2020s Archives - Page 21 of 24 - Chicago Concert Reviews

Soldier Field sends “Unlimited Love” towards Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Strokes and Thundercat

From headlining Lollapalooza to selling out the sheds, Red Hot Chili Peppers always attract a massive audience, but believe it or not, the alternative rock veterans had yet [More…]

Kendrick Lamar’s hip-hop genius only grows after Fiserv Forum exploration of “The Big Steppers”

Every generation or so, if its luckily, births a musical genius and there’s no one today who embodies that title more than rapper, songwriter and producer Kendrick Lamar. [More…]

Electronic superstars Swedish House Mafia tap into “Paradise Again” at United Center

After supposedly waving goodbye to Chicago in 2013, Swedish House Mafia reunited and returned to the United Center for the “Paradise Again” Tour, named after a newly [More…]

Ravinia raises a “Hell Yeah” toast to Little Big Town and guitar goddess Lindsay Ell

Country giants Little Big Town (not pictured due to a delay in management approval) didn’t have luck on its side surrounding the Chicago stop of the “Nightfall” Tour, [More…]

A daring David Gray climbs the entire “White Ladder,” mounds more on Northerly Island

At the turn of the century, David Gray brought a breath of fresh air to American radio thanks to the clever cocktail of alternative rock, folk and electronica found [More…]

A jazzy Norah Jones revisits “Come Away With Me,” gospel great Mavis Staples surprises

Few debuts have ever reached the stratospheric heights of Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me,” which besides selling over 27 million copies and collecting five Grammy [More…]

Reunited Rage Against The Machine fill United Center with social commentaries amidst the crowd-surfing

When Rage Against The Machine roared out of the early 1990s, there was no other band combining rap, rock, metal, funk and politically-charged commentaries in the pursuit of [More…]

An operatic Josh Groban flawlessly interprets others, plus Preservation Hall Jazz Band at 60

The wait to hear selections from 2020’s “Harmony” was finally over when Josh Groban brought his operatic vocals, classy band, local orchestra and choir, plus gorgeous [More…]

New Kids On The Block make a tremendous “MixTape” for Fiserv Forum, Allstate ahead

Many might assume New Kids On The Block wouldn’t start a show they were headlining, but that was just one of a multitude of surprises when the now legendary boy band [More…]

In “Sob Rock” start at United Center, a smooth John Mayer jams his way around the guitar

Singer/songwriter John Mayer keeps navigating changing tides more than 20 years into a stratospheric career, constantly reinventing himself in pop, blues, folk and now “Sob [More…]