Lollapalooza weekend passes sold-out, single-day tickets on sale Thursday
Eight days after going on sale, four-day passes for Lollapalooza have officially sold out. Fans that waited to see what the lineup had in store will be able to purchase...
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Timberlake or Lorde, pop star auteur or pop ‘classic’ – what do you want from arena pop in 2018?
For pop stars, arena tours are a necessary evil and expected spectacle. Sometimes, the experience is electric — the choreography, the costumes, the set design; sometimes, the actual performance suffers...
Lollapalooza tickets on sale today
Tick tock … As of 1:30 p.m. Chicago time after going on sale at 10 a.m., Lollapalooza tickets were still available, in advance of the lineup being made available to...
The Backstreet Boys are back … with a tequila project
Backstreet’s back, all right. The ’90s boy band has been trucking along as a man band for the past few years — proving to have a much longer shelf life...
Mamby on the Beach announces lineup; celebrates locals
Mamby on the Beach returns to take over Oakwood Beach for the fourth year, June 23-24 — boasting a lineup that feels exceptionally attuned to the city’s hottest, rising locals....
Bon Iver to play Jay Pritzker Pavilion in June
Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon’s folktronica act Bon Iver is ready to bring the mope under the stars at Jay Pritzker Pavilion June 3 — its first Chicago show in seven years....
Screaming Females pledge allegiance to keep rock ‘n’ roll loud
“Sorry, I fell asleep in the van.” Ah, the life of a lauded, touring musician whose band just released its seventh album (the seventh released to incredibly positive reception) —...
Pussy Riot arrives in Chicago armed with political pop — and balaclavas
Part pop show, performance art exhibition and — to the dismay of one, fairly-quickly ejected heckler — political rally, the Russian group Pussy Riot played Chicago’s Subterranean club Tuesday night...
Chance the Rapper tries to keep it light, but can’t escape CPS talk at MCA
“I’m keeping it 2,000 up here!” an excited Chance the Rapper told the audience during his interview with journalist Adrienne Samuels Gibbs as part of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s...
Robert Plant to play summer concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Robert Plant and his band, the Sensational Space Shifters have already set their sights on a return to Chicago — less than one month after playing to a sold-out crowd...