Superstar Singers Flocking To Pittsburgh In September

PITTSBURGH, PA - Summer might be nearing its end, but don’t expect a slow September in town. Some of the heaviest hitters in music will be stopping by probably before southwestern Pennsylvania has its first frost of the fall.

Acts spanning eras and with diverse musical styles will be playing various venues around Pittsburgh this month. Whether you’re a child of the ‘70s, a child of the ‘90s or a child of a child of the ‘70s or ‘90s, you should find at least one of the musical acts appearing here appeals to your musical tastes.

Here they are in chronological order:

Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows, Sept. 12, 6:45 p.m., KeyBank Pavilion, Burgettstown

If ever there’s a chance to get on your ‘90s groove, this is it. If you can recall Matchbox Twenty’s biggest hits, such as “Push,” “Downfall,” and “3AM,” you probably seldom stay up until 3 a.m. these days. Nor are you likely to be up much after midnight often if you came of age in 1993 when Counting Crows reached its apex with “Mr. Jones.”

Matchbox Twenty tickets start at $28.58.

Farm Aid, Sept. 16, noon, KeyBank Pavilion, Burgettstown

Willie Nelson will headline a star-studded lineup as the annual charity concert Farm Aid returns to western Pennsylvania in September for the first time since 2002..

Also performing at the daylong event, which has raised more than $50 million since its 1985 inception, will be Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Jack Johnson, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Jamey Johnson, Blackberry Smoke, Valerie June, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real and Insects vs. Robots.

Farm Aid tickets are hard to come by. The event sold out the day tickets went on sale in June, although some can be found on sites such as Stub Hub.

Roger Waters, Sept. 19, 8 p.m., PPG Paints Arena
The erstwhile Pink Floyd singer-songwriter brings the Us + Them Tour to town to support his latest album, “Is This The Life We Really Want?” Waters is astute enough to know that his fans don’t want a life in which they go to one of his concerts and don’t hear Floyd classics such as “Breathe,” “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,“ “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2,” and “Comfortably Numb.” Expect him to perform those and other Floyd standards.

Roger Waters tickets start at $52.50.

Ed Sheeran, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. PPG Paints Arena

Sheeran is touring on the substantial strength of his third album, ÷ ("divide"), released in March. This heavy hitter debuted at number one in the United States and the United Kingdom. The first two singles, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill", broke records in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany, by debuting in the top two positions of the charts. This dude is about as close as it gets to being the current king of pop.

Ed Sheeran tickets? The cheapest we found online went for $105. Invest that money in Doritos instead of a concert and that might go a long way in changing the shape of you.

Bob Seger, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m, PPG Paints Arena

Seger and his Silver Bullet Band could be making their final appearance in Pittsburgh with this concert. Seger, 72, has embarked on the Runaway Train Tour on which you can expect to her such hits as “Night Moves,” “Turn the Page” and “Rock and Roll Never Forgets.” Seger has hinted on social media that this could be his last tour.

Bob Seger tickets start at $75.

Neil Young photo by Takahiro Kyono; Matchbox Twenty photo by Justin Higuchi; Willie Nelson photo by Vladimir; Roger Waters photo by Michel Curi; Ed Sheeran photo by Mark Kent; Bob Seger photo by Adam. All photos via Creative Commons.