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The Chicago Shows List: Features informative programming examples!
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New this week:
88 Fingers Louie / Lunkhead / Oblivion / The Bunyips, The Crawlspace
Black Uhuru, Cubby Bear
Blanket Party / Foo, Off The Alley
The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Park West
Cece Peniston, Park West
Climbing Vines / Rollover / Juggernaut / Shovel Choir, Metro
Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test Dummies, World Music
Theater
Evething / Hypnogogic Nodscene / Sour Milk, Off The Alley
Feeble Landslide / Orange / Juxta, Metro
G-Men / Mother's Day / tba, The Crawlspace
The Geezers / Jimmy The Go-Go Man / Mr. Clean, Off The Alley
God Street Wine / Pimentos For Gus, Lounge Ax
The Hedonists / Fagalonious P. Hector / Jolly Rogers / Catch 22, The
Crawlspace
Jake E. Lee / Jaxx / Crucifix, Avalon
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mule / Silkworm / Crain, Lounge Ax
KMFDM / Chemlab / Sister Machine Gun / Acumen, Metro
Kenny Aronoff, Drum Pad
King's X, Park West
Lunkhead / Nostrilsaurus / The Smoothies / Ducksnake, Olde Stratford
Hall
Nuclear Assault / Halifax Gibbot / Guiltrip, Thirsty Whale
Phil Collins, Rosemont Horizon
Prisonshake / Specula, Lounge Ax
Shudder To Think / The Grifters, Metro
Simple Simon / Triple Fast Action / Drag, Metro
The Slugs / Boom Hank, Lounge Ax
Snap Judgement / Nail, Off The Alley
Stabbing Westward / Adamjack, Metro
Swiftkick / Flying Luttenbachers / Scissor Girls / tba, The Crawlspace
Thought Industry / Acumen / Lily Crushers, Metro
Tortoise, Off The Alley
eMily / Tommyrot / Chemical Blue / tba, The Crawlspace
Aragon Ballroom: Lawrence at Broadway
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Apr 20 Wed 7:30 Pantera / Crowbar (aa)
May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50 Blues Traveler / Soulhat
Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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Apr 06 Wed Enuff Z'nuff
09 Sat Pere Ubu / Cassius Clay / Birds At The End Of The
Road
20 Wed *Jake E. Lee / Jaxx / Crucifix
28 Thu Greg Ginn / Rig / Dyslexic Apaches
30 Sat 9:30 $10 Prong / Course Of Empire (21+)
Beat Kitchen (21+): 2100 W. Belmont / (312) 281-4444
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Apr 01 Fri Robespierre (formerly Chia Pet) / Hoodwink / Fur
The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport) / (312) 248-5822
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Apr 02 Sat 6:00 $5 *88 Fingers Louie / Lunkhead / Oblivion / The
Bunyips
07 Thu 7:00 $5 *Swiftkick / Flying Luttenbachers / Scissor Girls
/ tba
08 Fri 7:00 $5 Gauge / Garden Variety / Braid / Plane Rides For
Five Minute Drives
09 Sat 7:00 $5 *The Hedonists / Fagalonious P. Hector / Jolly
Rogers / Catch 22
10 Sun 7:00 $4 *G-Men / Mother's Day / tba
30 Sat *eMily / Tommyrot / Chemical Blue / tba
Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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Apr 24 Sun Stanley Jordan
May 06 Fri *Black Uhuru
07 Sat NRBQ / Rollover
Czar Bar (21+): 1814 W. Division / (312) 772-5453
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Apr 01 Fri Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins
Drum Pad: 48 W. Palatine Rd., Palatine, IL / (708) 934-8768
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Apr 26 Tue 7:00 $5/$7 *Kenny Aronoff (it's a drum clinic)
Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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Mar 31 Thu Churchkey / Devil in a Woodpile
Apr 01 Fri Elliot Sharp's Carbon / Vandermark Quartet
02 Sat Rodan / The Coctails / Ballharvester / etc
06 Wed $5 *The Slugs / Boom Hank
07 Thu *God Street Wine / Pimentos For Gus
08 Fri Yo La Tengo / The Sea & Cake / Sleepyhead
09 Sat Wool / Don Caballero / Janiter Joe / Mother's Day
10 Sun *Prisonshake / Specula
15 Fri *Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mule / Silkworm /
Crain
16 Sat Railroad Jerk
23 Sat Bailter Space
30 Sat The Silos
May 04 Wed Faust / Gastr Del Sol
COMING: Medicine, Loose Diamonds, 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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Apr 01 Fri 7:30 David Lee Roth (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
01 Fri 11:30 $7 Veruca Salt / Loud Lucy (18+)
02 Sat 10:00 $7 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 $6 Seaweed / Bivouac / Braniac (aa)
08 Fri 11:30 $6 Quaker Youth Ensemble / Luck Of Eden Hall / Mo
Fuzz (18+)
09 Sat 7:00 $6 Dyslexic Apaches / Brown Betty / Marble (aa)
09 Sat 11:30 $6 Chris Connelly / William Tucker (18+) ("special
acoustic performance")
13 Wed 9:30 $3 *Climbing Vines / Rollover / Juggernaut / Shovel
Choir (18+)
15 Fri 7:00 $5 Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Gauge (aa)
15 Fri 11:30 $7 Royal Crescent Mob / NIL8 / Spank Wagon (18+)
16 Sat 9:00 $10 Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret
Cajun Band / Hi Ball Holiday (18+)
20 Wed 9:30 $3 *Feeble Landslide / Orange / Juxta (18+)
22 Fri 10:00 $6 Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw (18+)
23 Sat 9:00 $12 Ozric Tentacles (18+)
24 Sun 6:30 $7 *Simple Simon / Triple Fast Action / Drag (aa)
25 Mon 7:30 $10 Melvins / The Obsessed (aa)
27 Wed 9:30 $3 *Thought Industry / Acumen / Lily Crushers (18+)
28 Thu 7:30 FREE *Stabbing Westward / Adamjack (aa) (get tickets at
Evanston or North & Halsted or Ashland Rose
Records)
29 Fri 7:30 $12 Shonen Knife / Dentists (aa)
29 Fri 11:30 $8 Red Red Meat / The Sea & Cake / Dolomite (18+)
30 Sat 10:00 $8 *Shudder To Think / The Grifters
May 05 Thu 7:30 Pavement / 3Ds (aa)
05 Thu 11:30 Pavement / 3Ds (18+)
28 Sat 7:00 *KMFDM / Chemlab / Sister Machine Gun / Acumen
(aa) (tix Sat noon)
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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Apr 02 Sat *Snap Judgement / Nail
09 Sat *Tortoise
16 Sat *Blanket Party / Foo
23 Sat *The Geezers / Jimmy The Go-Go Man / Mr. Clean
30 Sat *Evething / Hypnogogic Nodscene / Sour Milk
Olde Stratford Hall: call 223-2254 for directions ask for Norah
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Apr 22 Fri 6:00 *Lunkhead / Nostrilsaurus / The Smoothies /
Ducksnake
Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage
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Apr 09 Sat 7:30 Laurie Anderson ("An Evening Of Readings from her
new book")
10 Sun 7:30 Michael Hedges / Michael Manring
15 Fri 7:30 The Subdudes / Pat McLaughlin
20 Wed 7:30 *Cece Peniston (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
23 Sat 7:30 The Benoit/Freeman Project w/special guest Phil
Perry
24 Sun 7:30 $13.50 *King's X (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
May 03 Tue 7:30 *The Brian Setzer Orchestra (tix Sat 10am)
Poplar Creek: Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59
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Jun 18 Sat $23-50 Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas
19 Sun $23-50 Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas
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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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 (aa)
30 Sat 9:30 $22.50 (tix Sat 10am) (*Anthrax / Fight)
May 06 Fri 7:00 $23 Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell
Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont
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Jul 20 Wed 8:00 $27-40 Phil Collins ==SOLD OUT==
21 Thu 8:00 $27-40 *Phil Collins (tix Sat 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
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
Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand, River Grove / (708) 456-2414
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Apr 23 Sat *Nuclear Assault / Halifax Gibbot / Guiltrip
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 31 Thu 7:30 Widespread Panic (aa)
Apr 02 Sat 7:30 John McLaughlin (21+)
08 Fri 7:30 The Samples (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
22 Fri 7:30 The Connells / The Indians (aa)
30 Sat 7:30 Sarah McLachlan / The Devlins (aa)
World Music Theater: Tinley Park
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May 28 Sat *Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test
Dummies (tix Sat 10am)
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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
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