Music and Concerts – Page 116

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...

Courtney Barnett performs at the Out of Space music festival at Illinois Science and Technology Park in Skokie on July 26, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: Courtney Barnett and Bob Mould both deliver fearless rock at Out of Space

By Bob Gendron

July 27, 2024 at 12:40 p.m.

The festival remains well-run at its new Skokie location and boasted two of the most...

Music artist CeeLo Green is a mainstage headliner at 2024's Taste of Chicago in Grant Park in September. (Phillip Faraone, Getty Images)

Taste of Chicago 2024: Free concerts by CeeLo Green, Yahritza y Su Esencia and Atlas Genius

By Doug George

July 26, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

DCASE has announced the lineup for September, plus neighborhood Taste events continue this weekend in...

Lyric Opera artist-in-residence Karen Slack stands outside the Civic Opera House on July 15, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Meet Lyric Opera’s Karen Slack. You’ll be hearing a lot more from her this year.

By Hannah Edgar

July 25, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The operatic soprano will spend the 2024-25 season as the artist-in-residence of Lyric Unlimited, Lyric...

Longtime folk musician/writer Mark Dvorak, photographed on July 22, 2024. His new book is titled “31 Winters: finding the folk way.” (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Column: How folk singer Mark Dvorak found his way in his latest book ’31 Winters’

By Rick Kogan

July 24, 2024 at 10:59 a.m.

His new book is part memoir, part instructional manual, he has a new album and...

FILE – Duke Fakir holds his life time achievement award backstage at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2009. Fakir wrote a memoir, “I’ll Be There: My Life With The Four Tops.” (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88

By Hillel Italie

July 22, 2024 at 2:51 p.m.

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four...

Styx performs the song "Lady" during a concert at then-Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park on June 4, 2022. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Styx has few original members. Lynyrd Skynyrd has … none? When is a band still a band?

By Christopher Borrelli

July 22, 2024 at 5:45 a.m.

Of all the questions posed by pop music over the years — Will you love...

George Strait performs at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 20,2024, in a concert with Chris Stapleton. (Bob Gendron for the baiduhai)

Review: George Strait plays honest, old-school country at Soldier Field, joined by Chris Stapleton

By Bob Gendron

July 21, 2024 at 3:27 p.m.

Backed by his fantastic Ace in the Hole band, the country legend needed no ego-boosting...

Eric Burton of Black Pumas performs during Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park, July 19, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Pitchfork 2024: Black Pumas, Sudan Archives and 100 Gecs top a glorious Day 1

By Doug George

July 20, 2024 at 1:40 p.m.

Pitchfork Music Festival opened in Union Park Friday with the kind of July weekend NASCAR...

A couple dances to the music at Miche Fest at Oakwood Beach in Chicago on July 13, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Miche Fest went from Pilsen street fest to a leading Chicago Latino music festival

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

July 17, 2024 at 2:50 p.m.

Michelada Festival is now one of Chicago’s largest Latino music festivals, featuring world-renowned artists who...

Fallout Boy, with bassist Pete Wentz, performs at the Pompano Beach Ampitheatre in Florida in Oct. 2023. (Robert Duyos / Sun Sentinel)

Riot Fest announces band lineup by day for 2024

By Doug George

July 17, 2024 at 1:32 p.m.

Friday headliners are Fallout Boy and The Offspring, Saturday's are Beck and Pavement, and Slayer...