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Shows of note as of 03/25/94 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The Chicago Shows List: As you may have guessed, its name means "toasted" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ New this week: Aretha Franklin, Star Plaza Theater Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret Cajun Band / Hi Ball Holiday, Metro Blues Traveler / Soulhat, Aragon Ballroom (tix Sat 10am) Bonnie Raitt / Bruce Hornsby, Poplar Creek Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell, Riviera Theatre (tix Sat 10am) Chicago, Poplar Creek The Connells / The Indians, The Vic (tix Sat 10am) Ditch Witch / Chair / Liquid Flannel, Empty Bottle Enuff Z'nuff, Avalon Everly Brothers / Kris Kristofferson, Star Plaza Theater Faust / Gastr Del Sol, Lounge Ax Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw, Metro Greg Ginn, Avalon Hank Williams Jr., Star Plaza Theater Honcho Overload / Steakdaddy Six / Augusta Gein, Empty Bottle James Taylor, Poplar Creek Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas, Poplar Creek (tix Sat 10am) Julio Iglesias, Poplar Creek Liza Minnelli, Poplar Creek Mannheim Steamroller, Poplar Creek NKOTB, Riviera Theatre (tix Sat 10am) NRBQ / Rollover, Cubby Bear Pantera / Crowbar, Aragon Ballroom (tix Sat ama) Pere Ubu, Avalon Phil Collins, Rosemont Horizon (tix Mon 10am) Steely Dan, Poplar Creek Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins, Czar Bar Victor Borge, Rialto Square Theatre Wickerman / Fix Your Wagon / Citrus, Empty Bottle emiLy / tba, The Crawlspace Aragon Ballroom: Lawrence at Broadway --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 20 Wed 7:30 *Pantera / Crowbar (aa) (tix Sat ama) May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50 *Blues Traveler / Soulhat (tix Sat 10am) Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 26 Sat Slim Dunlap Apr 06 Wed *Enuff Z'nuff 09 Sat *Pere Ubu 28 Thu *Greg Ginn 30 Sat Prong Beat Kitchen (21+): 2100 W. Belmont / (312) 281-4444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri The Slugs / Hushdrops / Marble Apr 01 Fri Robespierre (formerly Chia Pet) / Hoodwink / Fur The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 26 Sat 6:30 $5 *emiLy / tba Apr 08 Fri Gauge / Garden Variety Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Thu Spies Who Surf Apr 24 Sun Stanley Jordan May 07 Sat *NRBQ / Rollover Czar Bar (21+): 1814 W. Division / (312) 772-5453 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Fri *Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn, Elmhurst --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri 6:30 $5 Smoking Popes / Tommyrot / Hoodwink / The Fighters (aa) Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri *Honcho Overload / Steakdaddy Six / Augusta Gein 26 Sat *Ditch Witch / Chair / Liquid Flannel 31 Thu *Wickerman / Fix Your Wagon / Citrus Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn / (708) 788-2188 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri Webb Wilder 26 Sat Webb Wilder Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri Coctails / Man or Astroman? 26 Sat Killdozer / Dazzling Killmen / Faucet / Spavid 27 Sun Th Faith Healers / Motorhome 30 Wed Neurosis / Buzz Oven / Wickerman 31 Thu Churchkey / Devil in a Woodpile Apr 01 Fri Elliot Sharp's Carbon / Vandermark Quartet 02 Sat Rodan / Ballharvester / "special surprise guests" that I'll certainly be there to see 08 Fri Yo La Tengo / The Sea & Cake / Sleepyhead 09 Sat Wool / Don Caballero / Janiter Joe 16 Sat Railroad Jerk 23 Sat Bailter Space 30 Sat The Silos May 04 Wed *Faust / Gastr Del Sol COMING: God Street Wine, Prisonshake / Specula, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mule / Silkworm / Crain, Lungfish / God & Texas / Lung The Loft: Elgin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 02 Sat $5 Gauge / Sidekick Kato / Scissor Girls Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri 7:30 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine / Lotion (aa) 25 Fri 11:59 For Love Not Lisa / Concussion Ensemble (18+) 26 Sat 11:59 Mazzy Star / Cath Carroll / Acetone (18+) 27 Sun Fig Dish / Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / Lava Sutra 30 Wed 9:30 $3 These Days / Infraction / Wishbook (18+) Apr 01 Fri 7:30 David Lee Roth (aa) ==SOLD OUT== 01 Fri 11:30 Veruca Salt / Loud Lucy (18+) 02 Sat 10:00 Queen Sarah Saturday / Almost True (18+) 06 Wed 9:30 $3 Mariana Trench / God Damn Liars / Die Monster Die / Fat Nut (18+) 08 Fri 7:00 Seaweed / Bivouac / Braniac 08 Fri 11:30 Quaker Youth Ensemble / Luck Of Eden Hall / Mo Fuzz 09 Sat 7:00 Dyslexic Apaches / Brown Betty / Marble 09 Sat 11:30 Chris Connelly 15 Fri 7:00 Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Gauge 15 Fri 11:30 Royal Crescent Mob / NIL8 / Spank Wagon 16 Sat *Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret Cajun Band / Hi Ball Holiday 22 Fri *Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw 23 Sat Ozric Tentacles 25 Mon Melvins / The Obsessed 29 Fri 7:30 Shonen Knife / Dentists 29 Fri 11:30 Red Red Meat / The Sea & Cake / Dolomite May 05 Thu 7:30 Pavement / 3Ds (aa) 05 Thu 11:30 Pavement / 3Ds (18+) Oak Theatre: Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 03 Sun 7:00 Entombed / Unsane / The Obsessed (aa) 10 Sun 7:00 $10 Carcass / Pitchshifter / Aftermath (aa) 23 Sat 7 Seconds Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 26 Sat Wormhole / Bad Genes 31 Thu 7:00 Jawbreaker / Bollweevils / Winepress Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri 7:30 Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT== 25 Fri 10:30 Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT== Apr 09 Sat 7:30 Laurie Anderson ("An Evening Of Readings from her new book") 10 Sun 7:30 Michael Hedges 15 Fri The Subdudes / Pat McLaughlin 23 Sat The Benoit/Freeman Project Poplar Creek: Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 18 Sat $23-50 *Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas (tix Sat 10am) 19 Sun $23-50 *Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas (tix Sat 10am) Jul 17 Sun *James Taylor 23 Sat *Julio Iglesias 25 Mon *Bonnie Raitt / Bruce Hornsby Aug 20 Sat *Chicago 21 Sun *Liza Minnelli 22 Mon *Mannheim Steamroller 26 Fri *Steely Dan Rialto Square Theatre: Joliet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 01 Sun *Victor Borge Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri 6:00 Ramones / Frank Black 26 Sat 7:00 Cowboy Junkies / Freedy Johnston 28 Mon 7:30 Crowded House / Sheryl Crow Apr 01 Fri 7:30 Richard Thompson and his band 17 Sun 7:30 Bob Dylan 18 Mon 7:30 Bob Dylan 29 Fri 7:00 $22.50 *NKOTB (tix Sat 10am) May 06 Fri 7:00 $23 *Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell (tix Sat 10am) Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 29 Tue 7:30 Rush / Primus ==SOLD OUT== 30 Wed 7:30 Rush / Primus Jul 20 Wed 8:00 $27-40 *Phil Collins (tix Mon 10am) Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 12 Tue John Wesley Harding 13 Wed John Wesley Harding Scrap Skate Park: 2350 Hassel, Hoffman Estates / (708) 884-0945 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 18 Mon The Mother Fuckers / Offsides / tba Shanley Pavillion: 2033 Sheridan, Evanston --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 28 Mon 7:00 $4 Hoover / Kerosene 454 / Gauge / Scissor Girls Soldier Field: Where the Bears play --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 12 Tue 8:30 Pink Floyd ==SOLD OUT== Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 10 Sun Tom Jones Jun 18 Sat Kansas / ELO Jul 01 Fri 8:00 $28 *Aretha Franklin 16 Sat 8:00 $28 *Hank Williams Jr. Aug 07 Sun Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Asleep at the Wheel 28 Sun 7:00 $22 *Everly Brothers / Kris Kristofferson 3rd Floor: 223 E. Chicago St., Elgin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 26 Sat 6:00 $5 No Empathy / Sauce Kings / Vegas Witchcraft / Sweet Polly / Mudkicker (aa) Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / (312) 477-5994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 26 Sat 2:00 Cowboy Junkies Uic Pavilion: U. Of I. Chicago, 1140 W. Harrison / (312) 413-5740 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 15 Sun Salt-n-Pepa / R.Kelly / Kid Capri / Xscape The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Fri 8:00 The Junction (18+) 26 Sat 10:00 Mr. Blotto / Cathy Richardson (18+) 27 Sun 7:00 $10 Green Day / Tilt / Smoking Popes (aa) ==SOLD OUT== 31 Thu 7:30 Widespread Panic (aa) Apr 02 Sat 7:30 John McLaughlin (21+) 08 Fri 7:30 The Samples (aa) 22 Fri 7:30 *The Connells / The Indians (aa) (tix Sat 10am) 30 Sat Sarah McLachlan / The Devlins |