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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>

Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump is contributing to the ‘LEGO Batman Movie’ soundtrack

April 30, 2020 at 9:59 a.m.

Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump is dropping a new single this week titled "Who's the (Bat)Man" that will be featured on the soundtrack to the upcoming "LEGO Batman Movie," which...

ArcLight Cinemas to show movies nominated for best picture Oscar

December 17, 2018 at 5:19 p.m.

ArcLight Cinema on Chicago's Near North Side is screening all nine films nominated for best picture Oscars in advance of the 89th Academy Awards live broadcast on Feb. 26. Gretchen...

Queen and Adam Lambert to play United Center on summer tour

December 17, 2018 at 5:19 p.m.

Legendary arena-rock band Queen is teaming up with "American Idol" alum Adam Lambert for a summer tour, stopping at the United Center July 13. The 25-city tour kicks off in...

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performing at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, in Millennium Park on Sunday Aug. 21, 2016.

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy pens open letter after Women’s March photo draws ire

August 18, 2019 at 2:23 p.m.

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is the latest entertainer to draw ire from fans for expressing his political opinion. After Tweedy shared a photo of him and his wife at Saturday's...

Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper team up for summer tour

May 23, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper are teaming up for a summer tour, stopping at Tinley Park's Hollywood Casino Amphitheater August 5. Presented by Livenation, the 18-city tour begins in July...

Rapper Saba releases new track “Monday to Monday,” announces first headlining tour

May 23, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

Chicago rapper Saba of the city's Pivot Gang collective is kicking off 2017 with a new track and his first headlining tour in support of 2016's breakthrough "Bucket List Project"...

Mavis Staples teams up with Arcade Fire for “I Give You Power”

May 23, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

2016 Kennedy Center honoree and soul legend Mavis Staples is featured on Arcade Fire's new single "I Give You Power," the band's first new recording since 2013's "Reflektor." The synth-laced...

A grown-up Christopher Robin returns to the Hundred Acre Wood and his best friend Winnie the Pooh.
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-christopher-robin-rev-0802-story.html" target="_blank">Read the review.</a>

‘Lord of the Dance’ Michael Flatley heading to Trump’s inaugural ball

May 23, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

Donald Trump's Inaugural Ball will feature some fancy footwork courtesy of South Side native and "Lord of the Dance" himself, Michael Flatley. TMZ initially reported Flatley's appearance Wednesday evening, before...

Third Eye Blind summer tour comes to Chicago

May 23, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

California-based band Third Eye Blind is celebrating 20 years together with a summer tour kicking off in Miami and stopping at Chicago's Northerly Island Thursday, July 6. Dubbed the "Summer...

Neko Case to join New Pornographers on tour, playing two nights at Metro

May 23, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

Vancouver-based group The New Pornographers announced a U.S. tour which will kick off this spring in support of their forthcoming album. Neko Case, Kathryn Calder, Dan Bejar and the others...

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