Music and Concerts – Page 40

Baritone Thomas Hampson in a performance of William Walton’s "Belshazzar's Feast" with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, led by Klaus Mäkelä. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: Mäkelä and CSO bring back a delicious ‘Feast’

By Hannah Edgar

October 9, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

Fifty years have passed since the Chicago Symphony last played “Belshazzar’s Feast” by English composer...

All the artists stand together on stage after singing “Paradise” at the Chicago Theatre for Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine tribute show, Oct. 8, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

Review: A heartfelt tribute to John Prine let his music and legacy shine through

By Bob Gendron

October 9, 2026 at 1:07 p.m.

Musicians from Margo Price to Jeff Tweedy covered the late singer-songwriter's songs and channeled his...

Damon Albarn of the Gorillaz on their Mountain Tour at the United Center on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Chicago. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Review: At the United Center, a lesson in why people love the Gorillaz

By Britt Julious

October 9, 2026 at 12:18 p.m.

I learned that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have created something far greater than what...

Chicago-based composers Kari Watson, left, and Kelley Sheehan sit in a studio in the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University on Feb. 10, 2026. They have composed works that are included in this year's Frequency Festival, a weeklong showcase of avant-garde and experimental music. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Frequency Festival, Chicago’s experimental music haven, returns to a changed city

By Hannah Edgar

February 18, 2026 at 5:20 a.m.

This year’s Frequency Festival lineup is characteristically difficult to sum up.

Bruce Springsteen sings during his 2024 world tour with the E Street Band on March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are coming to Chicago

By Doug George

February 17, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced a new tour that will bring...

Rüfüs Du Sol performs on the third day of Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/for the baiduhai)

Lolla headliner Rüfüs Du Sol will play Wrigley Field this summer

By Doug George

February 17, 2026 at 9:43 a.m.

Tickets for the June 12 concert in Chicago go on sale later this month.

A red carpet is unfurled outside Symphony Center on Michigan Avenue during the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s fall opening weekend on Sept. 20, 2025. The CSO was the busiest orchestra in the world last year, according to Bachtrack. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

The Chicago Symphony is the world’s busiest orchestra — how that’s counted and what that means

By Hannah Edgar

February 15, 2026 at 5:35 a.m.

The annual list by British publication Bachtrack ranked the CSO as No. 1 busiest orchestra...

Violin soloist Himari performs alongside the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center on Feb. 12, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: Another prodigy has taken the classical world, and the CSO, by storm. Is that a good thing?

By Hannah Edgar

February 14, 2026 at 11:55 a.m.

Precocious artists are all over the Chicago Symphony’s program this weekend. Mozart’s child-prodigy past needs...

Hilary Duff attends the “How I Met Your Father” fan experience in Los Angeles celebrating the show’s first season finale with cast on March 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

Hilary Duff announces first major headlining tour in almost 2 decades with a stop in Tinley Park

By Jim Harrington

February 12, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

Hilary Duff is finally coming back to town for her lucky me tour, which is...

Peter Jordan, of Flossmoor, will be making his Chicago premiere as a headliner in “A Candlelight Jazz Tribute to Luther Vandross,” a Valentine’s Day performance at Logan Center, with a portion of the proceeds going to support area high school musicians. (Peter Jordan)

Flossmoor’s Peter Jordan brings his love for jazz full circle with Logan Center show

By Jim Dudlicek

February 11, 2026 at 5:02 a.m.

Flossmoor resident Peter Jordan has performed alongside Ben E. King among others, and is performing...

Noah Kahan arrives at the Spotify Best New Artist Party on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Andrew Park/Invision/AP)

Noah Kahan’s ‘Great Divide Tour’ coming to Chicago for two shows

By Tribune Content Agency

February 10, 2026 at 2:39 p.m.

Fresh off the release of his new single “The Great Divide” and ahead of his...

In an image taken from video, Giancarlo Guerrero, left, the chief baton of Chicago's own Grant Park Music Festival, leads a group of string players during Bad Bunny's halftime show performance at the NFL Super Bowl 60 game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. (NFL)

Yes, that was Chicago conductor Giancarlo Guerrero performing with Bad Bunny

By Hannah Edgar

February 9, 2026 at 3:39 p.m.

Four minutes into Bad Bunny’s halftime show during the Super Bowl on Sunday, the camera...

Bad Bunny (left) performs at the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Sunday. Kid Rock (right, performing at the 2024 Republican Convention) was the headliner of a Turning Point USA counterpart show.

Super Bowl halftime show: Bad Bunny nets 135M viewers to Kid Rock’s 6M

By Theresa Braine

February 9, 2026 at 1:21 p.m.

An estimated 135 million viewers made Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show the most-watched...