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Shows of note as of 03/31/94 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The Chicago Shows List: Features informative programming examples! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Fri Robespierre (formerly Chia Pet) / Hoodwink / Fur The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport) / (312) 248-5822 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 24 Sun Stanley Jordan May 06 Fri *Black Uhuru 07 Sat NRBQ / Rollover Czar Bar (21+): 1814 W. Division / (312) 772-5453 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 01 Fri Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins Drum Pad: 48 W. Palatine Rd., Palatine, IL / (708) 934-8768 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 26 Tue 7:00 $5/$7 *Kenny Aronoff (it's a drum clinic) Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 02 Sat $5 Gauge / Sidekick Kato / Scissor Girls Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 22 Fri 6:00 *Lunkhead / Nostrilsaurus / The Smoothies / Ducksnake Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 01 Sun Victor Borge Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 12 Tue John Wesley Harding 13 Wed John Wesley Harding Soldier Field: Where the Bears play --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 12 Tue 8:30 Pink Floyd ==SOLD OUT== Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 23 Sat *Nuclear Assault / Halifax Gibbot / Guiltrip Uic Pavilion: U. Of I. Chicago, 1140 W. Harrison / (312) 413-5740 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 15 Sun Salt-n-Pepa / R.Kelly / Kid Capri / Xscape The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 28 Sat *Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test Dummies (tix Sat 10am) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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