Andy Argyrakis, Author at Chicago Concert Reviews

Reggae, ska and punk is “What I Got” during Sublime with Rome’s “Farewell” to Hard Rock

For a brief but bountiful period in the 1990s, Long Beach’s Sublime blurred the lines between reggae, ska, punk and alternative rock like no other and were well on the way [More…]

Shalamar’s “Second Time Around” in The Venue At Horseshoe Casino was “A Night To Remember”

The songs of Shalamar certainly haven’t gone out of circulation, but outside of Howard Hewett’s solo performances or Jody Watley, former member turned groundbreaking star [More…]

That’s “The Power Of Love”: Stage edition of “Back To The Future” a fantastic blast to the past

The 1950s met the 1980s when “Back To The Future” crossed the space time continuum at the Cadillac Palace Theatre for an exhilarating opening night, which started with [More…]

Green Day: “The Saviors” Tour at Wrigley Field

Click here for a review of Green Day at Wrigley Field. For additional information on Green Day, visit GreenDay.com. For a list of upcoming Live Nation concerts, visit [More…]

Pop/punk “Saviors” Green Day give Wrigley “Dookie,” “American Idiot” and side of Smashing Pumpkins

Pop/punk probably wouldn’t have made it to the mainstream had it not been for Green Day, who exactly three decades after nationally debuting with “Dookie” and twenty [More…]

Hard Rock “This Town”: Stray Cats’ latest reunion struts, speeds and swings in honor of 45th birthday

When pop, rock and the surrounding culture of MTV were at their most excessive in the front half of the 1980s, the Stray Cats were downright revolutionary for going the [More…]

Hootie & The Blowfish and friends steer “Summer Camp With Trucks” towards CU1 Amp

Nowadays, Hootie & The Blowfish doesn’t come around nearly as often as its heyday in the 1990s, though even with a half-decade absence from the area, the more than 25 [More…]

Latin leader Peso Pluma finally makes up Fiserv Forum delay on the way to global takeover

He may have only gotten started around 2020, but Peso Pluma is already the most streamed artist of all time in Mexico who’s just as quickly conquering America and the rest [More…]

Melanie Martinez’s “Trilogy,” Blink-182 “One More Time,” Conan, Teddy close fully loaded Lolla

The end of Lollapalooza is always a bittersweet circumstance, but at least it went out with a bang thanks to a fully loaded line-up where the present intersected with the [More…]

Lollapalooza shines the “Rebel Diamonds” of The Killers, plus Skrillex, Deftones and Tate McRae

The fact that it was officially the weekend, coupled with some seriously buzzing bookings, brought the masses out to Lollapalooza earlier than ever and helped the time fly by [More…]

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