A Pittsburgh icon, electronic music pioneers and an enigmatic rapper are among the top concerts coming to the region in March:
Top concerts
March 1 and 15: Donnie Iris and the Cruisers at the Palace Theatre
Pittsburgh rock luminary Donnie Iris will hit the stage at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg for a pair of shows over the course of three weekends.
Known for songs like “Ah! Leah!” and “Love is Like a Rock,” Iris and the Cruiser will play both nights, with Joe Grushecky and the House Rockers opening on March 15.
Iris, who will turn 82 on Feb. 28, returned to playing concerts last year after battling cancer.
“I guess I just learned, like everybody else probably was, that life is fragile, and I’m not immune to it. Nobody is,” he told TribLive in an interview last year. “And that’s the realization that I came to, and thank goodness for my doctors, the care that I got and all that. It just buoyed me up. It really did.”
Read more: ‘Luck of the Iris’: Donnie Iris and the Cruisers still know how to rock
March 7: Kraftwerk at Stage AE
German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk are marking the 50th anniversary of their landmark album “Autobahn” with their Multimedia Tour 2025 — 50 Years of Autobahn.
The Pittsburgh concert will be the group’s first show here since 1975, when they played the New Leona Theater in Homestead, according to setlist.fm. The highly influential band will be releasing three new versions of the “Autobahn” album on March 7.
“The Düsseldorf band are responsible for paving the way for the synthesizer, popularizing stripped-back electronic sounds and, constantly exploring the relationship between humans and technology,” Andy Jones writes on musicradar.com, “showing us that we can all make tunes with machines, no matter our musical background — or lack of it.”
Read more: ‘Kraftwerk is not a band, it’s a concept’: How Kraftwerk introduced the world to electronic music
March 28: Tyler the Creator, Lil Yachty, Paris Texas at PPG Paints Arena
Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia world tour stop in Pittsburgh is all but sold out for the rapper’s first show in Pittsburgh since a 2019 stop at Stage AE.
His latest album, “Chromakopia,” dropped on Oct. 28 and debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 charts.
“I’m not who they were introduced to at 20. I’m not even who I was a year ago,” Tyler told billboard.com in a 2024 interview. “When they’re like, ‘I want the old version,’ I know it’s because they’re still there. But I’m not. And I’m OK with it because my identity doesn’t rest in a version of myself.”
Sold-out shows
March 10: Stephanie J. Block at Greer Cabaret Theater
The Tony Award winner’s credits include “Sunset Boulevard” and “The Cher Show,” as well as playing the role of Elphaba in the first national tour of “Wicked.”
March 14-15: Marc Roberge at City Winery Pittsburgh
The lead singer/guitarist of O.A.R., Marc Roberge will be performing in an intimate night of stories and songs, with just a few tickets remaining for the Friday night shows.
March 21: Cameron Whitcomb, Ben Cottrill at Spirit Hall
The Canadian singer, who appeared on Season 20 of “American Idol,” released an EP, “Quitter,” in October, with a second Pittsburgh show added on March 31.
March 26: Gregory Alan Isakov at Stage AE
Indie folk rocker Gregory Alan Isakov, whose latest album “Appaloosa Bones” came out in 2023, teamed with Nathaniel Rateliff for a new single, “Flowers,” which debuted Feb. 24 on an episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
March 29-30: The Magnetic Fields at Carnegie Lecture Hall of Oakland
The Magnetic Fields are continuing their 25th anniversary celebration of their 1999 triple album, “69 Love Songs,” with the band playing all 69 songs over the two nights. (Fair warning, there are a few seats left for the March 30 show.)
March 31: Honestav, Damien Styles at Thunderbird Music Hall
With more than half of his No License tour dates sold out, the Missouri singer known for songs like “I’d Rather Overdose” recently released an EP, “hara-kiri.”
Other notable shows
March 1: Ron Pope, Andrea Von Kampen at Mr. Smalls Theatre (Interview)
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March 1: Ashley Cooke, Greylan James at Stage AE
March 2: Moe. at Mr. Smalls Theatre
March 4: Solas at City Winery Pittsburgh
March 11: Sevendust, Horizon Theory, Guides, Shattered at Mr. Smalls Theatre
March 11: Glixen, She’s Green, Suzy Clue at Bottlerocket Social Hall
March 13: The Driver Era at UPMC Events Center
March 13: Experience Hendrix featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Eric Johnson, Dweezil Zappa and more at the Palace Theatre
March 13: Agnostic Front, Murphy’s Law, Violent Way at Crafthouse
March 16: Quicksand, Jivebomb at Thunderbird Music Hall
March 16: Starship featuring Mickey Thomas at the Palace Theatre
March 19: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, The Teskey Brothers at Petersen Events Center
March 20: An Evening with Emerson, Lake & Palmer at the Lamp Theatre
March 20: MercyMe, Zach Williams, Sam Wesley at Petersen Events Center
March 21: Ian Munsick, Jake Worthington at Roxian Theatre
March 21: Randall Baumann’s Ramble at Mr. Smalls Funhouse
March 22: Poppy, kumo 99 at Roxian Theatre
March 22: Rufus Wainwright at City Winery Pittsburgh
March 25: Immersion, Suss at Tech 25
March 27: Palmyra, Max Alan at Crafthouse