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February 24, 1994

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What are these lists?
                    Shows of note as of 02/24/94
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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.
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     comes closest to the actual retail price of their showcase, without
     going over, wins that showcase.
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