Episodes

  • Halestorm, Billy Idol, Dierks Bently and Tommy Clufetos

    Halestorm, Billy Idol, Dierks Bently and Tommy Clufetos
    Aug 28 2025
    We start with Chris Schwegler and the story of the final photograph from Bob Seger's final hometown concert on June 21st, 2019. In the more recent past, we caught up with Halestorm, who played at Pine Knob for a sixth time on August 19th. In the realm of coming attractions, we have Billy Idol hitting Pine Knob on Thursday, August 28th. Two nights later, on Aug. 30, it's 99.5 WYCD's Hoedown, this time with Dierks Bentley headlining and joined by Zach Top and The Band Loula. The night after Hoedown, on Aug. 31, Tommy Clufetos is bringing his new band, Tommy's Rock Trip, to town opening for Ted Nuget at the Michigan Lottery Amhitheatre.
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    20 mins
  • Toto, Brotherhood of Rock Tour and Volbeat Rock the Hill

    Toto, Brotherhood of Rock Tour and Volbeat Rock the Hill
    Aug 11 2025
    We kick things off with photographer feature Scott Legato. Scott picks a 2013 shot of the late Ozzy Osbourne, taken during a performance by Black Sabbath as part of its reunion tour. Toto, Men at Work and Christopher Cross are playing Monday, August 11. Five days later, on August 16th, fans of classic rock will be treated to the Brotherhood of Rock Tour 2025, which features Styx, the Kevin Cronin Band from REO Speedwagon and Don Felder from Eagles We move then to Tuesday, Aug. 19, when Volbeat brings its Greatest Of All Time Tours Worldwide to Pine Knob, with support from Halestorm and the Ghost inside.
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    36 mins
  • Cyndi Lauper, Barenaked Ladies, Doobie Brothers, Jimmy Buffett and more talk Pine Knob

    Cyndi Lauper, Barenaked Ladies, Doobie Brothers, Jimmy Buffett and more talk Pine Knob
    Aug 1 2025
    Things are really heating up at Pine Knob, with a busy August and September ahead, into the early days of October. We're starting with some recent visitors who hit stages in the metro area, but took time to share their thoughts about playing at Pine Knob. In upcoming attractions, Cyndi Lauper, who performed last fall at the Fox Theatre, is bringing her "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Farewell Tour to Pine Knob on Friday, August 1. The following night, Saturday August 2, brings Barenaked Ladies back to Pine Knob with its latest Last Summer on Earth Tour. The Doobie Brothers has been playing Pine Knob since 1974. Its August 4 performance will be the start of the North American leg of a tour supporting a new album, Walk this Road, the Doobies' 16th studio set. Opening for the Doobie Brothers on August 4th will be the Coral Reefer Band, making its first appearance in the metro area since its founder and leader Jimmy Buffett passed away in September of 2023.
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    26 mins
  • Musical Memories, Michigan Roots, Metal Nights and New Music Ahead

    Musical Memories, Michigan Roots, Metal Nights and New Music Ahead
    Jul 16 2025
    We kick off episode four with a new segment spotlighting the concert photographers who work regularly at Pine Knob, and their work. Our first comes from Ken Settle, recalling when Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band were joined by a special appearance from former drummer Charlie Martin, who had been paralyzed from the waist down after an automobile accident in 1977. I Prevail was formed in Oakland County, Michigan during 2013 and made its first splash with a remake of Taylor Swift's Blank Space that became a viral hit in 2014. The quintet co-headlines the Summer of Loud 2025 package on Wednesday, July 16 at Pine Knob. Things stay heavy the next night -- Thursday, July 17 -- when Pantera and Amon Amarth will be rocking Pine Knob. This is Pantera's first headline show in the metro area since 2001, and its first Pine Knob appearance since OZZFest during July of 2000. Wrapping things up, Styx will not perform at Pine Knob until August 16. But on Friday, July 18 the veteran group releases its 18th studio album, Circling From Above -- the follow-up to Crash of the Crown in 2021 and Styx's third album in eight years after taking a 12-year break from recording.
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    19 mins
  • Pine Knob Gets "Weird" and Smashing Pumpkins Pranks The Crowd

    Pine Knob Gets "Weird" and Smashing Pumpkins Pranks The Crowd
    Jul 1 2025
    In this third episode of our fourth season, we`re shooting wide and brining you memories from some of the performers who have played at Pine Knob over the years. Our first guest, however, is playing there on July 2nd, his first show at Pine Knob in eight years. Moving on, we had the chance to talk with Chan Kinchla from the band Blues Traveler, which is performing July 11 at the Meadow Brook Amphitheatre. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is another fan of Pine Knob. The band has played there just twice, including a three-night stand with Lollapalooza in 1994 during which the Pumpkins pulled a fun prank on the crowd. Also sharing fond memories of Pine Knob with us is John Oates, who as part of Hall & Oates played the theater 18 times between 1977 and 2021, including several multi-night runs.
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    12 mins
  • Outlaw Music Festival, Simple Minds and Keith Urban

    Outlaw Music Festival, Simple Minds and Keith Urban
    Jun 20 2025
    The summer season got off to a later than usual start this year, but things are up to speed with three consecutive nights of shows ahead — a Friday night visit by the Outlaw Music Festival's 10th Anniversary Tour, headlined by Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, a Saturday date with Simple Minds and a Sunday finish with country start Keith Urban.
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    17 mins
  • Pine Knob opens for the season! What to expect in 2025

    Pine Knob opens for the season! What to expect in 2025
    Jun 10 2025
    Welcome to Hello Pine Knob and our fourth season of talking about Michigan’s oldest and largest amphitheater. The 2025 season gets underway on Wednesday, June 11, with a concert by Grammy-nominated singer Halsey, making her Pine Knob debut and her first Metro area appearance since 2017. That will be the first of 39 shows announced so far, which will take us into early October. To get us ready for that, we’ve invited some guests to take a look at what we can expect for Pine Knob 2025 - 313 Presents President, Howard Handler, Pine Knob poster contest winner, Penny Livingston, and Pine Knob's Senior Director of Premium Sales and Services, Nicole Houin.
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    39 mins
  • Pine Knob closes its doors for 2024

    Pine Knob closes its doors for 2024
    Oct 3 2024
    Pine Knob finishes its 2024 season with a pair of shows on Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, by Michigan's own Billy Strings -- a Grammy Award-winning guitarist and Americana star who's celebrating both the arrival of a brand new album, "Highway Prayers," and the arrival his first son. Then, with Pine Knob about to close, we thought we'd offer listeners a look inside some of the backstage operations that keep the place running, during and even out of season. We talk with Elmer Straub, 313 Presents Senior Vice President for Entertainment Production and Operations, and Mike Willart, Senior Vice President of Facilities and Construction for the Detroit Pistons, about how Pine Knob closes after a busy season.
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    22 mins