2010s Archives - Page 12 of 94 - Chicago Concert Reviews

Cameron Crowe, John Cusack “Say Anything” while unpacking “The Uncool” for Athenaeum

When rock and roll journalism was at the peak of its influence, there was no more powerful of a pen than the one belonging to Cameron Crowe, who went on to write, produce, [More…]

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening has Hard Rock reveling in “Physical Graffiti” 50th

Considering the band is no longer active and its surviving members have moved on to other unrelated projects, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening is currently the closest [More…]

Penn & Teller astound Chicago Theatre with magic, comedy a half-century in the making

Tons have tried to follow in their footsteps throughout the last half-century, but Penn Jillette and Raymond Joseph Teller, better known to legions of followers as Penn [More…]

“The Sound Of Music” is once again one of the Nederlander Theatre’s “Favorite Things”

As attention spans get shorter, longevity in popular culture is becoming increasingly harder to attain, but Broadway turned Hollywood’s “The Sound Of Music” has thus [More…]

“Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th” reunites cast, prompts wild Chicago Theatre screening

When “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” made its way to movie theaters in 1975 based on the brilliantly bonkers stage musical by Richard O’Brien, it was an extremely risky [More…]

Milwaukee’s Violent Femmes, Salt Shed “Add It Up” four decades since “Blister In The Sun”

As nearby neighbors from Milwaukee, Violent Femmes spent much of its formative years in the early 1980s around Chicago, though quickly blossomed into a global presence given [More…]

Def Leppard stuff a stadium’s worth of anthems in “Hysteria”-filled Hard Rock Live

The last locations Def Leppard devoured in the area were the gigantic likes of Wrigley Field and headlining Milwaukee’s Summerfest, which is why when the Rock and Roll Hall [More…]

Mumford & Sons tap into English “Rushmere” roots and foot-stomping folk for United Center

In the seven years since Mumford & Sons released a record, the English band scaled down to a trio and tapped into its “Rushmere” roots, or rather, the spirit of the [More…]

“Truth To Power,” hip-hop pioneer/iconic actor Ice Cube takes United Center from N.W.A. to now

Hip-hop has its fair share of international icons and Ice Cube is right towards the very top of that list, especially in light of the “Truth To Power: 4 Decades Of [More…]

Judas Priest “Invincible,” Alice Cooper unlocks the “Attic” throughout CU1 Amp co-headline

As two of the most formidable forces to ever saturate the heavier side of the dial, Judas Priest and Alice Cooper made for a mighty match when it came to co-headlining the [More…]