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The Chicago Shows List: Kurt quote goes here
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New this week:
Babes In Toyland / Dis / Scarce, Empty Bottle
Battle Of The Bands: Tub Ring / Jubba / Equinox / Fractasm / Sweet
Cyanide, Schaumburg Rec. Center
Blue Rodeo, Schubas Tavern
Blues Traveler, Bradley Center
Brand New Heavies, Metro
Brooks and Dunn / Clay Walker / Faith Hill, Poplar Creek
Bryan Adams, Rosemont Horizon
Cassandra Wilson, Park West
Charlatans / Queen Sarah Saturday, The Vic
Depeche Mode / Primal Scream / Stabbing Westward, World Music Theater
The Fighters / Think n' Da Bad Kidz / Winepress / Chemical Blue,
Wrigleyside
The Geezers / 88 Fingers Louie / Mushuganas / Thirty Seconds Deep, The
Crawlspace
Genitorturers / Stressball, Crobar
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, Interaction Lounge
John Lydon book signing, Barbara's Bookstore
K.C. & The Sunshine Band / Linda Clifford, Ka-boom!
Liz Phair / Certain Distant Suns / Freakwater / Veruca Salt, Metro
Lungfish / God & Texas / Lung, Lounge Ax
Making Music On Your Own Terms: Surviving As An Independent: a panel
with Steve Albini / Rian Murphy / Brad Wood, Empty Bottle
Marble / Agatha, Lounge Ax
Material Issue, Bradley Center
Matthew Sweet, Park West
Meat Loaf, Bradley Center
Medicine, Lounge Ax
Melissa Etheridge / Matthew Sweet, Bradley Center
Michelle Shocked, Park West
Moxy Fruvous / E, Schubas Tavern
NKOTB, Bradley Center
Pantera, Bradley Center
Paul Weller / Sun 60, Metro
Philip Bailey, Park West
Pound (ex-Sludgeworth) / F / Flagpole / Double Odd Buck, The Crawlspace
Prong, Bradley Center
Queen Latifah / Solsonics / Fugees, Park West
REO Speedwagon, Bradley Center
Rickie Lee Jones, ???PICK-STAIGER
Schooly D ==CANCELLED==, Elbo Room
Sick Of It All / NOFX / Face To Face / Snapcase, Oak Theatre
Sir Douglas Quintet, Lounge Ax
Slapstick / Apocolypse Hoboken / Mob Action / Another Frog Suicide,
The Crawlspace
Small Ball Paul / Milkmine, Empty Bottle
Stanley Clarke / Larry Carlton / Billy Cobham / Najee, Star Plaza
Theater
Syd Straw, Lounge Ax
Thax After Dark, Lounge Ax
Urge Overkill, Metro
The Vix Crater / Miss Universe / Do It Now Foundation, Lounge Ax
Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway
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Apr 20 Wed 7:30 Pantera / Crowbar (aa)
May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50 Blues Traveler / Soulhat
Arie Crown Theatre
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Jun 17 Fri Yanni
18 Sat Yanni
Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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Apr 20 Wed Jake E. Lee / Jaxx / Crucifix
28 Thu Greg Ginn / Rig / Dyslexic Apaches / The Kursed
30 Sat 9:30 $10 Prong / Course Of Empire (21+)
Barbara's Bookstore: 3130 N. Broadway / (312) 477-0411
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Apr 16 Sat 5:00 *John Lydon book signing
Bradley Center: 24th & Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (414) 276-4545
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Apr 19 Tue 8:00 *Pantera
24 Sun 8:00 *Melissa Etheridge / Matthew Sweet
29 Fri 8:00 *Prong
30 Sat 8:00 *NKOTB
May 04 Wed 8:00 *Material Issue
12 Thu 8:00 *Blues Traveler
24 Tue 8:00 *REO Speedwagon (tix Sat 10am)
25 Wed 8:00 *Queen Latifah (tix Sat 10am)
Jul 18 Mon 8:00 *Meat Loaf
The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport) / (312) 248-5822
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Apr 15 Fri 7:00 $4 *Slapstick / Apocolypse Hoboken / Mob Action /
Another Frog Suicide (aa)
16 Sat 7:00 $5 *Pound (ex-Sludgeworth) / F / Flagpole / Double
Odd Buck (aa)
30 Sat emiLy / Tommyrot / Chemical Blue / tba
May 06 Fri 6:30 *The Geezers / 88 Fingers Louie / Mushuganas /
Thirty Seconds Deep
Crobar: 1543 N. Kingsbury / (312) 587-1313
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May 10 Tue $10 *Genitorturers / Stressball
Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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Apr 24 Sun Stanley Jordan
May 06 Fri Black Uhuru
07 Sat NRBQ / Rollover
14 Sat Judy Tenuta
Drum Pad: 48 W. Palatine Rd., Palatine, IL / (708) 934-8768
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Apr 26 Tue 7:00 $5/$7 Kenny Aronoff (It's a drum clinic. It's not at
the store so call the store for info.)
Elbo Room: 2871 N. Lincoln, (312) 549-7700
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Apr 24 Sun *Schooly D ==CANCELLED==
Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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Apr 15 Fri 10:30 Mono Men / The Mortals / Cowslingers
16 Sat *Small Ball Paul / Milkmine
26 Tue 7:30 *Making Music On Your Own Terms: Surviving As An
Independent: a panel with Steve Albini / Rian
Murphy / Brad Wood
28 Thu *Babes In Toyland / Dis / Scarce (tix at Ajax
Records)
Interaction Lounge: 3815 W. Lake, Stone Park / (708) 345-4080
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Apr 30 Sat *John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
Ka-boom!: 747 N. Green / (312) 243-8600
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Apr 27 Wed *K.C. & The Sunshine Band / Linda Clifford
Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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Apr 15 Fri Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mule / Silkworm /
Crain
16 Sat Railroad Jerk / Mother / Slowworm
17 Sun Dandelion / Black Market Flowers
20 Wed *Marble / Agatha
21 Thu *Thax After Dark
22 Fri *Lungfish / God & Texas / Lung
23 Sat Bailter Space / Karl Hendricks Trio / Hardvark
27 Wed *Medicine
27 Wed *The Vix Crater / Miss Universe / Do It Now
Foundation
30 Sat The Silos / Loose Diamonds / Duckhills
May 04 Wed Faust / Gastr Del Sol
08 Sun *Syd Straw
15 Sun 10:00 $15 *Sir Douglas Quintet (tix via TicketMaster)
COMING: Medicine / Hair & Skin Trading Company, Five Eight, Cub,
Rollerskate Skinny, Barkmarket / Spongehead / Morning Glories,
Tar (!), Arcwelder
Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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Apr 15 Fri 7:00 $5 Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Gauge (aa)
15 Fri 11:30 $7 Royal Crescent Mob / NIL8 / Spank Wagon (18+)
16 Sat 9:00 $10 Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret
Cajun Band / Hi Ball Holiday (18+)
20 Wed 9:30 $3 Feeble Landslide / Orange / Juxta (18+)
22 Fri 10:00 $6 Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw (18+)
23 Sat 9:00 $12 Ozric Tentacles (18+)
24 Sun 6:30 $7 Simple Simon / Triple Fast Action / Drag (aa)
25 Mon 7:30 $10 Melvins / The Obsessed (aa)
27 Wed 9:30 $3 Thought Industry / Acumen / Lily Crushers (18+)
28 Thu 7:30 FREE Stabbing Westward / Adamjack (aa) (get tickets at
Evanston or North & Halsted or Ashland Rose
Records)
29 Fri 7:30 $12 Shonen Knife / Dentists (aa)
29 Fri 11:30 $8 Red Red Meat / The Sea & Cake / Dolomite (18+)
30 Sat 10:00 $8 Shudder To Think / The Grifters
May 05 Thu 7:30 Pavement / 3Ds (aa)
05 Thu 11:30 Pavement / 3Ds (18+)
06 Fri 7:00 Incognito (aa)
06 Fri 11:30 Luna / Low
07 Sat 7:30 *Urge Overkill (aa) (tix Sat noon)
14 Sat 7:00 *Paul Weller / Sun 60 (aa) (tix Sat noon)
15 Sun *Liz Phair / Certain Distant Suns / Freakwater /
Veruca Salt (no on-sale date)
16 Mon *Brand New Heavies (tix Sat noon)
28 Sat 7:00 KMFDM / Chemlab / Sister Machine Gun / Acumen (aa)
Oak Theatre: Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088
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Apr 23 Sat 6:00 $9 7 Seconds / Sam Black Church / Vic Vacume & The
Attachments / Full (tix only at the door)
May 12 Thu 6:30 *Sick Of It All / NOFX / Face To Face / Snapcase
(tix only at the door)
Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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Apr 16 Sat Blanket Party / Foo
23 Sat The Geezers / Jimmy The Go-Go Man / Mr. Clean
30 Sat Evething / Hypnogogic Nodscene / Sour Milk
Olde Stratford Hall: call 223-2254 for directions ask for Norah
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Apr 22 Fri 6:00 Lunkhead / Nostrilsaurus / The Smoothies /
Ducksnake
Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage
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Apr 15 Fri 7:30 The Subdudes / Pat McLaughlin ==SOLD OUT==
20 Wed 7:30 Cece Peniston (aa)
23 Sat 7:30 The Benoit/Freeman Project w/special guest Phil
Perry
24 Sun 7:30 $13.50 King's X (aa)
26 Tue 7:30 $12 Sass Jordan (aa)
May 03 Tue 7:30 The Brian Setzer Orchestra
10 Tue 7:30 $16 Matthew Sweet (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
10 Tue 7:30 *Matthew Sweet (aa)
17 Tue 7:30 *Michelle Shocked (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
18 Wed 7:30 *Philip Bailey (tix Sat 10am)
19 Thu 7:30 *Cassandra Wilson (tix Sat 10am)
22 Sun *Queen Latifah / Solsonics / Fugees (aa) (tix Sat
10am)
???PICK-STAIGER
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Apr 27 Wed *Rickie Lee Jones (rescheduled from earlier date)
Poplar Creek: Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59
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May 27 Fri *Brooks and Dunn / Clay Walker / Faith Hill (tix
Sat 10am)
Jun 18 Sat $23-50 Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas
19 Sun $23-50 Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas
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
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May 01 Sun Victor Borge
Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway)
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Apr 17 Sun 7:30 Bob Dylan ==SOLD OUT==
18 Mon 7:30 Bob Dylan
29 Fri 7:00 $22.50 NKOTB (aa)
30 Sat 9:30 $22.50 Anthrax / Fight
May 06 Fri 7:00 $23 Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell (aa)
07 Sat 7:00 Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
14 Sat 6:00 $15 Tool / Flaming Lips / Failure ==SOLD OUT==
Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont
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May 25 Wed 8:00 *Bryan Adams (tix Sat 10am)
Jul 20 Wed 8:00 $27-40 Phil Collins ==SOLD OUT==
21 Thu 8:00 $27-40 Phil Collins
Schaumburg Rec. Center: 505 Springisguth, Schaumburg
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Apr 15 Fri 7:00 $5 *Battle Of The Bands: Tub Ring / Jubba / Equinox /
Fractasm / Sweet Cyanide (aa)
Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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Apr 16 Sat 10:00 *Blue Rodeo
17 Sun 9:00 *Blue Rodeo
27 Wed *Moxy Fruvous / E
Soldier Field: Where the Bears play
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Jul 12 Tue 8:30 Pink Floyd ==SOLD OUT==
Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266
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Jun 18 Sat Kansas / ELO
Jul 01 Fri 8:00 $28 Aretha Franklin
16 Sat 8:00 $28 Hank Williams Jr.
29 Fri *Stanley Clarke / Larry Carlton / Billy Cobham /
Najee
Aug 07 Sun Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Asleep at the
Wheel
28 Sun 7:00 $22 Everly Brothers / Kris Kristofferson
Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand, River Grove / (708) 456-2414
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Apr 23 Sat Nuclear Assault / Halifax Gibbot / Guiltrip
Uic Pavilion: U. Of I. Chicago, 1140 W. Harrison / (312) 413-5740
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May 15 Sun Salt-n-Pepa / R.Kelly / Kid Capri / Xscape
16 Mon 7:30 Salt-n-Pepa / R.Kelly / Kid Capri / Xscape
Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center: Valparaiso, IN / (219) 464-5233
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Apr 16 Sat 8:00 $16-22 Bob Dylan (Tix available via TicketMaster)
21 Thu 8:00 $12-18 Violent Femmes (Tix available via TicketMaster)
The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield
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Apr 22 Fri 7:30 The Connells / The Indians (aa)
30 Sat 7:30 Sarah McLachlan / The Devlins (aa)
May 05 Thu 7:30 $19 Peter Himmelman / Kevin Montgomery
18 Wed 7:30 *Charlatans / Queen Sarah Saturday (aa)
World Music Theater: Tinley Park
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May 11 Wed *Depeche Mode / Primal Scream / Stabbing Westward
(tix Sat 10am)
28 Sat Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test
Dummies
Jul 09 Sat 7:30 $20-52 Meat Loaf
Wrigleyside: 3527 N. Clark
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Apr 24 Sun 7:00 $5 *The Fighters / Think n' Da Bad Kidz / Winepress /
Chemical Blue (aa)
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The code list:
* new listing
18+ 18-and-over
21+ 21-and-over
aa all ages
All shows are all ages except where noted.
All information listed is subject to change. Phone First.
Subscriptions: Liz Clayton <lclayton@uhuru.uchicago.edu>
Ask her to add you to the mailing list for the Chicago Shows List.
Be specific; she maintains more than one list.
Everything else: Andy Lester <alester@farpost.chi.il.us> (preferred) or
or <alester@mcs.com> (if you must). Send any additions, errors or
whatever else to me.
You can also get it from Far Post BBS, (708) 934-6224
Other shows lists available on the Internet:
Atlanta: ofross@vader.cc.emory.edu
San Francisco: the-list-request@violet.berkeley.edu
Chicago Favorite Bands: cheeks@interaccess.com
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