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Shows of note as of 04/14/94 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The Chicago Shows List: Kurt quote goes here +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ New this week: Babes In Toyland / Dis / Scarce, Empty Bottle Battle Of The Bands: Tub Ring / Jubba / Equinox / Fractasm / Sweet Cyanide, Schaumburg Rec. Center Blue Rodeo, Schubas Tavern Blues Traveler, Bradley Center Brand New Heavies, Metro Brooks and Dunn / Clay Walker / Faith Hill, Poplar Creek Bryan Adams, Rosemont Horizon Cassandra Wilson, Park West Charlatans / Queen Sarah Saturday, The Vic Depeche Mode / Primal Scream / Stabbing Westward, World Music Theater The Fighters / Think n' Da Bad Kidz / Winepress / Chemical Blue, Wrigleyside The Geezers / 88 Fingers Louie / Mushuganas / Thirty Seconds Deep, The Crawlspace Genitorturers / Stressball, Crobar John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, Interaction Lounge John Lydon book signing, Barbara's Bookstore K.C. & The Sunshine Band / Linda Clifford, Ka-boom! Liz Phair / Certain Distant Suns / Freakwater / Veruca Salt, Metro Lungfish / God & Texas / Lung, Lounge Ax Making Music On Your Own Terms: Surviving As An Independent: a panel with Steve Albini / Rian Murphy / Brad Wood, Empty Bottle Marble / Agatha, Lounge Ax Material Issue, Bradley Center Matthew Sweet, Park West Meat Loaf, Bradley Center Medicine, Lounge Ax Melissa Etheridge / Matthew Sweet, Bradley Center Michelle Shocked, Park West Moxy Fruvous / E, Schubas Tavern NKOTB, Bradley Center Pantera, Bradley Center Paul Weller / Sun 60, Metro Philip Bailey, Park West Pound (ex-Sludgeworth) / F / Flagpole / Double Odd Buck, The Crawlspace Prong, Bradley Center Queen Latifah / Solsonics / Fugees, Park West REO Speedwagon, Bradley Center Rickie Lee Jones, ???PICK-STAIGER Schooly D ==CANCELLED==, Elbo Room Sick Of It All / NOFX / Face To Face / Snapcase, Oak Theatre Sir Douglas Quintet, Lounge Ax Slapstick / Apocolypse Hoboken / Mob Action / Another Frog Suicide, The Crawlspace Small Ball Paul / Milkmine, Empty Bottle Stanley Clarke / Larry Carlton / Billy Cobham / Najee, Star Plaza Theater Syd Straw, Lounge Ax Thax After Dark, Lounge Ax Urge Overkill, Metro The Vix Crater / Miss Universe / Do It Now Foundation, Lounge Ax Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 20 Wed 7:30 Pantera / Crowbar (aa) May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50 Blues Traveler / Soulhat Arie Crown Theatre --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 17 Fri Yanni 18 Sat Yanni Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 20 Wed Jake E. Lee / Jaxx / Crucifix 28 Thu Greg Ginn / Rig / Dyslexic Apaches / The Kursed 30 Sat 9:30 $10 Prong / Course Of Empire (21+) Barbara's Bookstore: 3130 N. Broadway / (312) 477-0411 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 16 Sat 5:00 *John Lydon book signing Bradley Center: 24th & Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (414) 276-4545 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 19 Tue 8:00 *Pantera 24 Sun 8:00 *Melissa Etheridge / Matthew Sweet 29 Fri 8:00 *Prong 30 Sat 8:00 *NKOTB May 04 Wed 8:00 *Material Issue 12 Thu 8:00 *Blues Traveler 24 Tue 8:00 *REO Speedwagon (tix Sat 10am) 25 Wed 8:00 *Queen Latifah (tix Sat 10am) Jul 18 Mon 8:00 *Meat Loaf The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport) / (312) 248-5822 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 15 Fri 7:00 $4 *Slapstick / Apocolypse Hoboken / Mob Action / Another Frog Suicide (aa) 16 Sat 7:00 $5 *Pound (ex-Sludgeworth) / F / Flagpole / Double Odd Buck (aa) 30 Sat emiLy / Tommyrot / Chemical Blue / tba May 06 Fri 6:30 *The Geezers / 88 Fingers Louie / Mushuganas / Thirty Seconds Deep Crobar: 1543 N. Kingsbury / (312) 587-1313 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 10 Tue $10 *Genitorturers / Stressball Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 24 Sun Stanley Jordan May 06 Fri Black Uhuru 07 Sat NRBQ / Rollover 14 Sat Judy Tenuta 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. It's not at the store so call the store for info.) Elbo Room: 2871 N. Lincoln, (312) 549-7700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 24 Sun *Schooly D ==CANCELLED== Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 15 Fri 10:30 Mono Men / The Mortals / Cowslingers 16 Sat *Small Ball Paul / Milkmine 26 Tue 7:30 *Making Music On Your Own Terms: Surviving As An Independent: a panel with Steve Albini / Rian Murphy / Brad Wood 28 Thu *Babes In Toyland / Dis / Scarce (tix at Ajax Records) Interaction Lounge: 3815 W. Lake, Stone Park / (708) 345-4080 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 30 Sat *John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band Ka-boom!: 747 N. Green / (312) 243-8600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 27 Wed *K.C. & The Sunshine Band / Linda Clifford Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 15 Fri Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mule / Silkworm / Crain 16 Sat Railroad Jerk / Mother / Slowworm 17 Sun Dandelion / Black Market Flowers 20 Wed *Marble / Agatha 21 Thu *Thax After Dark 22 Fri *Lungfish / God & Texas / Lung 23 Sat Bailter Space / Karl Hendricks Trio / Hardvark 27 Wed *Medicine 27 Wed *The Vix Crater / Miss Universe / Do It Now Foundation 30 Sat The Silos / Loose Diamonds / Duckhills May 04 Wed Faust / Gastr Del Sol 08 Sun *Syd Straw 15 Sun 10:00 $15 *Sir Douglas Quintet (tix via TicketMaster) COMING: Medicine / Hair & Skin Trading Company, Five Eight, Cub, Rollerskate Skinny, Barkmarket / Spongehead / Morning Glories, Tar (!), Arcwelder Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 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+) 06 Fri 7:00 Incognito (aa) 06 Fri 11:30 Luna / Low 07 Sat 7:30 *Urge Overkill (aa) (tix Sat noon) 14 Sat 7:00 *Paul Weller / Sun 60 (aa) (tix Sat noon) 15 Sun *Liz Phair / Certain Distant Suns / Freakwater / Veruca Salt (no on-sale date) 16 Mon *Brand New Heavies (tix Sat noon) 28 Sat 7:00 KMFDM / Chemlab / Sister Machine Gun / Acumen (aa) Oak Theatre: Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 23 Sat 6:00 $9 7 Seconds / Sam Black Church / Vic Vacume & The Attachments / Full (tix only at the door) May 12 Thu 6:30 *Sick Of It All / NOFX / Face To Face / Snapcase (tix only at the door) Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 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 15 Fri 7:30 The Subdudes / Pat McLaughlin ==SOLD OUT== 20 Wed 7:30 Cece Peniston (aa) 23 Sat 7:30 The Benoit/Freeman Project w/special guest Phil Perry 24 Sun 7:30 $13.50 King's X (aa) 26 Tue 7:30 $12 Sass Jordan (aa) May 03 Tue 7:30 The Brian Setzer Orchestra 10 Tue 7:30 $16 Matthew Sweet (aa) ==SOLD OUT== 10 Tue 7:30 *Matthew Sweet (aa) 17 Tue 7:30 *Michelle Shocked (aa) (tix Sat 10am) 18 Wed 7:30 *Philip Bailey (tix Sat 10am) 19 Thu 7:30 *Cassandra Wilson (tix Sat 10am) 22 Sun *Queen Latifah / Solsonics / Fugees (aa) (tix Sat 10am) ???PICK-STAIGER --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 27 Wed *Rickie Lee Jones (rescheduled from earlier date) Poplar Creek: Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Fri *Brooks and Dunn / Clay Walker / Faith Hill (tix Sat 10am) 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 17 Sun 7:30 Bob Dylan ==SOLD OUT== 18 Mon 7:30 Bob Dylan 29 Fri 7:00 $22.50 NKOTB (aa) 30 Sat 9:30 $22.50 Anthrax / Fight May 06 Fri 7:00 $23 Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell (aa) 07 Sat 7:00 Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (aa) ==SOLD OUT== 14 Sat 6:00 $15 Tool / Flaming Lips / Failure ==SOLD OUT== Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 25 Wed 8:00 *Bryan Adams (tix Sat 10am) Jul 20 Wed 8:00 $27-40 Phil Collins ==SOLD OUT== 21 Thu 8:00 $27-40 Phil Collins Schaumburg Rec. Center: 505 Springisguth, Schaumburg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 15 Fri 7:00 $5 *Battle Of The Bands: Tub Ring / Jubba / Equinox / Fractasm / Sweet Cyanide (aa) Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 16 Sat 10:00 *Blue Rodeo 17 Sun 9:00 *Blue Rodeo 27 Wed *Moxy Fruvous / E 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 18 Sat Kansas / ELO Jul 01 Fri 8:00 $28 Aretha Franklin 16 Sat 8:00 $28 Hank Williams Jr. 29 Fri *Stanley Clarke / Larry Carlton / Billy Cobham / Najee 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 16 Mon 7:30 Salt-n-Pepa / R.Kelly / Kid Capri / Xscape Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center: Valparaiso, IN / (219) 464-5233 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 16 Sat 8:00 $16-22 Bob Dylan (Tix available via TicketMaster) 21 Thu 8:00 $12-18 Violent Femmes (Tix available via TicketMaster) The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 22 Fri 7:30 The Connells / The Indians (aa) 30 Sat 7:30 Sarah McLachlan / The Devlins (aa) May 05 Thu 7:30 $19 Peter Himmelman / Kevin Montgomery 18 Wed 7:30 *Charlatans / Queen Sarah Saturday (aa) World Music Theater: Tinley Park --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 11 Wed *Depeche Mode / Primal Scream / Stabbing Westward (tix Sat 10am) 28 Sat Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test Dummies Jul 09 Sat 7:30 $20-52 Meat Loaf Wrigleyside: 3527 N. Clark --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 24 Sun 7:00 $5 *The Fighters / Think n' Da Bad Kidz / Winepress / Chemical Blue (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 information listed is subject to change. Phone First. 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. Everything else: Andy Lester <alester@farpost.chi.il.us> (preferred) or or <alester@mcs.com> (if you must). Send any additions, errors 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 Chicago Favorite Bands: cheeks@interaccess.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |