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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 more than 4,000 downtown on a warm summer night. Both musicians are steeped in the blues but take it in somewhat different directions. Wearing a tailored blue suit and sunglasses, Bonamassa is the flashier dresser — and player. Just about every number in his 12-song, 90-minute set had extended ...

Powers hosts Chicago in November

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 as part of a ...

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. ...

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 ...

Ignite the Night and First Fridays Youngstown try again

Youngstown events washed out Fourth of July weekend will get re-Ignite-d this weekend. Much of the programming celebrating America250 originally planned for the July 3 First Fridays Youngstown will take place this Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. The Youngstown Walk of Fame induction ceremony for ...