Music and Concerts – Page 50

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...

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...

Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park on Dec. 9, 2025. Beginning in 2026, the venue will charge for parking. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park’s Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre adds parking charges for the 1st time in venue history

By Addison Wright

December 9, 2025 at 4:14 p.m.

The owner of Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre, Live Nation, said investments will make the minimum...

James Hart students practice the song "Bluegrass Country" as Sara White directs on Dec. 4 at James Hart School in Homewood. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Homewood middle school student musicians to record at Chicago in studio that hosted the Foo Fighters, Cheap Trick

By Evy Lewis

December 9, 2025 at 12:47 p.m.

James Hart School musicians will record at Electrical Audio, founded by Steve Albini and used...

Architect Frank Gehry unveils his design for a Millennium Park band shell and seating area on Nov. 3, 1999, in Chicago. (Terry Harris/baiduhai)

Frank Gehry, architect of Millennium Park pavilion and some of world’s most imaginative buildings, dies at 96

By John Rogers

December 5, 2025 at 3:32 p.m.

Frank Gehry, who designed some of most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level...

Composer Matthew Aucoin and soprano Julia Bullock embrace following the world premier of Aucoin’s "Song of the Reappeared" at Symphony Center in Chicago on Dec. 4, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: A chilling CSO premiere, magnificently led

By Hannah Edgar

December 5, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

Matt Aucoin's "Song of the Reappeared," based on the work of poet Raúl Zurita, is...

Christian Pursell and Vanessa Becerra perform in Chicago Opera Theater's production of Antonio Salieri's "Falstaff" at the Studebaker Theater on Dec. 3, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Review: ‘Falstaff’ by Chicago Opera Theater is a sunny farce that shows off the real Salieri

By Hannah Edgar

December 5, 2025 at 10:22 a.m.

This production in the Fine Arts Building transplants Shakespeare-via-Salieri’s comical opera to a chi-chi, “White...

FILE - Guitarist, songwriter and record producer Steve Cropper poses Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the M.G.’s, has died at age 84

By Adrian Sainz

December 3, 2025 at 4:12 p.m.

Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing...

The sounds of the Oriana Singers, City Voices and Pro Musica Youth Chorus will echo through the First United Methodist Church in Oak Park for the 20th edition of Sing We Joyous, under the direction of William Chin. (City Voices)

Sing We Joyous to bring 3 vocal groups together in Oak Park for holiday event’s 20th anniversary

By Myrna Petlicki

December 3, 2025 at 1:58 p.m.

A beloved holiday tradition continues with the 20th anniversary performance of Sing We Joyous at...

Bad Bunny performs during the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Spotify Wrapped 2025 is here and Bad Bunny has dethroned Taylor Swift as most-streamed artist

By Maria Sherman

December 3, 2025 at 8:13 a.m.

The holiday season is here, and with it, a present for fans of end of...

A security guard checks the doors in an area in Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 1979 where several people were killed as they were caught in a surging crowd entering Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum for a Who concert on Monday. (AP Photo/Brian Horton)

Today in History: 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum

By Associated Press

December 3, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On Dec. 3, 1979, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati’s...

Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, a husband-and-wife team in real life, perform as lovers in "All the Young Cannibals," a new Hollywood film on Dec. 7, 1959. They're shown moving up to the bar, in a scene from the picture. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)

Today in History: Natalie Wood dies

By Associated Press

November 29, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On Nov. 29, 1981, film star Natalie Wood drowned at age 43 while boating off California’s...