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KISS unloads all the bells and whistles, champions military for first Milwaukee show in six years

With every year that passes in a cult-like career that’s endured more than four decades, KISS gets louder, bigger, bolder and more entertaining. During its first Milwaukee [More…]

Ray LaMontagne backed by My Morning Jacket members turn to psychedelic experimentation

Ray LaMontagne kicked off an evening at the First MeritBank Pavilion at Northerly Island with a twilight solo acoustic set that included “Burn” and “Jolene” from his [More…]

Peace, unity and diversity define The Art Of Rap Festival featuring Public Enemy, Ice-T and fellow innovators

“This new hip-hop is making our kids dumber,” declared EMPD during the Chicago area stop of The Art Of Rap Festival at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, and while it was [More…]

Ellie Goulding’s pop gold, the meteoric rise of Flume and Third Eye Blind’s rebirth wrap Lollapalooza

The fourth and final day of Lollapalooza may have found the majority of concertgoers a little worse for the wear, but those who trucked out to the north end of Grant Park [More…]

Lollapalooza looks back and forges forward with Peppers, Jane’s, Stapleton and guests galore

The Saturday edition of Lollapalooza’s 25th birthday bash was by far its grandest and also the most skillfully curated balance between looking back and forging forward. [More…]

Round two of Lollapalooza: Radiohead builds the atmosphere, Future ascends, The Struts shine

The return of Radiohead to Lollapalooza on Friday was met with immense anticipation from faithful, though arguably just as many were across Grant Park catching Major Lazer. [More…]

J. Cole’s charisma, Lana Del Rey’s charm launch Lollapalooza a day earlier than usual

In honor of its 25th birthday, Lollapalooza set up shop in Grant Park a day earlier than usual, giving faithful a full day’s worth of sets from a slew of familiar and [More…]

Goo Goo Dolls entertain with summer-ready soundtrack, plus more smashes from Collective Soul

Goo Goo Dolls may have been in the headlining slot on the lakefront of FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island unpacking a collection of hits and treasures, but [More…]

Stax superstar Booker T. tracks his illustrious history throughout two soulful hours at City Winery

With several smashes under the umbrella of Booker T. & The M.G.’s, serving in the house band for Stax Records, a revered solo career, plus countless songwriting, [More…]

Heart on fire for revisited favorites, current rockers, plus local heroes Cheap Trick run close second

If there was any question as to how Heart was holding up more than 40 years into its more than 35 million selling career, all anyone had to do was stick around for its finale [More…]