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Rock Hall of Famers Yes featuring ARW gift “Quintessential” golden anniversary to Milwaukee

Getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame featuring a performance from all the surviving, still active “Union”-era members was quite a way to warm up for [More…]

Jamiroquai’s jazzy disco, Moon Taxi’s jams, Jacob Banks’ gritty soul, Rapsody’s raps close North Coast

The soggy start that found North Coast Music Festival evacuating Union Park before Miguel and DJ Snake headlined on Friday and Saturday flipped to sunnier skies for a closer [More…]

Boy George & Culture Club, The B-52’s, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey throw Ravinia a perky pop bash

The time capsule on the 1980s cracked wide open when Boy George & Culture Club, The B-52’s and Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey took over Ravinia in the opener of a [More…]

Summer vibes with The Beach Boys and John Stamos, blue-eyed soul from The Righteous Brothers

Nothing personifies summer more than The Beach Boys at Ravinia and the Mike Love/Bruce Johnston-led version of the band kept the “Good Vibrations” coming, complete with a [More…]

Another Deep Purple farewell, plus “Firepower” from Judas Priest

“The Long Goodbye” continued for golden anniversary-celebrating hard rockers Deep Purple when Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre was treated to an encore of 2017’s [More…]

Can’t find a better band than Pearl Jam to always make Wrigley “Alive”

Seattle may officially be Pearl Jam’s home, but given front man Eddie Veddar’s upbringing in Evanston and so many concerts around town since the early 1990s that the list [More…]

Relive Aretha Franklin at Ravinia for what wound up being her final full concert ever!

Recall Aretha Franklin’s final full concert ever right here in Chicagoland at Ravinia and see exactly why she will forever be crowned “The Queen Of Soul.” Long before [More…]

After 37 years away, Jeff Lynne’s ELO leads Chicagoland to the holy grail of symphonic rock

There are surely some classic bands who rarely tour, but then there’s Jeff Lynne’s ELO, who may very well hold the record for the longest gap in between full-fledged [More…]

Steve Martin, Martin Short crack up Ravinia with stories, skits, bluegrass and Broadway

The comedic partnership of Steve Martin and Martin Short dates back to massively popular ‘80s and ‘90s movies “Three Amigos” and “Father Of The Bride,” but it was [More…]

Jay-Z and Beyoncé slay Soldier Field, plus Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa guest during DJ Khaled

Once is never enough to catch two of the most gigantic musical stars on the planet performing together and separately on the same stage, which is why it was only a matter of [More…]