Music and Concerts – Page 81

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...

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...

Writer Nelson Algren at the YMCA at Milwaukee Avenue and Division Street on May 24, 1956, in Chicago. (Arnold Tolchin/Chicago American)

Column: Bradley Cooper’s next screen role will be the cantankerous Chicago writer Nelson Algren

By Rick Kogan

May 6, 2025 at 2:42 p.m.

The Chicago writer's relationship with Simone de Beauvoir is said to be getting the big-screen...

Rihanna departs The Carlyle Hotel prior to attending The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

A$AP Rocky confirms baby No. 3 with Rihanna at the 2025 Met Gala

By Associated Press

May 5, 2025 at 7:45 p.m.

One of the biggest surprises on the day 2025 Met Gala is Rihanna's protruding belly.

FILE -Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs participates in “The Four” panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial is set to begin with jury selection

By Michael R. Sisak

May 5, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations...

The jazz, soul and R&B collective Family Junket of Chicago includes members Hasani Cannon, Rahila Coats, Scott Daniel, Alejandro Gallardo, Max Lazarus, Jonah Lazarus, Zach Lazarus and Clarence Young. (Grace Kerpan and Elaine Miller photo)

Column: Introducing the many, harmonious members of Family Junket

By Britt Julious

May 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The Chicago jazz, soul, and R&B collective is celebrating its debut EP with a release...

Lady Gaga performs during her free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazilian police arrest two people over plot to bomb Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio

By Associated Press

May 4, 2025 at 11:18 a.m.

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb...

Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during a piece with pianist Daniil Trifonov at Symphony Center, on May 1, 2025. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Review: CSO music-director-to-be Klaus Mäkelä faces his orchestra — and the work ahead

By Hannah Edgar

May 3, 2025 at 11:30 a.m.

Programs of Mahler’s Third Symphony last week and Dvořák No. 7 this weekend both deliver...

Warm, transparent, soft, controlled, a touch smoky: Lucy Dacus’s medium-low vocal register emerged as a continual strength during her performance at the Chicago Theatre on May 1, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Lucy Dacus concert at the Chicago Theatre was understated and personal to the point of feeling muted

By Bob Gendron

May 2, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

The Boygenius singer had the audience quietly rapt for her 90-minute concert but rarely raised...

Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong celebrates after hitting a RBI double during the second inning against the Phillies at Wrigley Field on April 27, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Longtime Chicago Cubs fan revels in Pete Crow-Armstrong using his group Levity’s song for walk-up music

By Jay Cohen

May 1, 2025 at 2:26 p.m.

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong uses “Front to Back” — a song from John Hauldren’s electronic...

Singer Shannon Ward performs at Ken’s on Western on Feb. 22, 2025. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Column: Shannon Ward is a musician who sings and plays guitar for the joy of it, out of the spotlight

By Rick Kogan

May 1, 2025 at 11:31 a.m.

The longtime South Sider may play in simple, comfortable places, but she has her fans...

Owner Mike Reed at his club Constellation on May 4, 2020, in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Constellation announces new Sound & Gravity festival of jazz and avant-garde

By Doug George

April 30, 2025 at 6:20 p.m.

Created by Mike Reed, the lineup includes Bill Callahan, Mdou Moctar, Jeff Parker Expansion Trio,...