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McCartney leads Lollapalooza on “Magical Mystery Tour” through The Beatles and beyond

Over the years, Lollapalooza has hosted practically every modern rocker, rapper and alternative pop star on earth, but 2015’s leader was quite possibly more monumental than [More…]

Taylor Swift shines with “1989” during second Soldier Field sell out

Every stadium on Taylor Swift’s “1989” World Tour is basically sold out, but during her second concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field, she admitted to the masses that [More…]

Brian Wilson brings brilliance and beauty to virtual beach party

When it comes to needing reasons to tour, being a co-founder and primary songwriter for The Beach Boys is certainly enough for Brian Wilson, though add in the arty new biopic [More…]

Grateful Dead bid a grand goodbye at Soldier Field

Twenty years after the Grateful Dead’s last concert with Jerry Garcia, the band that essentially invented the jam said goodbye for good during a three night stand at [More…]

U2 trades excess for introspection during tech-savvy journey

Coming off the most massive and highest grossing concert tour in history, U2 could’ve either repeated the formula verbatim or thrown the entire rule book out the window. [More…]

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga enchant with standards and swing at Ravinia

In a week that’s brought The Rolling Stones to Summerfest, five nights of U2 to the United Center and a trio of Grateful Dead farewell shows to Soldier Field, it would seem [More…]

George Clinton and War revisit the foundations of funk n’ soul

In what’s becoming an almost annual tradition, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic once again led the 2015 installment of the Chicago Funk Fest at The Venue At [More…]

My Morning Jacket mix it up during no repeat residency

Throughout the past decade-and-a-half, My Morning Jacket has confidently claimed a progressive indie rock niche that falls somewhere in between the spacey sounds of The [More…]

Hozier takes Millennium Park to the church of his bluesy soul

In just under a year’s time, Irish singer/songwriter Hozier leaped from underground obscurity to worldwide familiarity, catapulted by the strength of his smash “Take Me [More…]

From disco to house and hip-hop, Jody Watley and new Shalamar sparkle

For the first time in a long time, “Soul Train” dancer turned Shalamar singer and solo artist/songwriter/producer/model/entrepreneur Jody Watley returned home to Chicago, [More…]