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And THEN, I screw up the King Crimson date in the notes, and don't even list it in the list. SUBSCRIPTION INFO Mail a request to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. Please mention where you saw the list, just for my own curiosity. CORRESPONDENCE Send additions, corrections, anything to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us> New this week: Agent Orange, Fireside Bowl Archers Of Loaf / Beatnik Filmstars, Metro Archers Of Loaf, Club De Wash Babbett's Feast / Drag, Double Door Joan Baez / Tuck & Patti, Ravinia Harry Belafonte, Ravinia George Benson, Ravinia Better Than Ezra / Dishwalla, Double Door Better Than Ezra , Shank Hall Blue Meanies / Coctails / tba, One World Cafe Blues Traveler / Willie Porter Band, The Vic Jimmy Buffett, Alpine Valley Jimmy Buffett, World Music Theater Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ravinia Catherine / Letters to Cleo, The Unicorn Chainsaw Kittens / Fig Dish / Menthol / Bunny, Metro James Chance & the Contortions , Shank Hall Cheap Trick / Eddie Money / Rollover, Rosemont Horizon Citizen King / Rollover / Adamjack, Metro Bruce Cockburn, Ravinia Craphole / Bitter Lipstick / Corky / Baby Chain, Gateway Theatre Dag, Shank Hall Dick Dale, Shank Hall Danger Prone Daphne / Girl Crazy, The Unicorn Del Amitri, Shank Hall Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes / The Urge, Fireside Bowl Dread Zeppelin / Art Paul Schlosser, Club De Wash Eclectics / Poonjab / Unemployed / Lunkhead, Fireside Bowl Everclear / D-Minus, The Unicorn Falstaff / Babe The Blue Ox / Lily Liver, Lounge Ax Steve Forbert / Jim Hoehn / Kevin Mulvenna , Shank Hall Freak Show , Shank Hall Gethesemane / Zipperhead, The Unicorn Golden Palominos, Metro The Guffs / Peat Moss / Judge Nothing, Metro The Gufs, The Rave Guzzard / Brutal Juice / Blue Sunshine, The Unicorn Hawkwind, Barrymore Theatre Hawkwind, Shank Hall Michael Hedges , Shank Hall Helena Handbasket / Mother's Room / Creature Custard , Shank Hall Helium / Sabalon Glitz / Ruby Falls, Lounge Ax Homocore: Excuse 17, Fireside Bowl Hot Heels / Migraine / tba, Fireside Bowl Julio Iglesias, Chicago Theatre The Invaders / Deals Gone Bad, Crobar Jerkwater / Poonjab / MK Ultra / Gaffle, Fireside Bowl Garrison Keillor, Ravinia King Crimson, Bismarck Theater KMFDM, Metro Ben Lee w/Rebecca Gates/Casey Rice/Brad Wood, Lounge Ax Jerry Lee Lewis, Ravinia Little Blue Crunchy Things / Generic Freedom / Insidious, The Unicorn Little Richard, Ravinia Little Salmon / Little Sister, Coronet Theater Lorax / 66 / Charles Bronson / Dead Steel Mill, Fireside Bowl Los Lobos, Ravinia Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Ravinia M.O.T.O. / Green / X-Action Figures, Lounge Ax Madder Rose, Lounge Ax Material Issue / Vainglorious, The Rave Material Issue, Metro Mauve / Sugarback / Lucid / tba x 2, Knights of Columbus Hall Melvins / Tar / Dis-, Club De Wash Pat Metheny, Ravinia The Migraines / Highway 66, Fireside Bowl Molly McGuire / The Cakekitchen / Poonjab, Metro Steve Morse Band, Shank Hall Mushuganas / The Smears / Butt Trumpet, Fireside Bowl Mushuganas / Walker / Jihad / Charles Bronson / Hinckley, Shanley Pavillion Kenny Neal, Shank Hall Neville Brothers, Ravinia Mojo Nixon / Gringo, Lounge Ax Oblivion / 4-Squares / Hit Men / The Fighter, Fireside Bowl Graham Parker / The Silos , Shank Hall Peter Paul & Mary, Ravinia Liz Phair, Shank Hall Liz Phair, The Vic Pleasure / Blue in the Face , Shank Hall Willy Porter Band, Shank Hall Portishead, The Vic Poster Children / Brainiac / Unwound, Marquette Alumni Memorial Union Punchdrunk / Loomis, The Unicorn Queensryche / Type O Negative, Dane County Expo Center Redball / Elysium / Whitey, Metro Redball / Katie Belle, Coronet Theater Al Rose & The Transcendos, Double Door Royal Trux , Shank Hall Royal Trux, Metro Tim Rutili / Rebecca Gates / Lois, Lounge Ax Samiam, Shank Hall David Sanborn, Ravinia Scared For Chaka / No Empathy, Fireside Bowl Scout (ex-Car vs. Driver), Fireside Bowl Seam / Bedhead / Cub, Shank Hall Serpico (ex-Sleeper) / 88 Fingers Louie / Misery Index / Houseboy, Fireside Bowl Siouxsie & The Banshees / Spiritualized, Riviera Theatre Skankin' Pickle / Invaders / Parka Kings / Mustard Plug, The Rave Slick 50 / Skinjob / Killer Kitchen Utensils / The Jack Dempseys, Fireside Bowl Small Factory / Loomis / Cap'n Jazz, The Unicorn Smut / Houseboy / tba x 2, Fireside Bowl Sometimes Sweet Susan / Pound, The Unicorn Ringo Starr, Ravinia Steelpole Bathtub / Love 666 / US Maple / Duotron, O'Cayz Corral Strength / 691 / Birthright / Chokehold, Fireside Bowl Tar / Dis-, Shank Hall Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys, The Rave Tortoise / The Jaks / Guttersnipe / Cap'n Jazz, Fireside Bowl Turtle Island String Quartet, Ravinia Urban Dance Squad, Double Door Urbn DK / Chew Toy / Horomones / Churl, Fireside Bowl Urbn DK / The Ouija Boards / Vic Vacume & The Attachments, Fireside Bowl Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft, Barrymore Theatre Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft, Metro Matt Wilson / Small Factory / Obrecht Ensemble, Empty Bottle Ajax Records: 2156 W. Chicago Ave. / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4783 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat 6:00 Railroad Jerk in-store performance Alpine Valley: Hwy D & Hwy 120 / East Troy, WI / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 10 Sat *Jimmy Buffett (tix Sat 9am) Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 8:00 aa Toad The Wet Sprocket / Hootie & The Blowfish ==SOLD OUT== Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Sat 8:00 $10 The Jesus Lizard / Mind Ox / Spiritus 31 Fri 8:00 $25 Tito Puente / Madisalsa Apr 13 Thu 7:30 $14 Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys 18 Tue 7:30 *Hawkwind May 07 Sun *Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 14 Fri 7:30 *King Crimson The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 06 Thu Everclear 21 Fri Hum Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 227-0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 02 Tue Page & Plant B-Side Cafe: 959 West Belmont / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 06 Thu Smif 'n' Wessun Chicago Filmmakers: Division & Milwaukee / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat 10:30 $5 aa Brainiac / Unwound Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 29 Wed 7:30 Sarah McLachlan / Paula Cole ==SOLD OUT== May 06 Sat *Julio Iglesias (tix Mon 10am) The Civic Center: State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 255-4646 (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri 8:00 $18 Ahmad Jamal Trio Apr 09 Sun 7:30 Blues Traveler 12 Wed 7:30 B. B. King 21 Fri 8:00 $23 Wynton Marsalis May 13 Sat 8:00 $18 Jim Cullum Jazz Band Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 07 Fri 10:00 $10 Steve Forbert 14 Fri 10:00 $8/10 *Melvins / Tar / Dis- 20 Thu 10:00 $10 *Dread Zeppelin / Art Paul Schlosser 29 Sat *Archers Of Loaf College Of Dupage Arts Center: 22nd St. & Lambert Rd. / Glen Ellyn, IL / (708) 858-3110 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 05 Fri Gordon Lightfoot 21 Sun Beausoleil Coronet Theater: 817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri Big Sandy and the Fly Nite Boys 25 Sat Austin Lounge Lizards 28 Tue 8:00 aa Peter Himmelman 29 Wed Peter Himmelman ==SOLD OUT== 30 Thu Peter Himmelman ==SOLD OUT== 31 Fri *Little Salmon / Little Sister Apr 01 Sat Michael Hedges 06 Thu 8:00 *Redball / Katie Belle 21 Fri Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 26 Wed Doug Kershaw Crobar: 1543 N. Kingsbury / Chicago, IL / (312) 587-1313 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 06 Thu *The Invaders / Deals Gone Bad Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Sat Goober & The Peas 21 Fri Dread Zeppelin / The Jack Dempseys May 27 Sat Dick Dale Dane County Expo Center: Madison, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 25 Tue *Queensryche / Type O Negative Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 10:00 $8 Wayne Kramer / Molly McGuire 25 Sat The Roots / Rubberroom 26 Sun The Proud / Dollface 27 Mon +Kirsty MacColl / Fossil 31 Fri The Falling Wallendas / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Wrecking Ball Apr 01 Sat Gumbo 02 Sun +Molly Coddle / Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores 07 Fri +Handsome Family / Mint Aundry / Church Key 08 Sat Cassius Clay / Word Bongo 09 Sun *Babbett's Feast / Drag 12 Wed *Urban Dance Squad 13 Thu Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT== 14 Fri Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT== 15 Sat Del Amitri ==SOLD OUT== 20 Thu 10:00 $7 *Better Than Ezra / Dishwalla (tix Sat noon) 22 Sat Ulele / Joe 23 Sun Theodore 30 Sun *Al Rose & The Transcendos Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 26 Sun $6 Banana Buster / Foo / Hot Stove Jimmy / MU330 31 Fri Oblivion / Fighters / Parker Bros. Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri Stinkies / Demolition Dollrods / Scissor Girls 25 Sat Chrome Cranks / Azalia Snail / Sportsguitar 26 Sun DOPE / Electric Church 30 Thu Peter Jefferies / Paul K. and the Weathermen / Fire in the Kitchen / Peat Moss 31 Fri Cheer Accident / Waste Kings / C-Clamp / Punchdrunk Apr 01 Sat Pleasure / Matt Keating / Revelers 02 Sun Band of Susans / Timco 06 Thu Antietam 07 Fri Laughing Hyenas / Steelpole Bathtub / Love 666 / Fireworks (tix 4/1 at the bar/Ajax/Blackout) 08 Sat The Sea and Cake / Great Danes / Beekeeper / special guest "D" from London 09 Sun Homocore: Tribe 8 13 Thu +Clawhammer / Today is the Day / Slot / A Minor Forest 14 Fri Cows / Chokebore / Railroad Jerk / Oats 15 Sat +Lois / Apples / Vitapup / Kaia 20 Thu *Matt Wilson / Small Factory / Obrecht Ensemble 21 Fri Silkworm / Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments / Hurl 22 Sat Cartographers / Squash Blossom / Mint Aundry / Neil Rosario / Yanti Arafin Fireside Bowl (aa): 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 / info: Brian (312) 384-5813 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri Trusty / The Break-ups / Tanner Boyle / Sidekick Kato / Cinco de Gatos (AIDS film benefit) 25 Sat Apocalypse Hoboken / Orphan Punx / MU330 / Vic Vacume / Mushuganas 26 Sun Smoothies / Scissor Girls (Benefit for Pro-Choice Alliance) 29 Wed Succotash / The Hypocrites / Catch-22 / Foo / Tricky Dick 30 Thu Jesus Christ Superfly / Jesus Fuckin' Christ / The Indicators / Multiple Choice 31 Fri Ticklepenny / Pritchard / Poonjab / Apostles On Strike (A-Zone benefit) Apr 01 Sat *Jerkwater / Poonjab / MK Ultra / Gaffle (Dyslexic Records benefit) 02 Sun 8:00 Trenchmouth / The Sky Corvair / Quintron 13 Thu 8:00 Sublime / Green Street / Blood Gin / Ted Bundy's VW 14 Fri Mustard Plug / Greenhouse / Hot Stove Jimmy / 30 Seonds Deep 15 Sat 7:00 *Lorax / 66 / Charles Bronson / Dead Steel Mill 15 Sat 10:00 *Hot Heels / Migraine / tba 18 Tue +Ben Lee / Cap'n Jazz / Obrecht Ensemble / Scissor Girls 19 Wed *Smut / Houseboy / tba x 2 20 Thu +Truman's Water / Specula / tba x 2 21 Fri +Busker Soundcheck / Smoothies / The Great Brain / AYA / Foo 22 Sat Loud Lucy / Sidekick Kato / Bunnygrunt / Godzuki 23 Sun +Youth Brigade / Kerosene 454 / The Fighters / Screw 32 26 Wed *Slick 50 / Skinjob / Killer Kitchen Utensils / The Jack Dempseys 27 Thu *Urbn DK / Chew Toy / Horomones / Churl 28 Fri The Henchmen / The Howards / Stanley's Joyful Noise / Klinefelter 29 Sat 7:00 *Mushuganas / The Smears / Butt Trumpet 29 Sat 10:00 +Three Blue Teardrops / Nitro Jr. / Rockin' Billy & The Wild Coyotes 30 Sun *Eclectics / Poonjab / Unemployed / Lunkhead May 03 Wed *Serpico (ex-Sleeper) / 88 Fingers Louie / Misery Index / Houseboy 06 Sat 7:00 *Strength / 691 / Birthright / Chokehold 06 Sat 10:00 *Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes / The Urge 07 Sun +The Parasites / Parker Brothers / I Love Rich / The Methadones 11 Thu +Morsel / Tetsuo / tba x 2 12 Fri +Wickerman / Fragile Porcelain Mice / Halcyon / Spearfest 13 Sat Tar / The Bollweevils / The Hitmen / Braid 19 Fri *Scout (ex-Car vs. Driver) 20 Sat 10:00 *Urbn DK / The Ouija Boards / Vic Vacume & The Attachments 21 Sun *Agent Orange 24 Wed *The Migraines / Highway 66 25 Thu *Homocore: Excuse 17 26 Fri *Tortoise / The Jaks / Guttersnipe / Cap'n Jazz 27 Sat *Scared For Chaka / No Empathy 28 Sun *Oblivion / 4-Squares / Hit Men / The Fighter Friends & Co. (21+): 509 Van Buren / Charleston, IL / (217) 345-2380 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 10:00 $3 21+ Love Cup / Liquorette / Hush Tower Apr 01 Sat 21+ Jesus Christ Superfly 02 Sun aa Dyslexic Apaches / Busker Soundcheck / Foo Gateway Theatre: 5216 W. Lawrence / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 14 Fri *Craphole / Bitter Lipstick / Corky / Baby Chain Harper College: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd. / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-6100 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 04 Tue 7:30 $7 Scott Adams (Building M) 26 Wed noon FREE Switchback (Building A lounge) May 03 Wed noon FREE Delta Rhythm Kings (Building A lounge) Highway: North & Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 348-8900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri Pound / I Love Rich / Orphan Punx Knights of Columbus Hall: 15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 6:30 $5 aa *Mauve / Sugarback / Lucid / tba x 2 Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 10:00 $10 Jonathan Richman 25 Sat 10:00 $10 Jonathan Richman 29 Wed 9:00 $5 Apollo 9 / John Huss & Moderate Combo / The Sweeties 30 Thu 9:00 $5 Hushdrops / Adam Levy & the Honeydogs 31 Fri 10:00 Brainiac / Unwound / Smoothies Apr 01 Sat *Falstaff / Babe The Blue Ox / Lily Liver 05 Wed $8 +Guided By Voices / Mary Lou Lord / Elliot Smith (tix 3/24) 06 Thu +Guided By Voices / Polara 07 Fri Seam / Bedhead / Cub 08 Sat Gastr del Sol / Ground Zero / James Chance and the Contortions 12 Wed Susan Voelz / Michael Hall 13 Thu *M.O.T.O. / Green / X-Action Figures 14 Fri Tsunami / Juned 15 Sat Mule / Martians 16 Sun *Tim Rutili / Rebecca Gates / Lois (all acoustic sets) 18 Tue *Ben Lee w/Rebecca Gates/Casey Rice/Brad Wood 19 Wed *Madder Rose 22 Sat *Mojo Nixon / Gringo 28 Fri G. Love & Special Sauce (two shows) 29 Sat *Helium / Sabalon Glitz / Ruby Falls Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri Third Stone / Daggagod (CD release party) 30 Thu Lovenginear 31 Fri Suede Chain Apr 07 Fri Veruca Salt / Hazel / Squash Blossom ==SOLD OUT== Marquette Alumni Memorial Union: 17th & Wells / Milwaukee, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 30 Thu 8:00 FREE *Poster Children / Brainiac / Unwound (This is a show for Marquette students so if you want to get in you have to a Marquettian to have you as their guest. Fortunately this wasn't hard for me to do a year or two ago.) Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 7:00 $7 Skankin' Pickle / Slapstick / Jerkwater 24 Fri 11:00 aa *Redball / Elysium / Whitey 25 Sat 7:00 Buckshot Le Fonque 29 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ Cap'n Jazz / Supergrass / Stanley's Joyful Noise / Tetsuo 30 Thu 7:00 $10 aa Bettie Serveert 30 Thu 11:30 18+ Certain Distant Suns / Letters To Cleo 31 Fri 7:00 aa The Tragically Hip / hHead Apr 01 Sat The Tragically Hip ==SOLD OUT== 02 Sun 7:30 aa The Tragically Hip ==SOLD OUT== 04 Tue 7:00 Morphine ==SOLD OUT== 05 Wed Mammoth Car / Sideshow / Plutonium Hat 07 Fri *Chainsaw Kittens / Fig Dish / Menthol / Bunny 08 Sat *Citizen King / Rollover / Adamjack 12 Wed *Molly McGuire / The Cakekitchen / Poonjab 13 Thu The Silos / Vulgar Boatmen / Michael Hall / The Mary Janes 14 Fri 7:00 Blue Meanies / Sidekick Kato / Buck O Nine 14 Fri 11:30 *The Guffs / Peat Moss / Judge Nothing 15 Sat midnite Samiam / The Goops / Chokebore 21 Fri *Golden Palominos (tix Sat noon) 22 Sat Bollweevils / Sinkhole / Boris The Sprinkler / 4-Squares 26 Wed 7:00 aa *Royal Trux (tix Sat noon) 28 Fri 7:00 *Material Issue ==CORRECT DATE== 28 Fri 11:30 *Archers Of Loaf / Beatnik Filmstars May 02 Tue 7:00 aa Goo Goo Dolls / Wax 06 Sat *Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft 13 Sat Poster Children 29 Mon 7:00 aa *KMFDM (tix Sat noon) O'Cayz Corral: 504 E. Wilson St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1348 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 08 Sat *Steelpole Bathtub / Love 666 / US Maple / Duotron Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Sat Allison's Mailbox / Gruesomes / The Alter Apr 01 Sat Apocalypse Hoboken One World Cafe: 809 S. Fifth St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 344-0102 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Sat aa Suede Chain Apr 15 Sat aa Secret Cajun Band / tba x 4 (Earth Day benefit) 21 Fri *Blue Meanies / Coctails / tba Palatine Community Park: Palatine Rd. & NW Hwy / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-2425 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 14 Wed American English 15 Thu Battle Of The Bands '95 16 Fri Ronnie Rice 23 Fri The Saxophones 28 Wed Asbury Brass Quintet Jul 12 Wed Simply Vintage 28 Fri Aloha Dancers Aug 11 Fri Keith Eric & Waterhouse 23 Wed The Symphonic Pops Orchestra Of Chicago 25 Fri Johnny Star & The Meteors Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 30 Thu 7:30 aa Victoria Williams / Vic Chestnutt Apr 08 Sat 7:30 Tuck & Patti 10 Mon 7:30 Graham Parker & The Episodes 15 Sat aa +Robyn Hitchcock / Deni Boney / Jill Sobule 19 Wed 7:30 aa Hawkwind Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 894-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 07 Fri 8:00 $24 The Smothers Brothers 22 Sat 8:00 $16 Randy Newman The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI / (608) 262-5079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Sat Skankin' Pickle 31 Fri 10:00 Poster Children / Twice The Wood The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Sat 8:00 Oasis / Velvet Crush 26 Sun *Skankin' Pickle / Invaders / Parka Kings / Mustard Plug Apr 07 Fri 8:00 *The Gufs 08 Sat 8:00 Blues Traveler 16 Sun 8:00 *Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys May 05 Fri *Material Issue / Vainglorious Ravinia: Lake-Cook & Green Bay Roads / Highland Park, IL / (312) R-A-V-I-N-I-A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 05 Wed *Ringo Starr 06 Thu *Bruce Cockburn 12 Wed *Mary Chapin Carpenter 27 Thu *Turtle Island String Quartet Aug 27 Sun *Little Richard Sep 03 Sun *Garrison Keillor Jul 18 Tue *Pat Metheny 25 Tue *David Sanborn 26 Wed *Peter Paul & Mary Aug 01 Tue *George Benson 07 Mon *Lyle Lovett & His Large Band 16 Wed *Los Lobos 19 Sat *Harry Belafonte 27 Sun *Jerry Lee Lewis 31 Thu *Neville Brothers Sep 01 Fri *Joan Baez / Tuck & Patti Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 02 Sun Sheryl Crow / Freedy Johnston ==SOLD OUT== 08 Sat 6:00 aa Veruca Salt / Hazel / Squash Blossom ==SOLD OUT== 14 Fri 7:00 aa Belly / Superchunk / Cold Water Flat 21 Fri 7:30 aa *Siouxsie & The Banshees / Spiritualized (tix Sat noon) Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 15 Thu King Crimson ==CORRECT DATE== Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 08 Sat $10/20 *Cheap Trick / Eddie Money / Rollover (tix Fri 11am) 14 Fri Van Halen / Collective Soul ==SOLD OUT== 26 Wed Queensryche / Type O Negative 28 Fri Page & Plant ==SOLD OUT== 29 Sat Page & Plant ==SOLD OUT== Jun 02 Fri R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== 03 Sat R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== 04 Sun R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Sat Ray Wylie Hubbard Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 9:00 Street Life / Warren Wiegratz 25 Sat 10:00 *Helena Handbasket / Mother's Room / Creature Custard 26 Sun *Dag 28 Tue 8:00 *Kenny Neal 30 Thu 10:00 *Willy Porter Band 31 Fri 10:00 *Pleasure / Blue in the Face Apr 01 Sat *Freak Show 02 Sun *Michael Hedges 06 Thu 8:00 *Steve Forbert / Jim Hoehn / Kevin Mulvenna 07 Fri 8:00 *Graham Parker / The Silos 08 Sat 10:00 *Seam / Bedhead / Cub 09 Sun 8:00 *James Chance & the Contortions 15 Sat 10:00 *Tar / Dis- 16 Sun 7:30 aa *Samiam 17 Mon 8:00 *Del Amitri 18 Tue 8:00 *Better Than Ezra 20 Thu 8:00 *Hawkwind 21 Fri 8:00 *Liz Phair 25 Tue 8:00 *Royal Trux May 03 Wed *Steve Morse Band 21 Sun *Dick Dale Shanley Pavillion: 2033 Sheridan / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 26 Sun 5:00 $5 *Mushuganas / Walker / Jihad / Charles Bronson / Hinckley Shirk Center: 302 E. Emerson / Bloomington, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 03 Mon $15 Indigo Girls Shubert Theatre: 22 W. Monroe / Chicago, IL / (309) 556-1000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri Johnny Mathis 25 Sat Johnny Mathis 26 Sun Johnny Mathis Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri Curmudgeon / DWM / The Indicators / Those Naked Guys / 28th Day 25 Sat James Young Group Tunnels Of Fun: 2843 W. Kirchoff / Rolling Meadows, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Sat 7:00 Down By Law / Not Rebecca / Herbal Flesh Tea The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri *Guzzard / Brutal Juice / Blue Sunshine 25 Sat *Catherine / Letters to Cleo 30 Thu *Gethesemane / Zipperhead 31 Fri *Sometimes Sweet Susan / Pound Apr 01 Sat 7:00 aa *Punchdrunk / Loomis 01 Sat 11:15 21+ *Punchdrunk / Loomis 02 Sun 6:00 aa *Little Blue Crunchy Things / Generic Freedom / Insidious 06 Thu *Danger Prone Daphne / Girl Crazy 07 Fri *Everclear / D-Minus 24 Mon *Small Factory / Loomis / Cap'n Jazz Valparaiso University: The Great Hall on campus / Valparaiso, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 7:00 $5 aa No Empathy / The Mushuganas / Tango Wedding Band / Misery Index / The Fighters / Clove (Call Kurt at (219) 464-6432 or email KAG6306@exodus.valpo.edu for more info) The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 31 Fri FREE *Blues Traveler / Willie Porter Band (It's an XRT promotion where you get free tix from them.) Apr 01 Sat 7:30 aa +Extreme / Flesh 15 Sat 7:30 aa Throwing Muses / Ass Ponys 25 Tue *Portishead (tix Sat noon) 29 Sat *Liz Phair (tix Sat noon) World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 04 Fri *Jimmy Buffett (tix Sat 9am) WNUR's Airplay: WNUR 89.3 FM / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 25 Sat Lilith Apr 01 Sat Lisa Kucharski 08 Sat Alchemy 15 Sat Demolition Overdrive Generation WZRD: WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 30 Thu Reality Scare Apr 06 Thu Institute of Psychic Ponderance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The code list: * new listing + listing has changed this week 18+ 18-and-over 21+ 21-and-over aa all ages (TM) Tickets available from TicketMaster Chicago: (312) 559-1212 Wisconsin: (414) 276-4545 Champaign-Urbana: (217) 351-2626 Brian Contact Brian Peterson @ (312) 384-5813 Dave Contact Dave Eaves @ (312) 248-5822 Kim Contact Kim @ (312) SHE-1HER Mike Contact Mike @ (815) 961-0322 Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. Phone First. The Shows List is updated late every Thursday night. You can get it over the Internet in two ways: World-Wide Web: http://www.mcs.net/~alester/ Mail subscription: <shows@farpost.chi.il.us> Ask to be added, and mention where you found out about the list. Please mail to shows@farpost.chi.il.us: - New shows you'd like to see added - Any corrections to anything in the list - Subscription requests, or drop requests - Information about other shows list across the country - Anything other comments, etc You can also get it from Far Post BBS, (708) 934-6224 There are many other shows lists available on the Internet. As far as I know, unless the address is "listproc" or "listserv", the list is run by a human, not an automated list-management program. Chicago Shows List: shows@farpost.chi.il.us http://www.mcs.com/~alester/ Chicago Favorite Bands: cheeks@interaccess.com http://www.interaccess.com/users/cheeks/Music/chifav.html Chicago Folk Shows: hrow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Champaign/Urbana, IL: shows@uiuc.edu Madison, WI: listproc@scrap.ssec.wisc.edu In the body of the message, put: subscribe madmusic Your Name http://scrap.ssec.wisc.edu/music/madison.clubs Iowa: bands@ac.grin.edu Columbus, OH: TREADWAY@MPS.ohio-state.edu Atlanta, GA: ofross@emory.edu http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~ofross/ Omaha, NE: http://phoenix.creighton.edu/~landphil/oshows.html San Francisco, CA: the-list-request@violet.berkeley.edu http://kzsu.stanford.edu/list.html Boston, MA: wisner@aiag.enet.dec.com http://www.research.digital.com/CRL/Boston/Music/ Washington, DC DIY: brendan@clark.net http://www.clark.net/pub/brendan Texas: sarootabaker@mail.utexas.edu Midwest (OH,MI,KY,IN): aa704@po.cwru.edu Florida: http://www.wa1a.com/public/concert.html Philadelphia: lorenzo@astro.ocis.temple.edu Baltimore: http://www.charm.net/~davew/Baltimore/BaltoMusic2.html Claremont, CA: dbarker@pomona.edu Long Island, NY: mm5683@panther.adelphi.edu Northeast (E.Canada/ME/NH/VT/MA/CT/RI/NY/NJ/PA/DE/MD): ne-shows@brown.edu Vancouver, BC: http://imagineer.com/euphony/ New England folk shows: http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~wald/calendar.html email: archive-server@theory.lcs.mit.edu send the line "send wald concert-calendar" Other mailing addresses: Oblivion/Bollweevils (Brian Czarnik) BriC6389@aol.com Underdog Records udogrec@interaccess.com WNUR Airplay (Rob Teets) r-teets@nwu.edu WZRD contact pauls@tellabs.com WHPK (Keven Esterling) kest@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |