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The Chicago Shows List: Compiled with software that can't handle midnight
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NOTE: The Richard Thompson show at the Vic is now at the Riv.
New this week:
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Metro
Crowded House / Sheryl Crow, Riviera Theatre (tix Sat noon)
Da Bad Kidz / The Mushuganas / TBA*2, The Info Shop
David Lee Roth (lookin' like Sting), Metro (tix Sat noon)
The Drovers / Willie Wisely Trio, Metro
God Bullies / Johnboy / Dis, Empty Bottle
Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Monte Warden, Park West
John Zorn's Cobra, The Vic
Kansas / ELO, Star Plaza Theater
Los Crudos / The Geezers / One Nation Under, Shanley Pavillion
Loud Mouth / Blanket Party / Curious Yellow, Metro
Mazzy Star, Metro
Morphine / Monsterland, Thurston's
Mother / God and Texas, Empty Bottle
Mr. Big in-store but prob'ly not musical, Rolling Stones Records
Ramones / Frank Black, Riviera Theatre (tix Sat noon)
Richard Thompson and his band, Riviera Theatre
Sarah McLachlan, The Vic (tix March 16)
Slapstick / The Mushuganas / 88 Fingers Louie, Off The Alley
Taylor Dayne, Ka-boom!
Tom Jones, Star Plaza Theater
Tori Amos, The Vic (tix Sat 10am)
Trumans Water / F/i, Lounge Ax
Uncle Tupelo, Lounge Ax
Venison / Pachinko, Empty Bottle VC / Godplow
Veruca Salt / Boy King, Empty Bottle
Wait For Light / Ivan's Hose, Lounge Ax
Will Downing, Park West
Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Asleep at the Wheel, Star Plaza
Theater
Z (w/Ahmet and Dweezil Zappa), Park West (tix sat noon)
Aragon Ballroom: Lawrence at Broadway
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Feb 25 Fri Black Sabbath / Motorhead / Morbid Angel
Mar 17 Thu UB40 / US3
Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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Mar 09 Wed Surgery
26 Sat Slim Dunlap
Cafe Kismet: 131 N. Genesee, Waukegan / (708) 244-1111
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Feb 25 Fri 8:30 The Smoothies
Chicago Stadium: 1800 W. Madison
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Mar 10 Thu Pearl Jam / Urge Overkill ==SOLD OUT==
Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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Mar 05 Sat 8:00 Tommy Chong
05 Sat 11:00 Webb Wilder
Elbo Room: 2871 N. Lincoln, (312) 549-7700
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Feb 27 Sun Exene Cervenka / Professor Griff / Don Bajema
(Spoken word)
Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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Feb 25 Fri *Veruca Salt / Boy King
26 Sat *Venison / Pachinko VC / Godplow
Mar 04 Fri *God Bullies / Johnboy / Dis
05 Sat *Mother / God and Texas
06 Sun Morphine / Hog Lady / Redbud
Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn / (708) 788-2188
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Mar 25 Fri Webb Wilder
26 Sat Webb Wilder
Glee Club: 1543 N. Kingsbury / (312) 243-2075
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Mar 06 Sun 11:30 *Taylor Dayne
Harper College: Bldg. J, 1200 W. Algonquin Rd., Palatine / (708) 925-6100
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Feb 26 Sat *Jimmie Dale Gilmore
The Info Shop: 1726 W. Division
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Feb 25 Fri 7:00 $4 *Da Bad Kidz / The Mushuganas / TBA*2
Ka-boom!: 747 N. Green / (312) 243-8600
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Mar 05 Sat 11:59 *Taylor Dayne
Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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Feb 25 Fri John Hiatt ==SOLD OUT==
26 Sat The Ex + Tom Cora / Tortoise
27 Sun 2 Fast 4 Love / Strawberry / Ball Harvester
Mar 02 Wed *Wait For Light / Ivan's Hose
03 Thu Unsane / Craw
04 Fri *Trumans Water / F/i
05 Sat Morphine / The Sea & Cake / Flap
22 Tue *Uncle Tupelo
23 Wed *Uncle Tupelo
COMING: Hazel, Truman's Water, Flap, Sugarsmack, Shorty, Antenna, Falstaff,
Nicholas Tremulis, Uncle Tupelo, Joe Henry and off-street parking
Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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Feb 25 Fri Slim Dunlap / Ike Reilly; Community #9 / The
Gel-Tones
26 Sat 7:30 $5 Well Of Souls / Cut / Big'N
26 Sat 11:30 $5 Almost True / Yard Sale (18+)
Mar 04 Fri 9:30 $3 I Speak Jive / Palmolive / Chromebaby (aa)
04 Fri 7:30 Machines Of Loving Grace / Course of Empire (aa)
04 Fri 7:30 $7 Redd Kross / Dandelion / Lava Sutra (aa)
05 Sat 7:30 Dead Milkmen / Simple Simon (aa)
05 Sat 11:30 Uptighty / Booty Froot (18+)
09 Wed 9:30 $3 *Loud Mouth / Blanket Party / Curious Yellow (18+)
11 Fri Jawbox / Girls Against Boys / Trenchmouth
12 Sat 7:30 Certain Distant Suns / The Lupins / They Came In
Droves (aa)
12 Sat 11:30 Stonebillies / The Nixons
15 Tue Tripping Daisy / Eve's Plum
17 Thu *The Drovers / Willie Wisely Trio
18 Fri Skatalites / Skapone / Mustard Plug / The Invaders
19 Sat Rev. Horton Heat / Flat Duo Jets / Run Westy Run
25 Fri 7:30 *Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (aa)
25 Fri 11:59 For Love Not Lisa
26 Sat 11:59 *Mazzy Star
Apr 01 Fri *David Lee Roth (lookin' like Sting) (tix Sat noon)
Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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Feb 26 Sat 7:00 $5 Tortoise / Worm Hole / Snap Judgement
27 Sun *Slapstick / The Mushuganas / 88 Fingers Louie
Mar 31 Thu 7:00 Jawbreaker
Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage
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Feb 25 Fri 7:30 Warren Zevon / John & Mary
27 Sun *Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Monte Warden
Mar 01 Tue 7:30 Mr. Big / Open Skyz (aa)
04 Fri 7:30 *Will Downing
10 Thu 7:30 Oleta Adams (aa)
17 Thu 7:30 $11.50 *Z (w/Ahmet and Dweezil Zappa) (aa) (tix sat noon)
18 Fri 7:30 Dave Koz
24 Thu 7:30 The Roches
25 Fri 7:30 Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT==
25 Fri 10:30 Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT==
Apr 10 Sun Michael Hedges
Rialto Square Theatre: Joliet
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Mar 19 Sat Robert Cray Band / Joe Louis Walker
Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway)
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Mar 05 Sat 7:00 Joe Satriani / Rollover ==SOLD OUT==
08 Tue 7:30 Blind Melon ==SOLD OUT==
22 Tue 7:30 Cocteau Twins / Luna
23 Wed 6:30 Sepultura / Fudgetunnel / Clutch / Fear Factory
25 Fri 6:00 *Ramones / Frank Black (tix Sat noon)
26 Sat 7:00 Cowboy Junkies / Freedy Johnston
28 Mon *Crowded House / Sheryl Crow (tix Sat noon)
Apr 01 Fri 7:30 *Richard Thompson and his band (aa)
Rolling Stones Records: Harlem & Irving, Norridge
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Mar 01 Tue 3:00 *Mr. Big in-store but prob'ly not musical
Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont
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Mar 29 Tue 7:30 Rush / Primus ==SOLD OUT==
30 Wed 7:30 Rush / Primus
Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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Feb 26 Sat John Hiatt ==SOLD OUT==
Shanley Pavillion: 2033 Sheridan, Evanston
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Mar 03 Thu 7:00 $3 *Los Crudos / The Geezers / One Nation Under
Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266
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Apr 10 Sun *Tom Jones
Jun 18 Sat *Kansas / ELO
Aug 07 Sun *Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Asleep at the
Wheel
Thurston's: 1248 W. George / (312) 472-9600
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Mar 03 Thu *Morphine / Babe The Blue Ox / Picasso Trigger
04 Fri *Morphine / Monsterland
The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield
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Feb 26 Sat 7:30 Buffalo Tom / The Spinanes / St. Johnny (aa)
Mar 07 Mon *John Zorn's Cobra
11 Fri Rickie Lee Jones
18 Fri 8:00 Andreas Vollenweider (aa) (Reserved seating so
forget your hopes for a pit)
19 Sat 7:30 Pogues / Shoulders (aa)
22 Tue Fishbone / Biohazard / Kyuss
24 Thu *Tori Amos (tix Sat 10am)
27 Sun 7:00 $10 Green Day / Tilt / Smoking Popes (aa)
31 Thu 7:30 Widespread Panic (aa)
Apr 08 Fri 7:30 The Samples (aa)
30 Sat *Sarah McLachlan (tix March 16)
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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 ticket prices are rounded up to the next dollar. The contestant who
comes closest to the actual retail price of their showcase, without
going over, wins that showcase.
All information listed is subject to change. Phone First.
This list is available as a weekly mailing on the Internet. You can also
get it through some WWW something or other that I will list here as soon as
I have the info on it.
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. Also, thank her for
starting this thing.
Everything else: Andy Lester <alester@farpost.chi.il.us> (preferred)
or <alester@mcs.com> (if you must)
Send any additions, requests, errors (gasp!) 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
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