Early bird tickets for Spring Awakening available now
Early bird passes for the 2018 edition of EDM festival, Spring Awakening went on sale Thursday. The seventh annual fest will return to Addams/Medill Park June 8-10, 2018 for its...
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Spoon, Real Estate to play annual XRT/Goose Island Holiday Jam
Spoon will headline the ninth annual XRT/Goose Island Holiday Jam concert, with special guests Real Estate at the Chicago Theatre Dec. 10. In a statement, WXRT-FM 93.1 program director and...
Sam Smith’s 2018 North American Tour includes United Center stop
Pop singer Sam Smith announced dates for his 2018 North American "Thrill of It All" tour on Friday — which includes a date at the United Center August 15. Smith's...
Jesus Lizard to play Metro’s 35th anniversary celebration
Noise rockers Jesus Lizard will reunite to play Metro's 35th anniversary celebration on Dec. 9. The band formed in Austin, TX in the 1980's before moving to Chicago in 1989...
Bob Seger postpones tour dates, including Chicago stop, due to ‘urgent medical issue’
Roots-rocker Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet band have postponed their remaining tour dates due to an "urgent medical issue." Announced Tuesday, Seger explained the issue was with vertebrae in...
Rapper Saba’s lyrics get a big show on new Apple flagship
"We all are the stars, the next generation, keep pushing it forward, young pioneers. And my peers, and the poets, we bringing it back home, right where it started." At...
‘Game of Thrones’ Live Concert Experience coming to Allstate Arena in 2018
The worlds of Westeros and Essos are headed to arenas across the globe in 2018. "Game of Thrones" Live Concert Experience featuring the hit HBO series' composer Ramin Djawadi will...
Vic Mensa to join Jay-Z’s ‘4:44 Tour’
After surprising folks at Lollapalooza, then performing at last weekend's Riot Fest, it doesn't appear that rapper Vic Mensa is planning to slow down any time soon. It was announced...
Riot Fest got its formula just right
If Riot Fest had a poster child, it would be Ben Frietsch. The Cincinnati resident, all gray beard and punk fervor, has been waiting to see Bad Brains since 1990....
Riot Fest, Day One: Sun, heat and noise
Another year, another Riot Fest, the music festival for grownups and the bands they loved as youngsters. There is one fewer stage this year, from six to five, and the...