'70s rock acts lead I.C. Light, Pavilion roster
| I.C. LIGHT AMPHITHEATRE May 25 through 27: 45th annual Pittsburgh Folk Festival featuring Brave Combo, Buckwheat Zydeco and Livingston Taylor. June 1: K.C. & the Sunshine Band. June 9: 3WS Summer Oldies Celebration featuring Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners, The Vogues and The Marcels. June 21 through 24: Rib and Music Fest featuring Mark Farner, Uriah Heep and Edgar Winter. July 9: The Doobie Brothers. July 12: Aaron Neville with Toots & the Maytals, Steel Pulse. July 24: Pat Benatar and Eddie Money. Aug. 2: Vans Warped Tour 2001. Aug. 3: Parrot Island Party. Aug. 28: The B.B. King Blues Festival featuring B.B. King, Buddy Guy, John Hiatt and Tommy Castro. Aug. 31 through Sept. 3: Festa Italiana. Sept. 7 through 9: 11th annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival. Sept. 14 through 16: Munich Oktoberfest. Sept. 28 through Oct. 31: Fright Fest. Dates to be announced: The Monkees, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, The Beach Boys. POST-GAZETTE PAVILION May 11: Fake Fest featuring tribute bands The Back Doors (The Doors), Black Dog (Led Zeppelin), Wild Blue Angels (Jimi Hendrix), Deuce (KISS), Splintered Light (The Grateful Dead), The Magic of Elvis and Beatlemania Live. May 12: Volunteer Jam Tour 2001 featuring The Charlie Daniels Band, 38 Special and Dickie Betts. May 18: X-Fest featuring The Clarks, Everlast, Train, Crazy Town, Staind and Fuel. May 20: George Strait Country Music Festival featuring George Strait, Alan Jackson, Lonestar, Lee Ann Womack, Brad Paisley, Sarah Evans, Asleep at the Wheel, BR5-49 and The Warren Brothers. June 23: Chicago. June 26: Backstreet Boys. June 29: Y-108 Hot Country Jam featuring John Michael Montgomery, Trisha Yearwood and The Clark Family Experience. July 7: Styx with Bad Company, Billy Squier and Joe Stark. July 13: Rod Stewart. July 14: Journey with Peter Frampton and John Waite. July 17: Blink-182. July 21: Bon Jovi. July 22: Poison with Warrant, Quiet Riot and Enuff Znuff. July 24: Barenaked Ladies. July 26: James Taylor. July 28: Ozzfest 2001 featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park and Disturbed. Aug. 5: The Brooks & Dunn Neon Circus & Wild West Show featuring Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry and Keith Urban. Aug. 10: That '60s Show featuring Tommy James, Gary Puckett, The Turtles, The Grass Roots and The Buckinghams. Aug. 17: Kenny Rogers with Diamond Rio. Aug. 19: Diamond Rio. Aug. 25: The Beat Birthday Bash featuring The Spinners, Kool & the Gang, The Gap Band and The Village People. Aug. 31: John Mellencamp. Sept. 4: Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. Sept. 8: Alabama. Dates to be announced: Tim McGraw with Kenny Chesney; Aerosmith; Stevie Nicks; Godsmack; Bryan Adams and Joe Cocker; Crosby, Stills & Nash. |
The theme for Tuesday's press conference announcing the summer lineup of concerts at the I.C. Light Amphitheatre and the Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake was '2001: A Space Odyssey.'
It should have been 'That '70s Show.' Or maybe even 'Hair.'
Nostalgia lovers are in for a rock 'n' roll overdose, as announced yesterday at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown. Acts such as Crosby, Stills & Nash, Rod Stewart, The Allman Brothers, Chicago and Journey are among those slated to appear. If those bands aren't ancient enough, how about Tommy James, The Vogues and The Beach Boys⢠And for fans who really yearn for Bob Seger's 'old-time rock 'n' roll,' there's Fake Fest, an evening devoted to bands doing tributes to groups that are no longer around, including The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles.
Even Tommy Shaw of Styx showed up to help drum up interest in a season that has a haunting sense of deja vu.
According to Rich Engler, president of DiCesare Engler/SFX Music Pittsburgh, the roster is an indication that the music industry is struggling to find successors to The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, acts that are guaranteed to generate excitement among fans - and sell tickets.
'There's just not too many bands coming up that can fill large venues,' he said.
But Engler says he is excited about a few shows, especially The Vans Warped Tour (Aug. 2) with Rancid, and an Aug. 12 show with Aaron Neville, Toots & the Maytals and Steel Pulse.
Careful perusal of the announced lineup (which comprises about half of the concerts expected to come to the area) reveals some gems.
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band at I.C. Light (date to be announced), and James Taylor (July 26), John Mellencamp (Aug. 31) and ageless rockers Stewart (July 13) and Aerosmith (date to be announced), all at the P-G Pavilion, should provide interesting shows.
Country fans also have lots to choose from, especially The George Strait Country Music Festival on May 20 at the P-G Pavilion, which features Strait, Alan Jackson, Lonestar, Lee Ann Womack and Brad Paisley, among others.
Alternative rock concerts include Blink-182 (July 17) and Godsmack (date to be announced) at the P-G Pavilion. Also returning to the same venue is X-Fest on May 18, featuring Fuel, Staind, Everlast and local heroes The Clarks.
And what would the summer be without some shows for the teenybopper set⢠The Backstreet Boys will return to the area June 26 at the P-G Pavilion, with tickets going on sale Saturday. And Engler confirmed that N 'Sync is slated for a show at the Steelers' new stadium, with a date and ticket prices to be announced.
Regis Behe can be reached at (412) 320-7990 or rbehe@tribweb.com .
