Currents, Stick to Your Guns and Vana take Stage AE in February

The Connecticut metalcore band brings a heavy three-band bill to the North Shore on Friday, Feb. 26, with an early 6 p.m. start.

A Friday in late February on the North Shore, the Steelers' stadium dark next door, and the indoor hall at Stage AE packed for three heavy bands. That's the night Currents just put on Pittsburgh's calendar.

Currents headline Stage AE on Friday, Feb. 26, 2027, with Stick to Your Guns and Vana in support. Doors and the start of the show are both listed at 6 p.m. The date was announced Nov. 3, and tickets are on sale through AXS.

Currents are a metalcore band from Fairfield, Connecticut. Their latest full-length, *The Death We Seek*, came out May 5, 2023, on SharpTone Records as the follow-up to 2020's *The Way It Ends*, according to 27 Magazine. Guitarist Chris Wiseman co-produced the record with Ryan Leitru, and Jeff Dunne, known for work with Wage War and Ice Nine Kills, mixed it, per All Music Magazine. Critics were split: Wall of Sound praised it for satisfying both the heavy and melodic sides of the genre, while others felt it ran long in its second half.

The band has stayed on the road. In March and April 2026 they co-headlined a North American tour with ERRA, Blabbermouth reported, and this new 2027 run continues that pace.

Stick to Your Guns, the California hardcore band, will be coming off a European stretch: they are booked as support on Bury Tomorrow's European headline tour in early February 2027, Chaoszine reported. Their past North American runs have put them alongside Counterparts, Terror, Kublai Khan and Emmure, as coverage from Kerrang! and BrooklynVegan has documented. Vana opens.

Three heavy bands, one Friday, and the North Shore's indoor hall.

Stage AE is a natural home for a bill like this. The venue opened on Dec. 3, 2010, with two shows by Pittsburgh native Girl Talk, after a $13 million build, according to its Wikipedia entry. Naming rights went to Pittsburgh-based American Eagle Outfitters. PromoWest runs the complex, which has an outdoor lawn, a 400-capacity club and an indoor music hall that holds 2,400, which is the side a February show will use. It sits right next to Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore.

What to know before going: with doors and the show both at 6 p.m., the openers will start early, so plan to be on the North Shore right after work if you want to see Vana's set. February nights on the river are cold, so budget time for a coat check or a quick walk from parking. The AXS venue page has bag policies and other details.

Tickets are on sale now. For Pittsburgh's heavy-music crowd, this is a full Friday night of metalcore and hardcore in one of the city's go-to rooms. Get there early and stay through the last breakdown.

Sources: Currents announce new album 'The Death We Seek' — 27 Magazine (27magazine.com); Currents to release The Death We Seek — All Music Magazine (allmusicmagazine.com); Currents – The Death We Seek (Album Review) — Wall of Sound (wallofsoundau.com); Currents and ERRA announce March/April 2026 North American tour — Blabbermouth (blabbermouth.net); Bury Tomorrow reveal Europe and UK tour 2027 — Chaoszine (chaoszine.net); Stick To Your Guns announce North American tour with Counterparts, Terror — Kerrang! (kerrang.com); Stick To Your Guns announce tour with Kublai Khan — BrooklynVegan (brooklynvegan.com); Stick To Your Guns & Emmure announce fall North American tour — Metal Injection (metalinjection.net); Stage AE — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); Stage AE — AXS venue page (axs.com); JamBase show listing (jambase.com)