For this latest visit, the first in a while, the two orchestras went for selections from Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
Review: Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a spirited, if uneven, collaboration with the CSO
Category: Music and Concerts
Summer Smash 2024: Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and Chief Keef are headliners
Summer Smash has announced its lineup for summer, with headliners including Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and Chief Keef. Lyrical Lemonade Sumer Smash will be June 14-16, again at SeatGeek Stadium, 7000 S. Harlem Ave., Bridgeview. Tickets for the three-day hip hop music festival, presented by SPKRBX, are on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, with three-day passes $385; more information at https://www.thesummersmash.com/ Travis Scott’s opening night concert will be a first-time collaboration with his Cactus Jack record label including Don Tolliver and Sheck Wes. FRIDAY: Cactus Jack,
What to do around Chicago: Trace Adkins, C2E2 and a bookstore crawl
Also this weekend, Frankie Beverly at the United Center, Mike Birbiglia in the Loop and a 25th Annual Poetry Fest.
Review: Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday concert ran hot and cold at the United Center
She kept rescuing the momentum that built from the outset on “I’m the Best.”
Naperville’s Naper Nights Concert Series announced for summer 2024
Naper Settlement on Thursday announced music acts for concerts running June 14 to Aug. 17 in Naperville.
Today in History: Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes of TLC dies
On April 25, 2002, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of the Grammy-winning trio TLC died in an SUV crash in Honduras; she was 30.
Valebol’s self-titled album is a bright, shimmery debut, the perfect ‘breeze pop’
The duo — composed of Daniel Villarreal and Vivian McConnell — set out to make music that makes people feel good.
Today in History: Prince dies at age 57
Today is Sunday, April 21, the 112th day of 2024. There are 254 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 21, 2016, Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times, was found dead at his home in suburban Minneapolis; he was 57. On this date: In 1649, […]
Review: Magnetic Fields plays ’69 Love Songs’ at Thalia Hall, a long and epic romance
It’s asking a lot of an audience of a certain age — ahem — to return two nights in a row for one performance. Specifically, a performance of a masterwork so sprawling, its 69 songs must be played in two consecutive shows.
Review: PinkPatheress vibes with an adoring crowd at Metro
This is no exaggeration: PinkPantheress is a star. She is an outright, undeniable music star. That was more clear than ever during her sold-out concert in Chicago on her Capable of Love tour.