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Seals & Crofts 2 bring a “Summer Breeze” to American Place Casino, turn on The Lighthouse

There’s a new game in town, or rather, an exciting place to play them thanks to the American Place Casino, which is semi-officially up and running in its temporary [More…]

For the first time in a whopping 50 years, the English art pop of 10cc pleases Park West

Despite at least two of its tracks receiving constant radio rotation, it’s been exactly 50 years since all of English art pop/soft rock group 10cc came to Chicago proper on [More…]

“Brotherhood” of Styx, Kevin Cronin come home to CU1 Amp, Don Felder flies like an Eagle

The members of Styx and REO Speedwagon regularly ruled the charts together throughout the 1970s, ‘80s and early ‘90s, so it was only fitting the currently touring [More…]

Hard Rock Live might as well “Jump” over the original Van Halen singer “Diamond” David Lee Roth

The fact that David Lee Roth is the original singer of Van Halen alone makes him an international icon, and with the promise he’d be pulling primarily from the group’s 56 [More…]

Credit Union 1 Amp lets out a “Rebel Yell” for Billy Idol’s revved up “Dream Into It” resurgence

Multiple generations of pop/punk/hard rockers wouldn’t be in business if it wasn’t for Billy Idol paving the way, who ever since fronting Generation X in the late 1970s, [More…]

The Vic turns the “Key” on four solo decades of Alison Moyet, Yaz’s iconic synth-pop “Situation”

Either co-leading Yaz throughout the early part of the 1980s or spending exactly four decades on her own, Alison Moyet’s inimitable voice and hypnotic presence is as [More…]

House Of Blues was “Hanging By A Moment” over Lifehouse’s Jason Wade unplugged

Following a fairly steady streak from the early 2000s onward, alternative rockers Lifehouse went on hiatus at the turn of the 2020s, though at least there hasn’t been a [More…]

North Shore Center finds former Barenaked Ladies co-leader Steven Page stripping down as a duo

During the prime period of the Barenaked Ladies, mainly the early 1990s to late 2000s, Steven Page lent his distinctive vocals and witty songwriting to the alternative pop [More…]

“One Week” away, ex-Barenaked Ladies co-leader Steven Page bares all for North Shore Center

Either individually or when previously co-leading Canada’s alternative pop superstars Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page has an immediately recognizable voice with some of the [More…]

North Shore Center “Lucky,” “Could Not Ask For More” from “I’ll Be” troubadour Edwin McCain

A decade-and-a-half passed since singer/songwriter Edwin McCain recorded a batch of entirely new tunes, but he’s remained a road warrior, despite flying a bit under the [More…]