the summer concert season, at least judging from the early results.

The Post-Gazette Pavilion schedule is filling up with all varieties of shows, from country to punk to metal to actually modern pop like No Doubt (pictured).

Some of the shows, like Jimmy Buffett and Phish, have already sold out.

Here's what the spring/summer lineup of major concerts is looking like so far, and this is without the proposed tent amphitheatre at Station Square.

Post-Gazette Pavilion

May 23 - George Strait/Blake Shelton

May 30 - Coldplay

June 10 - Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction/Street Sweeper

June 13 - No Doubt/Paramore

June 18 - Phish

June 19-20 - Dave Matthews Band/The Hold Steady

June 23 - Jimmy Buffett

July 8 - Vans Warped Tour

July 10 - Def Leppard/Poison/Cheap Trick

July 18 - Nickelback/Papa Roach/Hinder/Saving Abel

Aug. 1 - Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival with Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel.

Aug. 16 - Crue Fest with Motley Crue

Aug. 22 - Rod Stewart

Aug. 28 - Rascal Flatts

Sept. 11 - Toby Keith

 

Mellon Arena

March 27 - Britney Spears

May 7 - Dane Cook

May 12 - Yanni

May 19 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

July 25 - The Jonas Brothers/Jordin Sparks

Aug. 13 - Keith Urban/Jason Aldean

 

Heinz Field

June 6 - Kenny Chesney/Montgomery Gentry/Sugarland/Lady Antebellum/Miranda Lambert

 

A.J. Palumbo Center

April 22 - Kings of Leon

 

Petersen Events Center

April 28 - "Music As a Weapon" Tour with Disturbed, Bury Your Dead, Chimaira, Crooked X, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil, Spineshank, Suicide Silence.

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Posted Mar 11 2009, 04:47 PM by Scott Mervis

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LarryZ wrote re: No downturn in summer concert calendar
on Fri, Mar 13 2009 4:04 PM

Scott - I thought that Coldplay's only appearance here was at the lame AJ Palumbo Center in 2005, not the PG Pavilion. I might be wrong and am too lazy to check into it.

Otherwise, the Summer calendar is a yawner to me...

Scott Mervis wrote re: No downturn in summer concert calendar
on Fri, Mar 13 2009 4:09 PM

Larry - Coldplay played the Pavilion in '05 with the great stoner-rock band Black Mountain, who were on the NAMU bill last summer.