Andy Argyrakis, Author at Chicago Concert Reviews

Irish blues belter Van Morrison is still the man during kick-off to Chicago Theatre weekend

Even at 76-years-old, Van Morrison is as prolific as ever, already announcing the May 20 release of “What’s It Gonna Take?” a mere year after dropping the double album, [More…]

Mind-blowing Steve Hackett samples solo “Surrender,” last Genesis supper “Seconds Out”

Now that “The Last Domino” dropped for Genesis, former guitarist Steve Hackett is the sole member revisiting the group’s classic period throughout the 1970s on the [More…]

Steve Hackett (Genesis): “Seconds Out + More” Tour at Copernicus Center

Click here for a review of Steve Hackett at the Copernicus Center. For additional information on Steve Hackett visit HackettSongs.com. Upcoming concert highlights at the [More…]

Believers Journey find “Freedom” with Allstate Arena sell out, alongside “Africa” originators Toto

Coming off a singular club show in Chicago, followed by headlining Lollapalooza last summer found Journey spreading its wings all the more when the full-fledged “Freedom” [More…]

John Mayer: “Sob Rock” Tour at United Center

Click here for a review of John Mayer at the United Center. For additional information on John Mayer, visit JohnMayer.com. For a list of upcoming Live Nation concerts, visit [More…]

From “Lady Marmalade” to Lady Gaga, “Moulin Rouge!” resurrects turn of 20th century glamour

If the gargantuan, double Oscar-winning movie edition of “Moulin Rouge!” proved anything in 2001, it was the glitz, glamour and razzle dazzle from the turn of the 20th [More…]

R&B, jazz and gospel songstress Regina Belle opens up “A Whole New World” for City Winery

She doesn’t come to Chicago all that often, but wherever Grammy Award-winner Regina Belle does stop by for a soulful serenade, it’s a major happening, which in latest [More…]

More than 20 years since stopping by these shores, it’s the right time to roll to Scotland’s Del Amitri

Scotland’s alternative/roots rockers Del Amitri were one of the brightest and best bands to spring out of the late 1980s and thrive well into the ‘90s, but there hasn’t [More…]

Bon Jovi: “2022” Tour at Fiserv Forum

When Bon Jovi released the studio album, “2020,” it was impossible to proceed with the gargantuan tour that was planned given it wound up being the height of the [More…]

XTC’s Terry Chambers sends City Winery into English pop EXTC after four dormant decades

Few UK acts of the early 1980s are as revered as XTC, who despite never having fully exploded in America, nonetheless had a string of brilliantly crafted singles that clearly [More…]

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