Bob Gendron

Conventional wisdom holds that the live music scene suffers a prolonged hangover after the holidays. A peek at the calendar proves that false. Though it will be challenged to replicate...

Add another feat to Patti Smith's incredible legacy. Two weeks after falling ill, becoming hospitalized and canceling dates in Italy, where she spent a "short period of observation in emergency"...

Take two. The Ramova Theatre is finally ready for its long-awaited second act. Nearly 40 years after closing, the former Bridgeport movie house — located a half-mile west of Guaranteed...

Even better than the real thing? In the case of U2 at the Sphere in Las Vegas, which completed the band's 2023 residency dates Saturday in advance of a late...

Doja Cat had a packed audience seeing red Wednesday at United Center. Literally and figuratively. Performing the final date of her Scarlet Tour, the rapper-vocalist coordinated most of the visual...

Take a bow, Chicago. You rocked out in 2023. You packed stadiums, arenas, halls, parks, bars and practically every space in between. You sat, stood, screamed. And you took advantage...

Call it kismet that Angel Olsen began the first of her sold-out three-night stand at Thalia Hall only four days after Merriam-Webster named "authentic" the word of the year. Friday...