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The Chicago Shows List: As you may have guessed, its name means "toasted"
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New this week:
Aretha Franklin, Star Plaza Theater
Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret Cajun Band / Hi Ball
Holiday, Metro
Blues Traveler / Soulhat, Aragon Ballroom (tix Sat 10am)
Bonnie Raitt / Bruce Hornsby, Poplar Creek
Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell, Riviera Theatre (tix Sat 10am)
Chicago, Poplar Creek
The Connells / The Indians, The Vic (tix Sat 10am)
Ditch Witch / Chair / Liquid Flannel, Empty Bottle
Enuff Z'nuff, Avalon
Everly Brothers / Kris Kristofferson, Star Plaza Theater
Faust / Gastr Del Sol, Lounge Ax
Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw, Metro
Greg Ginn, Avalon
Hank Williams Jr., Star Plaza Theater
Honcho Overload / Steakdaddy Six / Augusta Gein, Empty Bottle
James Taylor, Poplar Creek
Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas, Poplar Creek (tix Sat 10am)
Julio Iglesias, Poplar Creek
Liza Minnelli, Poplar Creek
Mannheim Steamroller, Poplar Creek
NKOTB, Riviera Theatre (tix Sat 10am)
NRBQ / Rollover, Cubby Bear
Pantera / Crowbar, Aragon Ballroom (tix Sat ama)
Pere Ubu, Avalon
Phil Collins, Rosemont Horizon (tix Mon 10am)
Steely Dan, Poplar Creek
Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins, Czar Bar
Victor Borge, Rialto Square Theatre
Wickerman / Fix Your Wagon / Citrus, Empty Bottle
emiLy / tba, The Crawlspace
Aragon Ballroom: Lawrence at Broadway
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Apr 20 Wed 7:30 *Pantera / Crowbar (aa) (tix Sat ama)
May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50 *Blues Traveler / Soulhat (tix Sat 10am)
Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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Mar 26 Sat Slim Dunlap
Apr 06 Wed *Enuff Z'nuff
09 Sat *Pere Ubu
28 Thu *Greg Ginn
30 Sat Prong
Beat Kitchen (21+): 2100 W. Belmont / (312) 281-4444
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Mar 25 Fri The Slugs / Hushdrops / Marble
Apr 01 Fri Robespierre (formerly Chia Pet) / Hoodwink / Fur
The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport)
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Mar 26 Sat 6:30 $5 *emiLy / tba
Apr 08 Fri Gauge / Garden Variety
Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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Mar 31 Thu Spies Who Surf
Apr 24 Sun Stanley Jordan
May 07 Sat *NRBQ / Rollover
Czar Bar (21+): 1814 W. Division / (312) 772-5453
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Apr 01 Fri *Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins
Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn, Elmhurst
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Mar 25 Fri 6:30 $5 Smoking Popes / Tommyrot / Hoodwink / The Fighters
(aa)
Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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Mar 25 Fri *Honcho Overload / Steakdaddy Six / Augusta Gein
26 Sat *Ditch Witch / Chair / Liquid Flannel
31 Thu *Wickerman / Fix Your Wagon / Citrus
Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn / (708) 788-2188
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Mar 25 Fri Webb Wilder
26 Sat Webb Wilder
Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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Mar 25 Fri Coctails / Man or Astroman?
26 Sat Killdozer / Dazzling Killmen / Faucet / Spavid
27 Sun Th Faith Healers / Motorhome
30 Wed Neurosis / Buzz Oven / Wickerman
31 Thu Churchkey / Devil in a Woodpile
Apr 01 Fri Elliot Sharp's Carbon / Vandermark Quartet
02 Sat Rodan / Ballharvester / "special surprise guests"
that I'll certainly be there to see
08 Fri Yo La Tengo / The Sea & Cake / Sleepyhead
09 Sat Wool / Don Caballero / Janiter Joe
16 Sat Railroad Jerk
23 Sat Bailter Space
30 Sat The Silos
May 04 Wed *Faust / Gastr Del Sol
COMING: God Street Wine, Prisonshake / Specula, Jon Spencer Blues
Explosion, Mule / Silkworm / Crain, Lungfish / God & Texas / Lung
The Loft: Elgin
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Apr 02 Sat $5 Gauge / Sidekick Kato / Scissor Girls
Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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Mar 25 Fri 7:30 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine / Lotion (aa)
25 Fri 11:59 For Love Not Lisa / Concussion Ensemble (18+)
26 Sat 11:59 Mazzy Star / Cath Carroll / Acetone (18+)
27 Sun Fig Dish / Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / Lava Sutra
30 Wed 9:30 $3 These Days / Infraction / Wishbook (18+)
Apr 01 Fri 7:30 David Lee Roth (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
01 Fri 11:30 Veruca Salt / Loud Lucy (18+)
02 Sat 10:00 Queen Sarah Saturday / Almost True (18+)
06 Wed 9:30 $3 Mariana Trench / God Damn Liars / Die Monster Die
/ Fat Nut (18+)
08 Fri 7:00 Seaweed / Bivouac / Braniac
08 Fri 11:30 Quaker Youth Ensemble / Luck Of Eden Hall / Mo Fuzz
09 Sat 7:00 Dyslexic Apaches / Brown Betty / Marble
09 Sat 11:30 Chris Connelly
15 Fri 7:00 Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Gauge
15 Fri 11:30 Royal Crescent Mob / NIL8 / Spank Wagon
16 Sat *Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret
Cajun Band / Hi Ball Holiday
22 Fri *Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw
23 Sat Ozric Tentacles
25 Mon Melvins / The Obsessed
29 Fri 7:30 Shonen Knife / Dentists
29 Fri 11:30 Red Red Meat / The Sea & Cake / Dolomite
May 05 Thu 7:30 Pavement / 3Ds (aa)
05 Thu 11:30 Pavement / 3Ds (18+)
Oak Theatre: Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088
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Apr 03 Sun 7:00 Entombed / Unsane / The Obsessed (aa)
10 Sun 7:00 $10 Carcass / Pitchshifter / Aftermath (aa)
23 Sat 7 Seconds
Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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Mar 26 Sat Wormhole / Bad Genes
31 Thu 7:00 Jawbreaker / Bollweevils / Winepress
Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage
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Mar 25 Fri 7:30 Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT==
25 Fri 10:30 Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT==
Apr 09 Sat 7:30 Laurie Anderson ("An Evening Of Readings from her
new book")
10 Sun 7:30 Michael Hedges
15 Fri The Subdudes / Pat McLaughlin
23 Sat The Benoit/Freeman Project
Poplar Creek: Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59
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Jun 18 Sat $23-50 *Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas (tix Sat 10am)
19 Sun $23-50 *Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas (tix Sat 10am)
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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Mar 25 Fri 6:00 Ramones / Frank Black
26 Sat 7:00 Cowboy Junkies / Freedy Johnston
28 Mon 7:30 Crowded House / Sheryl Crow
Apr 01 Fri 7:30 Richard Thompson and his band
17 Sun 7:30 Bob Dylan
18 Mon 7:30 Bob Dylan
29 Fri 7:00 $22.50 *NKOTB (tix Sat 10am)
May 06 Fri 7:00 $23 *Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell (tix Sat 10am)
Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont
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Mar 29 Tue 7:30 Rush / Primus ==SOLD OUT==
30 Wed 7:30 Rush / Primus
Jul 20 Wed 8:00 $27-40 *Phil Collins (tix Mon 10am)
Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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Apr 12 Tue John Wesley Harding
13 Wed John Wesley Harding
Scrap Skate Park: 2350 Hassel, Hoffman Estates / (708) 884-0945
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Apr 18 Mon The Mother Fuckers / Offsides / tba
Shanley Pavillion: 2033 Sheridan, Evanston
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Mar 28 Mon 7:00 $4 Hoover / Kerosene 454 / Gauge / Scissor Girls
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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Apr 10 Sun Tom Jones
Jun 18 Sat Kansas / ELO
Jul 01 Fri 8:00 $28 *Aretha Franklin
16 Sat 8:00 $28 *Hank Williams Jr.
Aug 07 Sun Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Asleep at the
Wheel
28 Sun 7:00 $22 *Everly Brothers / Kris Kristofferson
3rd Floor: 223 E. Chicago St., Elgin
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Mar 26 Sat 6:00 $5 No Empathy / Sauce Kings / Vegas Witchcraft /
Sweet Polly / Mudkicker (aa)
Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / (312) 477-5994
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Mar 26 Sat 2:00 Cowboy Junkies
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
The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield
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Mar 25 Fri 8:00 The Junction (18+)
26 Sat 10:00 Mr. Blotto / Cathy Richardson (18+)
27 Sun 7:00 $10 Green Day / Tilt / Smoking Popes (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
31 Thu 7:30 Widespread Panic (aa)
Apr 02 Sat 7:30 John McLaughlin (21+)
08 Fri 7:30 The Samples (aa)
22 Fri 7:30 *The Connells / The Indians (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
30 Sat Sarah McLachlan / The Devlins
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