Billy Joel hits a grand slam at Wrigley Field record setter
The record books keep filling up for Billy Joel, who didn’t just become the most frequently performing musician in Madison Square Garden history, but also took the all time [More…]
1980s
“Dirty Dancing” delivers signature scenes and songs, though not always the time of your life
After the runaway success of 1987’s movie musical starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey with a soundtrack that scored an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy, it was [More…]
Los Lobos at SPACE
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Lollapalooza’s Saturday showdown: Metallica rocks, Sam Smith croons
Topping the sheer magnitude of Paul McCartney’s Lollapalooza headlining slot on Friday may have been impossible, but following up with one of the most enduring hard rock [More…]
Whitesnake at Vasa Park
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Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy at McHenry Fiesta Days
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The return of Cyndi Lauper’s revised, revitalized “Kinky Boots”
Following its 2012 debut right here in Chicago, “Kinky Boots” took Broadway by storm, racking up six Tony Awards the following season, including “Best Musical” and [More…]
Pre-Broadway musical “Beaches” juggles jokes, stirring songs and tons of tears
From its infancy as a novel by Iris Rainer Dart through a blockbuster silver screen adaptation starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey, “Beaches” continues to be an [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…]