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Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Modern English cancel Empty Bottle show and remaining tour dates due to illness

December 17, 2018 at 5:11 p.m.

Brit-pop band Modern English have cancelled remaining tour dates, including Thursday night's show at Empty Bottle. Guitarist Gary McDowell was taken to a hospital in Los Angeles on Friday, March...

Phoenix to play Aragon in June on first world tour since 2014

December 17, 2018 at 5:11 p.m.

Phoenix has announced its first world tour since 2014, with a stop at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom June 5. The French indie rockers, most well-known for hits like "1901" and "Lisztomania,"...

Six miles beneath the Pacific Ocean surface, a team of oceanographers and experts discover an entire hidden ecosystem laden with species "completely unknown to science." But Meg comes calling, attacking the submersible piloted by the ex-wife (Jessica McNamee) of rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham).
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Lollapalooza officially sold-out Thursday morning

August 18, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Lollapalooza announced a complete sell-out of general admission tickets at 8 a.m. Thursday morning. Four-day weekend passes for Lollapalooza sold-out Tuesday in just over two hours. At 10 a.m. Wednesday,...

Lollapalooza 4-day tickets sold out

June 5, 2018 at 1:02 p.m.

The mad scramble for Lollapalooza tickets, the annual music fest that will take over Grant Park August 3-6, began at 10 a.m. Tuesday and sold out after 2 hours and...

Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias announce summer tour; playing Allstate Arena

December 17, 2018 at 5:12 p.m.

Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull have announced their joint summer tour, which kicks off at Allstate Arena June 3. The 16-city tour will take the multi-platinum artists from coast-to-coast, as well...

Don Henley extends summer tour, playing Northerly Island

December 17, 2018 at 5:12 p.m.

Don Henley, founding member of The Eagles, brings his solo summer tour to Northerly Island on June 17. Henley is expected to lean heavily on Eagles and solo tracks, including...

A grown-up Christopher Robin returns to the Hundred Acre Wood and his best friend Winnie the Pooh.
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Paul Simon playing Northerly Island in June

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon will play Northerly Island June 14 as part of his U.S. summer tour. Simon, whose latest album "Stranger to Stranger" was released in 2016 (and even...

Tool announce concert at Allstate Arena in June

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

While Tool fans await the release of the band's first album in more than ten years, the elusive prog-rockers have announced a concert at Allstate Arena in Rosemont on June...

Ed Sheeran playing Allstate Arena in September

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Hitmaking singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is playing the Allstate Arena Sept. 15 in support of his new album "Divide." Sheeran is returning to North America for a 48-date tour that begins...

The music from the film "La La Land" is coming to the Ravinia June 18.

“La La Land” concert coming to Ravinia in June

May 23, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Those who still can't get enough of "La La Land" will have the chance to experience the music of the film in-person. A live-to-film celebration of "La La Land" will...

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