70’s classic rock legends, UFO, are on the road with 80’s new wave of British heavy metal legends, Saxon, with legend in the making, guitar hero Jared James Nichols in support. The trio of acts recently played Chicago’s Concord Music Hall, and the proceedings looked like this (photos appear in …
Read More »Gallery & Review: The Dead Daisies at Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL. 8.10.17
The Dead Daisies, fresh off an early summer tour that saw them playing the European and South American circuit, as well as a few dates in the Far East, have just kicked off their first U. S. headlining tour. The group is playing clubs and theaters in August in support …
Read More »Gallery: Foreigner at Northerly Island in Chicago, IL. 8.09.2017
Classic rockers Foreigner are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a new retrospective album called 40, and a Summer tour that hit Chicago’s lakefront venue with the city skyline view, Northerly Island, on August 9th, 2017. Mick Jones may be the only original band member in the group these days, but …
Read More »Interview: Dead Daisies’ Marco Mendoza Discusses Band’s First US Headlining Tour, Free Meet & Greets, and New Music
Hard rock band, The Dead Daisies, are building on the success they achieved with their last studio album, 2016’s Make Some Noise, by releasing a live recording called Live & Louder and hitting the road again to bring their music directly to the people. The band has just returned from …
Read More »Gallery & Review – Dead & Co. at Wrigley Field – 7.1.17 Chicago, IL.
Dead & Co. Blazing at Wrigley with Record Setting Sold-Out Show 7/1/17 – Wrigley Field – Chicago, IL. By Bradley Todd When I saw Dead & Co. for two nights in Boulder in June, I thought I had caught what could be the pinnacle shows of the tour…great setlists, hot …
Read More »Gallery & Review – Dark Star Orchestra at Riveredge Park – 6.24.17 Aurora, IL.
Dark Star Orchestra 6/24/17 – Riveredge Park – Aurora, IL. By Bradley Todd Dark Star Orchestra, the well known Grateful Dead cover band, is celebrating their 20th anniversary of “continuing the Grateful Dead concert experience” with a summer tour that recently made an early tour stop at the lovely …
Read More »Dark Star Orchestra to Play Chicagoland Area 6/24/17
Dark Star Orchestra, one of the premier Grateful Dead covers bands, is scheduled to play the greater Chicagoland area on June 24th at Riveredge Park in Aurora, IL. This date is one of the band’s early shows on its 2017 Summer tour (see tour dates below), which covers the Midwest …
Read More »Gallery & Review: Ratt at Concord Music Hall – 6.2.17 Chicago, IL.
RATT 6/2/17 – Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL. By Bradley Todd Now that Ratt’s legal wranglings with their original, and now former, drummer for control of the Ratt name seem to have come to a close, it’s time for the recently reunited band to get back to the business …
Read More »Gallery & Review: Richie Kotzen at Arcada Theatre – 5.4.2017, St. Charles, IL.
Richie Kotzen 5/4/17 – Arcada Theatre – St. Charles, IL. By Bradley Todd It’s hard for me to decide what I like best about Richie Kotzen. He got his start as a professional musician in the form of an upcoming guitar hero, and I first heard his name when he …
Read More »Gallery & Review: Blues Traveler at Genesee Theatre, 4.27.2017 – Waukegan, IL.
Blues Traveler 4/27/17 – Genesee Theatre – Waukegan, IL. By Bradley Todd Blues Traveler is currently on a Spring/Summer tour, perhaps as a warm up for their 30th anniversary tour which begins later this year, and made a recent stop at Waukegan’s grand Genesee Theatre to give the greater …
Read More »The Dead Daisies Announce Dirty Dozen Tour 2017
PRESS RELEASE: THE DEAD DAISIES’ awesome live juggernaut is set to storm into North America in August for a dozen prime live dates as part of their Live & Louder World Tour, in support of the release of their landmark ‘Live And Louder’ album on Spitfire Music/SPV/eOne on May 19th. …
Read More »Gallery & Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band live at Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL. 1.21.17
Tedeschi Trucks Band is to Blues what Lyle Lovett is to Country. That is to say, while they may often be labeled with a specific genre tag, they are that… but also so much more. Blues, soul, jazz, gospel, and jam band, Tedeschi Trucks Band wears many hats, and wears …
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