Music and Concerts – Page 107

Naked Raygun’s Jeff Pezzati, left, and Eric Spicer speak on a panel commemorating new record pressings at the Smashed Plastic record plant in Belmont Gardens on Oct. 10, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Tale of the tapes: Naked Raygun and Eleventh Dream Day create new albums from an essential Chicago archive

By Kevin McKeough

October 14, 2026 at 5:40 a.m.

A 1985 Naked Raygun show has become a limited-edition vinyl album.

FILE – Duane Davis, right, and his attorney Michael Sanft sit in a courtroom, after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center on Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis gets 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur

By Jessica Hill

October 13, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

An aging ex-gang leader was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for...

Olivia Rodrigo performs at the United Center on Oct. 11, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Review: Olivia Rodrigo, in a sea of flowers, kicking her way towards what’s next

By Christopher Borrelli

October 12, 2026 at 10:38 a.m.

In Chicago at the United Center on her "Unraveled Tour," Olivia Rodrigo leans into the...

Kaytranada performs at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: Kaytranada puts on a Northerly Island dance party with a sound he invented

By Britt Julious

September 21, 2024 at 11:25 a.m.

Since he first popped onto the scene, many artists have tried to replicate the musician's...

Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour on Friday, June 21, 2024 in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

All things Taylor Swift to viewed through an academic lens at North Central College’s ‘TayTalks’

By Tess Kenny

September 21, 2024 at 11:14 a.m.

What do Plato and J. Robert Oppenheimer have to do with Taylor Swift? North Central...

Jaap van Zweden, background center, conducts the New York Philharmonic in a rehearsal with viola soloist Antoine Tamestit at David Geffen Hall in New York, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ronald Blum, File)

New York Philharmonic musicians agree to 30% raise over 3-year contract

By Associated Press

September 20, 2024 at 3:24 p.m.

The New York Philharmonic and its musicians’ union settled on a collective bargaining agreement Thursday...

Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts as Benjamin Beilman performs Samuel Barber's "Violin Concerto, Opus 14" with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center on Sept. 19, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Review: In CSO’s very romantic season opener, a soloist deserves his own love letter

By Hannah Edgar

September 20, 2024 at 12:47 p.m.

Hometown violinist Benjamin Beilman had a big moment Thursday night. The program of “Orozco-Estrada Conducts...

FILE -Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs participates in “The Four” panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

What will become of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ musical legacy? Experts weigh in following his indictment

By Maria Sherman

September 18, 2024 at 8:34 a.m.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop,...

FILE – Dave Navarro, left, and Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction perform at Lollapalooza on July 30, 2016, in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)

Jane’s Addiction cancels its tour after onstage concert fracas

By Associated Press

September 16, 2024 at 2:22 p.m.

The alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction has scuttled its latest tour following an onstage scuffle...

Tito Jackson, 68, takes a moment to perform with West Side Leadership Academy students in their school's studio in 2019. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post Tribune)

Tito Jackson, member of beloved pop group the Jackson 5, dies at 70

By Brian P.D. Hannon

September 16, 2024 at 10:35 a.m.

Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson...

Ernest Dawkins, saxophonist and the founder/director of the annual Englewood Jazz Festival at Hamilton Park, which turns 25 this year. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Englewood festival notches a quarter-century of jazz on the South Side

By Hannah Edgar

September 16, 2024 at 5:45 a.m.

Before the Englewood Jazz Festival begins Thursday, its founder Ernest Dawkins takes a moment to...

Public Enemy, NOFX and Fall Out Boy are among the boldface music acts on the bill for 2024's summer-capping Riot Fest in Douglass Park in Chicago. (Getty / baiduhai)

Riot Fest 2024: Our picks for music acts by day, from Fall Out Boy to Rob Zombie

By Bob Gendron

September 17, 2024 at 10:33 a.m.

The bands and artists not to miss across three days and five stages in Douglass...

FILE – Dave Navarro, left, and Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction peform during KAABOO 2017 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, in San Diego, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Wife of Jane’s Addiction frontman says tension and animosity led to onstage scuffle

By Associated Press

September 15, 2024 at 11:17 a.m.

A scuffle between members of the groundbreaking alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction came amid “tension...