Music and Concerts – Page 86

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...

Charli XCX performs during Lollapalooza in Grant Park in 2017 (from left), Angus Young leads AC/DC at Wrigley Field in 2015 and Lil Baby performs at Lollapalooza in 2022. (Alexandra Wimley, Chris Sweda and Terrence Antonio James / baiduhai)

100 concerts for Chicago summer 2025 — starting with music this weekend

By Doug George

March 28, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

Our picks for live music have the boldface names — Beyoncé, AC/DC, Lady Gaga and...

This combination of photos shows Yolanda Saldívar, who is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, left, and Tejano music star Selena posing in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 7, 1995. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, left, and Paul Howell,/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Yolanda Saldívar, the woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena, denied parole

By Juan A. Lozano

March 27, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after...

Lyric Opera music director Enrique Mazzola, board member vice chair Penelope Steiner and chair Sylvia Neil, and general director, president and CEO John Mangum. (Jaclyn Simpson)

Lyric Opera receives $25 million, among its largest donations

By Doug George

March 27, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

The opera company's gift comes from longtime supporter and board member Penelope Steiner.

Future performs with Metro Boomin on the Bud Light stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 3, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash 2025: Young Thug, Don Toliver, Yeat, Future and Chance

By Doug George

March 27, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

The three-day festival of hip hop will be June 20-22 on the campus of SeatGeek...

Lady Gaga, left, and Bruno Mars perform "California Dreamin'" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Lady Gaga announces ‘Mayhem’ tour with Chicago concerts in September

By Doug George

March 26, 2025 at 2:24 p.m.

Lady Gaga has announced a tour behind her new album "Mayhem" with United Center concerts...

Soprano Nicole Heaston, here in an earlier production with Opera Philadelphia, will make her Lyric debut in "The Listeners," a new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek at Lyric Opera Chicago. (Steven Pisano)

In Lyric Opera’s ‘The Listeners,’ one little sound drives a woman to the edge

By Hannah Edgar

March 26, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

The opera by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek follows a schoolteacher who is...

Trumpet Sean Whitworth, trumpet Abner Wong, hornist Loren Ho, trombonist Dustin Nguyen and bass trombonist Joe Maiocco in a performance of Adam Schoenberg’s "Reflecting Light" in a CSO MusicNOW concert on March 23, 2025, at Symphony Center in Chicago. (Todd Rosenberg)

Review: Instrument families get the spotlight at CSO’s MusicNOW

By Hannah Edgar

March 24, 2025 at 2:11 p.m.

Chicago Symphony clarinetist John Bruce Yeh was about to perform when a draft swept the...

The Beatles relax in London over tea in 1963. (AP Photo/SGR)

Today in History: The Beatles release their first album

By Associated Press

March 22, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On March 22, 1963, The Beatles’ debut album, “Please Please Me,” was released in the...

Amid discontent at classical station, WFMT employees announce intent to unionize

By Hannah Edgar

March 31, 2025 at 10:06 p.m.

Discontent at WFMT spilled into the public eye last fall, when Dennis Moore, a veteran...

Tyler, the Creator performs at the T-Mobile mainstage during the second day of Lollapalooza on July 30, 2021, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Vashon Jordan Jr. / baiduhai)

Lollapalooza posts music lineup by day, with one-day tickets now on sale

By Doug George

March 20, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

Lollapalooza has announced the lineup by day for summer 2025, with Luke Combs and Tyler,...