Music and Concerts – Page 130

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...

Mitski performs at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on March 21, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: Mitski kicks off sold-out four-night stand at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre

By Bob Gendron

March 22, 2024 at 4:19 p.m.

Mitski’s 90-minute concert was a peculiar and inventive display that blended performance art, avante-garde cabaret...

Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, left, and Corin Tucker, right, perform on March 21, 2024, at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Sleater-Kinney at the Riviera: How have you still never heard of this band?

By Christopher Borrelli

March 22, 2024 at 3:18 p.m.

After decades of anthemic shredding that flirts lovingly with classic rock bombast, an absence of...

Black pop artists have long gone country. Here’s a brief history.

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

March 22, 2024 at 7:06 a.m.

There’s a long history of Black artists embracing country after establishing careers in other genres....

“A Love Supreme,” a solo exhibition by Norman Teague inspired by jazz musician John Coltrane at the Elmhurst Art Museum, Feb. 29, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Norman Teague’s ode to Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” overflows, ecstatically, into Elmhurst’s Mies van der Rohe house

By Hannah Edgar

March 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

“A Love Supreme” is Norman Teague’s ode to himself. But not the Teague of today....

Olivia Rodrigo performs her song, “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl” during night one of the Guts World Tour at the United Center in Chicago on March 19, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for the baiduhai)

Review: Olivia Rodrigo’s sold-out United Center concert was a scream-therapy session and communal catharsis

By Bob Gendron

March 21, 2024 at 6:19 a.m.

Backed by an all-female band, the singer did a little of everything while running through...

Olivia Rodrigo performs during night one of the Guts World Tour at the United Center in Chicago on March 19, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for the baiduhai)

Photos: Olivia Rodrigo performs at the United Center

By Steve Rosenberg

March 20, 2024 at 11:21 a.m.

Olivia Rodrigo is having a moment. Tuesday at the first of a sold-out two-night stand...

Fans watch as headliner Odesza performs during day three of Lollapalooza on Aug. 5, 2023 in Chicago’s Grant Park. (Trent Sprague/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza lineup 2024: SZA, Tyler, the Creator, and Blink-182

By Kayla Samoy

March 19, 2024 at 7:36 p.m.

The four-day Lollapalooza music festival will be Aug. 1-4 in Chicago’s Grant Park, with some...

Offset performs at The Fillmore Philadelphia on March 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images)

Offset brings his Set It Off tour to Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom

By Mark P. Braboy

March 18, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The artist also known as Kiari Cephus has opened a new chapter, he says. This...

Maureen and Bob Carson pour wine while picnicking on the lawn before opening night of the 87th Chicago Symphony Orchestra Residency at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on July 14, 2023. (Michael Schmidt/For Pioneer Press)

Ravinia Festival 2024: James Taylor and debuts by Ben Platt, Samara Joy, but Breaking Barriers shrinks

By Hannah Edgar

March 15, 2024 at 11:38 a.m.

Also the Violent Femmes will play their debut album with Chicago Philharmonic, and the CSO’s...

Laetitia Sadier performs at Empty Bottle in Chicago on March 12, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: Laetitia Sadier quietly commands the stage at Empty Bottle

By Britt Julious

March 14, 2024 at 1:04 p.m.

Alone on stage, Laetitia Sadier’s songs felt more intimate, allowing the audience to fall deeper...