Quick hits: Ted Leo, Hold Steady, Bob Weir and more

- The Ted Leo and the Pharmacists show at Diesel on Wednesday has been cancelled due to "personal emergency," along with the rest of the band's tour. This may be unrelated but a fan posted on punknews.org, "When I saw him in Boston, he told the audience he was going to lose his voice during the performance. He ended up coughing and sputtering during a couple songs. Played the whole set like a trooper." Yes, I'm resorting to quoting kids on punknews.org.

 - The Bob Weir (Saturday) and Gov't Mule (Sunday) shows at Carnegie Library of Homestead are sold out. Watching for Deadheads camping on the lawn outside.

 - The next big show at the Homestead venue is the rowdy and glorious pairing of The Hold Steady and The Drive-By Truckers. Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn told the PG: "It's very exciting for us. We've been talking about doing something [with the Truckers] for a long time, if for no other reason than just to see each other's bands." Patterson Hood, lead Trucker, posts his favorite Hold Steady songs right here. His favorite is "Chillout Tent" (the one with Dave Pirner), which he calls "One of my favorite songs of the decade."

 - I've been bugging Manny Theiner to schedule a date with Astronautalus (my favorite indie-hip hop artist) who skipped Pittsburgh on the last tour. Manny came through... but it's the same night as The Hold Steady show. Nooooooooo!