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Bon Jovi reinforces its house on a modern rock foundation while utilizing all 360 degrees of the UC

When Chicago Concert Reviews caught up with Bon Jovi’s keyboard player David Bryan and drummer Tico Torres just prior to starting the “This House Is Not For Sale” Tour, [More…]

Revered lyrics, forgiving City Winery fans help Kris Kristofferson make it through the night

With 30 albums to his name, including three with fellow outlaws Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, triple Grammy Award winner Kris Kristofferson is one of the [More…]

A St. Patrick’s Day party to remember from superstar singer and “The Voice” coach Blake Shelton

As a country chart-topper more than 20 times over and beloved co-star of “The Voice,” Blake Shelton can sell out a show in about the time it takes for him to flip around [More…]

Men At Work’s Colin Hay gets comedic, confessional on album release day

When Colin Hay first sang about the land “Down Under” as leader of Men At Work, he was one of the most visible and commercially viable faces of the 1980s. Jump ahead a [More…]

Rare club gig finds Sting tapping back into his rock beginnings

Normally an artist of Sting’s statue singlehandedly sells out an arena, or in the case of The Police’s feverishly anticipated reunion, a stadium or massive festival. But [More…]

The Gap Band leader and solo chart-topper Charlie Wilson comes up a winner at United Center

Less than two years since selling out the United Center, Charlie Wilson came back to the house that Michael Jordan built with yet another new project, “In It To Win It” [More…]

George Clinton and company beam Thalia Hall up to the “Mothership” for 150 ingenious minutes

In order to exhaustively address everything from the various periods of George Clinton, Parliament, Funkadelic and their endless offshoots, it would take nearly a lifetime. [More…]

En Vogue gives North Central College a “Funky Divas” masterclass

Somewhere between the time of Salt-N-Pepa and TLC tearing up the charts, En Vogue was setting trends on the axis of R&B, hip-hop, new jack swing and pop. With pristine [More…]

With four City Winery sell outs, “these are the days” for 10,000 Maniacs’ rebirth

From the moment 10,000 Maniacs returned with “Music From The Motion Picture” in 2013, its first studio long player in 14 years, the group that helped define the college [More…]

Martina McBride embraces connection over perfection, joined by promising country up-and-comers

Prior to Martina McBride appearing in person at the landmark Chicago Theatre, she told the audience via the video screens that her “Love Unleased” outing would [More…]