The amphitheater was also redesigned with forest green colors, new signage, expanded food options and a new open-air beer garden called The Pine Tap.

[3] The venue hosts the Lake Orion and Clarkston High School graduation ceremonies, typically held at the end of May or beginning of June.

In 2021 it also hosted the Berkley High School graduation ceremony, as it was moved from its usual venue of Meadow Brook Amphitheatre due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The agreement included renovation of the Pine Tap to become the "Tree House Lounge" located inside DTE Energy Music Theatre's West Entrance.

The 6,000 square-foot Tree House includes an indoor lounge area where guests can purchase Lume-branded merchandise and learn about the company's retail offerings.

As one of the first modern FM/broadcast television "simulcasts," in the summer of 1982, the Steve Miller Band was shown on Detroit broadcast station WKBD-TV and heard simultaneously on FM 98.7 WLLZ.

This concert was a timely promotion for Miller's single, "Abracadabra", and featured an unseasonably cold and wet audience which weathered the event with excitement.

[3][23] On the black market, many bootleg recordings from the Pine Knob soundboard exist, as well as freely traded concerts like those of the Grateful Dead and Phish.

As an additional note, Genesis drummer and frontman Phil Collins is clearly seen wearing a Pine Knob logo golf shirt in the music video for the studio version of the song "No Reply At All".

Dave Matthews Band have included various live recordings on their limited edition Warehouse bonus discs, which are mailed out yearly to members of their fan association.

They also broadcast a video recording of the show from July 9, 2019, as part of their "DMB Drive-In" series due to their 2020 summer tour being rescheduled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jackson Browne used a photograph of himself and future wife Lynne Sweeney standing in the Pine Knob loading dock door in the booklet of his Running On Empty album.

[3] The fourth incarnation of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, featuring Peter Frampton, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce and Simon Kirke, filmed their performance at Pine Knob in May 1998 for home video release.

[26][27] Steely Dan's Alive in America album features four tracks ("Bodhisattva", "Peg", "Kid Charlemagne" and "Sign in Stranger") that were recorded during the band's August 27, 1994 performance at Pine Knob.