Music and Concerts – Page 122

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...

People walk west on Balbo Drive after the Sueños Festival was cut short due to inclement weather on May 26, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

After abrupt end to Sueños Music Festival, fans to be refunded a portion of ticket price

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

May 31, 2024 at 1:33 p.m.

Heavy downpours forced organizers of the Latino fest in Grant Park to cancel the event...

Andrew Bird leads his trio at the Green Mill in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood on May 29, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: Andrew Bird Trio gives rare hometown concerts at Green Mill for a lucky few

By Bob Gendron

May 30, 2024 at 11:58 a.m.

The back-to-back shows were album-release parties for Bird’s “Sunday Morning Put-On,” a low-key tribute to...

Civic Orchestra of Chicago musician Lina Yamin, left, from Venezuela, speaks with a child after members of the orchestra performed in a shelter at the American Islamic College on Memorial Day in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Notes of home: A Civic Orchestra of Chicago Venezuelan fellow brings music to migrants

By Nell Salzman

May 29, 2024 at 8:51 a.m.

The music was comforting to many attendees, who have come to Chicago fleeing economic and...

Festival attendees exit Grant Park as the Sueños Music Festival was cut short due to inclement weather on May 26, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Sueños Music Festival organizers cancel Sunday finale as heavy storms batter Chicago

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

May 27, 2024 at 4:18 p.m.

Despite several public announcements asking patrons to disperse, thousands of festivalgoers refused to leave Grant...

FILE – Mickey Mouse, from left, Elizabeth Gluck, Richard M. Sherman and Minnie Mouse pose for a photo at the ceremony honoring the Sherman Brothers with the rename of Disney Studios Soundstage A at the world premiere of Disney’s “Christopher Robin” at the Walt Disney Studios, July 30, 2018, in Burbank, Calif. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning classic Disney tunes, died Saturday, May 25, 2024. He was 95. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Richard M. Sherman, who fueled Disney charm in ‘Mary Poppins’ and ‘It’s a Small World,’ dies at 95

By Mark Kennedy

May 26, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.

Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form...

Concertgoers hold a Mexican flag as Bizarrap performs during the Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park on May 25, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

2024 Sueños Music Festival celebrates the rise of regional Mexican music and a love for reggaeton

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

May 26, 2024 at 4:34 p.m.

The headliner for Sunday, Grammy winner Peso Pluma, promised to galvanize a larger crowd, though...

Dominic Maker, in front left to right, Andrea Balency-Béarn, and Kai Campos of Mount Kimbie at Lincoln Hall on May 25, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Review: As Mount Kimbie has gone indie, its more straightforward sound still holds its surprises

By Britt Julious

May 26, 2024 at 12:54 p.m.

There is still a real and true sonic heft in the construction of their electronic...

FILE – Nicki Minaj arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Rapper Nicki Minaj says bags were searched on way out of Netherlands. She tweeted that police told her they found marijuana in her bags. The military constabulary at the airport said a 41-year-old American woman had been arrested for exporting “soft drugs.” (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Nicki Minaj’s England concert postponed after rapper was detained by Dutch authorities over pot

By Associated Press

May 25, 2024 at 5:42 p.m.

Nicki Minaj's concert in Manchester, England, scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after police in...

Students look over their designs during a fashion class in the summer of 2023 at Moraine Valley Community College. “They are all excited and all want to be encouraged,” said instructor Tammy Pruitt. “I try to encourage them to start where they are at – don’t feel like you have to know everything.” (Glenn Carpenter)

Not your parents’ summer camp: Area colleges offer kids access to fashion design, playing the blues, more

By Melinda Moore

May 24, 2024 at 3:32 p.m.

A new fashion design summer camp is a hit at Moraine Valley, and sessions at...

Neil Young performs at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on June 30, 2018. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Neil Young concert in Chicago is postponed due to illness

By Doug George

May 23, 2024 at 7:25 p.m.

According to presenter Live Nation, the Chicago date for Neil Young and Crazy Horse will...