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Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks will play joint concert in June at Soldier Field
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The biggest women’s jazz festival in the world? It might be in Arlington Heights.
Hey Nonny is hosting a women's jazz festival with an impressive roster of artists including Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis Project and Alexis Lombre.
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New Trier alumnus sings with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera
New Trier Township High School graduate Matthew Polenzani has come a long way as a singer since his high school days ended in 1986 and most recently performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for its Messiah performances from Dec. 21 to 23.
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Cher files for conservatorship of her son Elijah Blue Allman
Cher has filed for a conservatorship over her son Elijah Blue Allman’s finances, court documents reveal.
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Review: Feisty and ferocious, Chicago-born Patti Smith and band buzz with electricity at the Salt Shed
Though Patti Smith is no stranger to remarkable performances, her transcendent showing at the Salt Shed unfolded as the stuff of legend.
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After decadeslong closure, Bridgeport’s Ramova Theatre gets its second act, reopening as a live music space
Nearly 40 years after closing, the former Bridgeport movie house begins a new incarnation this New Year’s Eve as a live music space.
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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West and known for antisemitic comments, issues apology in Hebrew
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who has a long history of making antisemitic comments, apologized to the Jewish community in an Instagram post written in Hebrew on Tuesday.
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Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Chicks, dead at 65
Laura Lynch, a founding member of the music group who would find fame as the Dixie Chicks, has died in a car crash in West Texas. She was 65.
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Taylor Swift’s new romance, debt-erasing gifts and the eclipse are among most joyous moments of 2023
A romance that united sports and music fans, a celestial wonder that drew millions of eyes skyward and a spiritual homecoming for some Native American tribes were just some of the moments that inspired us and brought joy in 2023.
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Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music: CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery is new here, but her presence is already felt
These days, Chicago just makes sense for Jessie Montgomery, now 42 and among the most avidly commissioned composers of her generation.
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Chicagoan of the Year for Pop Music: DJ and musician Ariel Zetina always has her hometown in mind
This year, Ariel Zetina’s charm and unique brand of musicianship and community among her peers has made her a standout Chicagoan.
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Chicagoan of the Year for Jazz: Jahari Stampley, the 24-year-old pianist who wowed Herbie Hancock, is just getting started
“I’ve never heard anybody play quite like that," Hancock said of the winner of this year's Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz competition.
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Review of U2 at the Sphere in Las Vegas: This was the right band to open this brain-bending venue
“We can do whatever we want,” lead singer Bono said during one of his short addresses to the crowd. Who’s to argue?
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Review: Doja Cat wraps up her Scarlet Tour in Chicago — a new artist with a veteran’s confidence
To her credit, Doja Cat has made the transition from TikTok star to arena headliner with the same kind of bravado that inform her posts.
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Column: What music motivates Chicago athletes? Here’s a sports mixtape of their favorite songs.
For many people, music is critical to setting the mood — or getting them out of one. Here's the music that motivates Chicago athletes.
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Riot Fest announces dates and presale for 2024 festival
According to the pre-sale website, Riot Fest will once again be in Douglass Park in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
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After an injury ended his baseball career, Chicago-raised tobi lou used ‘competitive’ mindset to propel his music career
Nigerian-born, Chicago-area-raised rapper tobi lou played professional independent baseball before a hamstring injury ended his career. After his release, lou turned to music and has found a successful following on social media.
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How Chicago Bears DJs set the ‘atmosphere’ for fans — and players — at Soldier Field
Anyone who has been to a Chicago Bears game at Soldier Field has heard (or felt) the music playing both in and around the stadium. The DJs share their methods for hyping up the players and the crowd.
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Best of classical music and jazz 2023: It’s always sunny in Chicago
From the CSO's search for a new music director to the red-hot band New Jawn at Constellation, this was an eventful year.
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Top 10 live concerts in Chicago in 2023: Springsteen rocked, Chance returned and yes, Taylor Swift lived up to the hype
Take a bow, Chicago. You rocked out in 2023, a huge year for concert tours, from Beyoncé to Kiss, Liz Phair to Depeche Mode.
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Def Leppard, Journey announce 2024 summer tour
Both Def Leppard and Journey will take their music on the road as the two rock groups come together for a joint summer tour next year.
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the first tour to gross over $1 billion, Pollstar says
She brought in a whopping $1.04 billion with 4.35 million tickets sold across 60 tour dates, the concert trade publication found.
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Geddy Lee and the radical decency of Rush fans: Gathered in Chicago for one night only
Lee was at the Auditorium Theatre to talk about his new memoir, “My Effin’ Life." His fans were there because they never left Rush behind.
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Denny Laine, founding member of the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s Wings, dead at 79
Denny Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later Paul McCartney’s longtime sideman in the ex-Beatle’s solo band Wings, has died at age 79.
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With ‘The Nose,’ transformative music director Lidiya Yankovskaya departs Chicago Opera Theater. What’s next for the company?
“The Nose” wasn’t planned as her swan song from Chicago Opera Theater, the company she’s led as music director since 2017.
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AP’s top songs of 2023: ‘On My Mama,’ ‘Flowers,’ ‘Monaco’ and more
These are The Associated Press' top ten songs of 2023, as determined by The Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman.
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Review: In her ‘Merry Christmas One And All’ tour, this is Mariah Carey’s wonderful time of year
Her voice is still strong and powerful. She hit her signature whistle notes throughout the night, including at the end of “Oh Santa!”
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Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars
On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden.But as dedicated fans surely know — they were never going to call it quits. Not really.
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Review: Angel Olsen keeps it real and heartfelt in her concert at Thalia Hall, with opener Kara Jackson
Call it kismet that Angel Olsen began the first of her sold-out three-night stand in Chicago days after Merriam-Webster named “authentic” the word of the year.
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Review: With Michael Tilson Thomas, music is easy and sweet at CSO
The man of the hour at the Chicago Symphony was the conductor, turning 79 this month and grappling with incurable brain cancer.