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“Released” over retirement, Foreigner’s Lou Gramm gets Arcada Theatre “Hot Blooded”

Following a lifetime of touring as both the original singer/co-songwriter for Foreigner and as a solo artist, Lou Gramm planned on taking “One Last Look” at the [More…]

Ravinia unveils Hunter Pavilion prior to Chicago Symphony Gala and star-studded season

For well over a century, Ravinia Festival in Highland Park has reigned as America’s longest-running seasonal music series, yet even with all its illustrious history [More…]

Muse and more: Summerfest at at Henry Maier Festival Park

Photos by Andy Argyrakis and Deanna Glatczak: Muse, Jelly Roll, Alex Warren, Gene Simmons (KISS), Temper City, Julia Wolf, Tyler Hubbard (Florida Georgia Line), Three 6 [More…]

Jelly Roll, Muse, Ella Mai, Rev Run, a Talking Head, America 250 wrap a steamy Summerfest

The third and final weekend of Summerfest is always bittersweet, but at least it went out with a fireworks-filled bang at Henry Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee from July [More…]

“Wildchild” Alex Warren anything but “Ordinary” as he finds a United Center family of all ages

Falling somewhere between the second coming of Lewis Capaldi and soon to be giving Ed Sheeran a run for his stadium dollars, Alex Warren went from YouTube and TikTok to [More…]

Summerfest keeps on heating up thanks to Cody Johnson, Jessie Murph, Common and Subtronics

Memories of Summerfest’s kickoff weekend were surely still lingering in the minds of the masses, but there was much more to come when round two of the 58th annual event [More…]

Common and more: Summerfest at at Henry Maier Festival Park

Photos by Andy Argyrakis and Deanna Glatczak: Common, Cody Johnson, Jessie Murph, Carter Faith, Hailstorm, Louis Tomlinson (One Direction), Subtronics, Grouplove, Audrey Nuna [More…]

Step right up to the Nederlander for the circus-centered musical “Water For Elephants”

The latest adaptation of Sara Gruen’s novel “Water For Elephants” turned movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson may now be a Broadway [More…]

The Human League, Soft Cell, Alison Moyet span “Generations” in Chicago Theatre sell out

In the 15 years since electronic innovators The Human League last came to town, its legend has only expanded, which alongside the similarly influential likes of Soft Cell and [More…]

Latin superstar Carín León, Van Halen’s David Lee Roth, Styx, The Family Stone start Summerfest

A whopping 58 years since getting started, Summerfest remains the world’s most enormous and affordable independent music festival at around $30 a day, in addition to [More…]