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EDM giant Zedd, aka Anton Zaslavski, at Interscope studios in Santa Monica, Ca., in 2014.

EDM fest Spring Awakening finds its 2019 home in Hoffman Estates. Headliners include ZEDD, REZZ, DJ Snake and others

March 13, 2019 at 8:52 a.m.

After a tumultuous search for a new location, EDM festival Spring Awakening will take place June 7-9 at Poplar Creek at 59-90 Entertainment District in suburban Hoffman Estates with headliners...

Chance the Rapper performs at the Special Olympics 50th Anniversary concert at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago on Saturday, July 21, 2018.

Chance the Rapper presents ‘The Bennetts’ after star-studded wedding ceremony in California

March 11, 2019 at 10:47 a.m.

Chance the Rapper once again took to Twitter to gush about his new life as a married man, presenting “The Bennetts” in a tweet featuring four photos from his March...

Chance The Rapper in concert on May 2, 2017, at Red Rocks, Morrison, Colo.

Chance the Husband – the rapper married longtime girlfriend in a civil ceremony in 2018

March 7, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

After initial reports that Chance the Rapper would be singing a different tune this weekend as he finally plans to say “I do” to longtime girlfriend and fiancee Kirsten Corley,...

Record Store Day and Vans team-up for soundtrack to Chicago’s Wax Trax! Records documentary

February 21, 2019 at 1:39 p.m.

As far as Chicago labels go, none have been quite like Wax Trax! Records. Founded by partners Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher in 1978, the label and record shop became...

Korean K-pop band 'BTS' are seen at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on November 15, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif.

South Korean boy-band phenomenon BTS bringing world tour back to Chicago in May

February 20, 2019 at 10:33 a.m.

South Korean boy-band phenomenon BTS is returning to Chicago this spring, bringing its “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” world tour to Soldier Field on Saturday, May 11. The group was last...

Perfume Genius performs Feb. 17, 2019, during Midwinter at the Art Institute of Chicago.

It’s a Midwinter wrap, as Pitchfork and the Art Institute merged, the music (mostly) won

February 18, 2019 at 9:20 a.m.

Online music zine Pitchfork and the Art Institute of Chicago’s ambitious, collaborative music and art exhibition Midwinter took over a number of the museum’s galleries and auditorium spaces from Friday...

How Pitchfork’s Midwinter fest, indie tunes at the Art Institute, worked: ‘But it’s so much money.’

February 17, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

With its first two nights in the books, taste-making music platform Pitchfork and the Art Institute of Chicago’s collaborative, curated event Midwinter moves into its final day, Sunday. Just don’t...

Chance the Rapper endorses Amara Enyia for mayor at an news conference in October, at City Hall.

Chance the Rapper to release new album in July

February 12, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

Grammy winner Chance the Rapper says his long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s mixtape “Coloring Book” is coming in July. Monday night, Chance tweeted “July” followed by “Owbum” — leading fans to...

Annual Windy City Smokeout announces move to United Center parking lot, musical lineup

February 11, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

The Windy City Smokeout is expanding in its seventh year — taking over the 250,000 sq.-foot United Center parking lot for its return July 12-14 and boasting headliners including Grammy...

Jack Black, from left, Todd Louiso, Cusack, and Lisa Bonet in a scene from "High Fidelity." Bonet's daughter, Zoe Kravitz, will appear in a remake of the film.

John Cusack on the ‘good mischief’ that led to ‘High Fidelity,’ his legacy and Twitter

February 6, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

John Cusack still feels like he and friends/fellow “High Fidelity” screenwriters D.V. DeVincentis and Steve Pink “got away with something” when it comes to what has become one of his...

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