Lady Antebellum/Darius Rucker added to concert lineup
Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker will bring their co-headlining Summer Plays On Tour to the KeyBank Pavilion on Sept. 8 with guest Russell Dickerson.
There are no details yet on ticket sales, but a national release for the tour says that tickets will be available on Jan. 26 for select cities as part of Live Nation’s Country Megaticket at www.Megaticket.com.
Citi cardmembers will have access to presaletickets at www.citiprivatepass.com.
“For us as a band, being out on the road together is where it all comes to life,” said Charles Kelley, of Lady A. “Darius is one of our closest friends, and so we just feel really excited to get to share this tour and those memories on and off stage with him. There’s no doubt that it’s going to be a total blast and we’re thrilled to have Russell out with us too this summer — we’re already brainstorming ways to shake things up and make each night all about just being in the moment.”
Lady Antebellum is nominated for Grammys for best country album and best country duo/group performance.
The Decemberists at the Benedum
Indie rock icons The Decemberists will returnto the Benedum, Downtown, May 31.
Tickets: $36.50 at www.trustarts.org, 412-456-6666 and at The Box Office at Theatre Square, Downtown.
The Portland, Ore., band will be touring behindan eighth studio album, “I’ll Be Your Girl,”coming March 16 that embraces influencessuch as Roxy Music and New Order.
“When you’ve been a band for 17 years, inevitably there are habits you fall into,” frontman Colin Meloy said in a statement. “So our ambition this time was really just to get out of our comfort zone. That’s what prompted working with a different producer and using a different studio. We wanted to free ourselves from old patterns and give ourselves permission to try something different.” AE, North Shore, with a pair of Grammynominated bands: Rebelution, which formed in Isla Vista, Calif., in 2004, and Raging Fyah, which formed in Kingston, Jamaica, in 2006. 8 p.m. doors. $25; ticketmaster.com.
FRIDAY: Singer-songwriter and pop craftsman Richard Shindell plays Club Cafe, 56 S 12th St., South Side, at 7 p.m. $25$30; ticketweb.com.
FRIDAY: Rivers Casino, North Shore, features DJ Cake at Levels (8 p.m.), rocker Joel Lindsey at the Wheelhouse (8 p.m.) and Jeff Jimerson & Airborne at Drum Bar (9 p.m.). Free; www.riverscasino.com/ pittsburgh.
FRIDAY: The Full Counts, the garagerock band led by Eric Vermillion (Stump Wizards, Gumball) plays Howlers, 4509 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield, with The Park Plan and Essential Machine at 9 p.m.; $6; howlerspittsburgh.com.
SATURDAY: Pittsburgh power-pop band Meeting of Important People celebrates its 10th anniversary with the current lineup at the Brillobox, 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield, with soul-rockers The Buckle Downscom. at 9 p.m. $13; brilloboxpgh.
SATURDAY: Pittsburgh funk band The Boogie Hustlers plays the Hard Rock Cafe, Station Square, South Side, with The Rents and Chris Hannigan at 10 p.m. $10- $12; ticketfly.com.
SATURDAY: Jim Donovan & The Sun King Warriors (formerly of Rusted Root) play Drum Bar at Rivers Casino, North Shore, at 9 p.m. Free;. www.riverscasino.com.
SUNDAY: The Word Cellar Reading at City of Asylum’s Alphabet City, 40 W. North Ave., North Side, features Sheryl St. Germain (”The Small Door of Your Death”), Michael Graybrook (”Cutthroat: A Journey Through the American West”), Shannon Reed (frequent contributor to TheNew Yorker’s “Shouts and Murmurs”) and Geeta Kothari (”I Brake for Moose and Other Stories”). 5 p.m. Free; RSVP at www.alphabetcity.org.