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Jack Harlow’s hip-hop, Jason DeRulo’s dance pop tops Allstate sell out of 103.5 KISS FM’s Jingle Ball

Every year, 103.5 KISS FM’s Jingle Ball is a surefire sellout, and considering the strength and diversity of the 2024 line-up, tickets flew faster than ever out of the [More…]

Hard Rock Live leans hip-hop for the pioneering likes of Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick

Hip-hop is the new pop, but it wouldn’t have come this far without the ground laid by the first few waves of creativity, which began in the early 1970s and fully emerged [More…]

Exposé and more: “Freestyle Free For All” Tour at Rosemont Theatre

When AMPM Concerts advertised the “Freestyle Free For All” Tour the greatest line-up the genre has ever seen, they arguably weren’t exaggerating thanks to a marathon [More…]

United Center “Beautifully Broken” over the country, southern rock and hip-hop hybrid of Jelly Roll

Some call him country, others say its southern rock with a hint of hip-hop, although perhaps most accurately, its a hybrid of them all, but no matter how Jelly Roll is [More…]

Elite artist, songwriter and producer Babyface brings Hard Rock Live loads of chart-toppers

Having hailed from a little further down the road in Indianapolis, it was a homecoming of sorts when Kenny Edmonds, better known to the masses as Babyface, came to Hard Rock [More…]

Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals point the H.B. Pavilion towards a soulful and silky “Malibu”

Each of Anderson .Paak’s four geographically-themed albums have been widely acclaimed and embraced, yet 2016’s “Malibu” is the one that really put him on the path to [More…]

Slayer and more: Riot Fest at Douglass Park

Click here, here and here for reviews of Riot Fest at Douglass Park. For upcoming Riot Fest announcements, visit RiotFest.org. [Show [More…]

Riot Fest resumes with another NOFX farewell, plus Waxahatchee, Spoon and Descendants

The freight train of Riot Fest kept right on rolling into the weekend, allowing even more attendees a lengthy chance to soak in the alternative sounds, wonderfully wild [More…]

Hometown heroes Fall Out Boy, The Offspring, The Marley Brothers, Cypress Hill rev up Riot Fest

The opening night of the alternative-minded Riot Fest would’ve been enough to pack Douglass Park on any given year, but it was surely bolstered by a spectacle-heavy [More…]

Riot Fest gets ready to rumble into Douglass Park starring Slayer, Beck, St. Vincent, NOFX’s farewell

Summer may be winding down, but there’s no better way to wrap the season than with the weekend-long roar of Riot Fest, which is steadily becoming every alternative music [More…]