Music and Concerts – Page 21

Mario Abney, co-founder and CEO, right, dances as Kevin Nabors and other members of the Windy City Ramblers perform at the 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line CTA station in Roseland on Oct. 1, 2026, at the culmination of the Red Line Jazz Festival. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

A quartet of new music festivals take root in Chicago this month

By Hannah Edgar

October 7, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Summer is over, but music festival season very much isn’t. Cue the Red Line Jazz...

FILE – Freddie Jackson attends a special screening of “The Magnificent Seven” in New York on Sept. 19, 2016. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for ’80s hits like ‘You Are My Lady,’ dies at 70

By Maria Sherman

October 6, 2026 at 1:51 p.m.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ’80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For...

City Voices, under director William Chin, will perform “A Song of Joys,” a program of choral pieces inspired by the poetry of Sara Teasdale and Walt Whitman, in Oak Park on Oct. 17 and 18. (City Voices)

City Voices to put poetry of Walt Whitman and Sara Teasdale to song in Oak Park

By Myrna Petlicki

October 5, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Oak Park's City Voices will perform a program of choral pieces inspired by the poems...

Fans watch for Metallica’s entrance at their concert at Soldier Field in Chicago on Aug. 9, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Illinois to see greater protections from ‘junk fees,’ ticket-buying bots, Gov. JB Pritzker says

By Olivia Olander

June 25, 2026 at 5:29 p.m.

Illinoisans will soon see fewer unexpected “junk fees” and greater protections from robots snatching up...

FILE – David Clayton-Thomas of “Blood, Sweat and Tears” performs during one of several tailgate parties prior to the Texas A&M-Utah game on Sept. 2, 2004, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

David Clayton-Thomas, powerhouse lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dead at 84

By Hillel Italie

June 25, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears whose husky, high-strung tenor on...

Olivia Rodrigo attends the Vanity Fair Oscar party held at the LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries in Los Angeles, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Olivia Rodrigo is for the girls: All-women lineup set for her Daisy Chain Fields fest in Irvine

By Tribune News Service

June 24, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

A Southern California music festival featuring only women musicians and created by Olivia Rodrigo? That’s...

People walk and bike by Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8, 2026. After weeks of speculation over Taylor SwiftÕs and Travis KelceÕs wedding plans, a permit has been filed for an event at Madison Square Garden over the July 4, 2026, weekend. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)

New York prepares for an event at Madison Square Garden. Clues point to you know who.

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

June 24, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

New York Prepares for an Event at Madison Square Garden. Clues Point to You Know...

Autumn Hernandez, from left, and John, Tom II, Tom and Shannon McAuliffe will bring a Country Fest event to Tinley Park from July 3 to 5 at the 80th Avenue Metra Station. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

McAuliffe family to offer Tinley Park Country Fest to mark America’s 250th

By Jeff Vorva

June 25, 2026 at 9:48 a.m.

When Tinley Park canceled Ribfest, the Tom McAuliffe clan saw an opportunity and organized the...

Oprah Winfrey (main) speaks during the opening show of Oprah 'In Conversation' Australia 2025 tour at ICC Sydney Theatre on Dec. 4, 2025. Inset is Whitney Houston in 2009. (Getty Images)

Oprah Winfrey: Whitney Houston once fell off talk show stage amid relapse

By Jami Ganz

June 23, 2026 at 6:06 p.m.

Oprah Winfrey said she successfully “begged” her talk show audience not to share photos of...

Mello Buckzz performs with Latto at the Sahara Tent during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 23, 2023, in Indio, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella)

Rapper Mello Buckzz faces gun charge almost a year after a deadly mass shooting at her album release party

By Sam Charles

June 22, 2026 at 2:59 p.m.

One year after a mass shooting at her album release party in River North in...

FILE – Clive Davis, chief creative officer of Sony Music, appears during press day in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 23, 2014, prior to Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP, File

Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94

By Maria Sherman

June 22, 2026 at 11:50 a.m.

Davis launched or resurrected the careers of countless superstars.

Rosalía performs on her "Lux" tour in Chicago at a sold-out United Center. (Bob Gendron / for the Tribune)

Review: With her ‘Lux’ tour, Rosalía reinvents what an arena concert can be

By Bob Gendron

June 21, 2026 at 11:56 a.m.

If a more innovative and risk-taking singer-songwriter than Rosalía exists on the contemporary pop scene,...

A security guard stands watch at Taylor Swift’s “Holiday House,” Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Westerly, R.I. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

In Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island beach town, every clue becomes a wedding rumor

By Leah Willingham

June 21, 2026 at 9:28 a.m.

When a large tent appeared next door to Taylor Swift’s Watch Hill estate this week,...