As more and more Latin music artists in their summer 2025 lineup found themselves unable to travel, organizers of the annual Chicago festival said they had no other choice.
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Homewood Arts Council bringing rock veterans together for birthday tribute to The Who’s Pete Townshend
The nonprofit Homewood Arts Council bringing rock veterans together for birthday tribute to Pete Townshend of The Who.
Jazz Fest headliners announced for summer 2025
Day-closing performers on the Jay Pritzker Pavilion will include Esperanza Spalding, Monty Alexander, Kermit Ruffins and Eliades Ochoa.
Motown legend Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault, rape
Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him.
Jury selection in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial proceeds for a second day
Jury selection resumed for a second day in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs as a federal judge and lawyers worked Tuesday to find a dozen New Yorkers who believe they can be fair despite any opinions they may have developed about the music mogul.
Column: Bradley Cooper’s next screen role will be the cantankerous Nelson Algren
The Chicago writer’s relationship with Simone de Beauvoir is said to be getting the big-screen treatment. What do we who knew Algren think of all this?
A$AP Rocky confirms baby No. 3 with Rihanna at the 2025 Met Gala
One of the biggest surprises on the day 2025 Met Gala is Rihanna’s protruding belly.
Brazilian police arrest two people over plot to bomb Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio
Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga’ s concert in Rio de Janeiro.
Review: CSO music-director-to-be Klaus Mäkelä faces his orchestra — and the work ahead
Programs of Mahler’s Third Symphony last week and Dvořák No. 7 this weekend both deliver highlights and give a sense of the work to be done.
Longtime Chicago Cubs fan revels in Pete Crow-Armstrong using his group Levity’s song for walkup music
Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong uses “Front to Back” — a song from John Hauldren’s electronic music group, Levity — as his walkup music.