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Bonamassa, Mule brings different shades of blues to Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — The first thing I did when I got home from Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre on Sunday was check my hair. The way Joe Bonamassa and Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes were cuttin’ heads last night, I was sure I’d gotten at least a trim. The co-headlining doubleheader drew ...

Powers hosts Chicago in November

Staff report Chicago returns to Youngstown for a Nov. 15 concert at Powers Auditorium. The band that started as the Chicago Transit Authority in 1967 has sold more than 100 million records in a career that includes 21 top 10 singles, songs such as "25 or 6 to 4," "Saturday in the Park," "Feelin' Stronger Every Day," "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry." Chicago was one of the first acts to play the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre when it opened in 2019. It also sold out Packard Music Hall in 2016, and last week the band was nearby at Blossom Music Center ...

Ticket stubs: .38 Special takes aim at Youngstown

.38 Special takes aim at Youngstown .38 Special will bring its Southern rock sounds to Powers Auditorium on Oct. 1. The band is in its sixth decade of performing and has sold more than 20 million albums with such radio hits as “Hold On Loosely,” “Caught Up in You,” “If I’d Been the One,” “Back Where You Belong” and “Second Chance.” Last year, .38 Special released “Milestone,” its first album of new music in more than 20 years. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. An online-only presale starts at 10 a.m. ...

Taylor Swift tribute show postponed at ballpark

A concert by the Taylor Swift tribute act The Miss Americanas at 7 17 Credit Union Field at Eastwood in Niles, has been postponed until 6 p.m. Oct. 3. Any fans with tickets for the original Aug. 15 date will be able to use their same tickets for the new date, and tickets are on sale at mvscrappers.com. The new date, Oct. 3, is the one year anniversary of Swift’s last album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” Those who purchased tickets for Aug. 15 and cannot make it to the new date can request a refund by emailing bmasirovits@mvscrappers.com.

60 years of art at TAG annual

WARREN — The “G” stood for “Guild,” not “Gallery” when the first TAG Annual was held. That’s because the Trumbull Art Guild had no gallery. “The artists would get together at the guild and put together their work,” said William Mullane, gallery director at Trumbull Art ...

Beck, Ward will stroll on Walk of Fame

After a month-long delay, a couple of Players will join Youngstown’s Walk of Fame this weekend. Musicians Billy Beck and Rick Ward are this year’s selections, joining Robert “Kool” Bell and Ronald Bell of Kool & the Gang and former boxing champions Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Kelly ...