What a year
As all you have experienced the effects of Covid-19 on your daily life, we are no different. We have not covered any events due to the shut down, so we have not posted anything new in quite some time. Not sure when and if we will be back to covering live events. More to come... Read more »
The Vic Theater Welcomes The Infamous Stringdusters
The Infamous Stringdusters make a quick stop in Chicago with The Future Is Now Tour. A one night only show at the Vic Theater on Friday February 7th, 2020. The Grammy winning Acoustic/Bluegrass group is one of the best preforming on stage today! Tickets for Friday nights show are still available from the Vic Theater Box... Read more »
Whiskey Myers fills the room
It been a while since we got new music from Whiskey Myers but when you’re on tour sharing the stage with Lynyrd Skynyard, Hank Williams Jr and Jamey Johnson you get cut some slack. When the band announced the new album and tour fans grabbed tickets as soon as they went on sale. Selling out... Read more »
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Eric Church brought the double down tour to Chicago for two nights.
The energy throughout the whole arena was high as fans filled up the seats. Church started the show on Friday night with the song “That’s Damn Rock & Roll” and was accompanied by backup singing Joanna Cotten who made multiple appearances throughout the night. Church welcomed Chicago to the first night of the double down... Read more »
Country Star Brantley Gilbert to Headline Naperville’s Ribfest July 5th
Naperville, IL, Thursday, January 31st, 2019 Naperville Ribfest will be sizzling with the sounds of country music hitmaker Brantley Gilbert. The singer/songwriter will take the Navistar Main Stage on Friday, July 5th. “We’re always thrilled to get a performer of Brantley Gilbert’s caliber,” says Sandy Rocush, 2019 Ribfest co-chair along with Pete Paulsen. “Brantley Gilbert’s... Read more »
Ghost Brings Down the House at Aragon Ballroom
By Blake Drinen From the swift opening of the curtain to their triumphant closing number, Ghost held the audience’s attention with a sense of ease that appeared so effortless, leaving me utterly speechless. Dropping in at the Aragon Ballroom Thursday night as a part of their “A Pale Tour Named Death,” the Sweden-based rock group... Read more »
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Four Reasons Why Florence + The Machine’s “High as Hope” Tour Proves One of the Best of the Year
By Blake Drinen Florence + The Machine, the musical collective responsible for smash hits “Dog Days Are Over” and “Shake It Out,” proved already to have had a banner year within 2018. Following the resounding critical and commercial success from their newest LP High As Hope came their quickly following world tour, the group gradually... Read more »
Twenty One Pilots Take On Trench at United Center
By Blake Drinen It seems almost surreal that Twenty One Pilots’ illustrious career has already spanned almost an entire decade. Fruitfully working their way up through the alternative music scene with a self-titled debut record back in 2009 and acclaimed follow-up, Regional At Best, Ohio natives Tyler Joseph and Josh Dunn seemed to truly burst... Read more »
Robotaki’s Live Music Experiment conducted in Chicago
By Nancy Huynh Robotaki conducts an entirely new reality through his sole voice. It’s not often you experience a live EDM set where the performer only plays their own discography. This is a goal for many music producers to be able to not only produce a large collection of their own music, but to also... Read more »
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BØRNS Brings Blue Madonna to Chicago Once Again
By Blake Drinen Minutes before BØRNS, the indie darling behind the 2015 smash hit “Electric Love,” took center stage at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom Sunday night, I found out about the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding the twenty-six-year-old singer. In just a matter of days, multiple young women came forward with accounts of alleged abusive behavior he... Read more »
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