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April 14, 1994

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What are these lists?
                    Shows of note as of 04/14/94
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             The Chicago Shows List: Kurt quote goes here
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 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
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 Apr 20 Wed 7:30         Pantera / Crowbar (aa)
 May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50  Blues Traveler / Soulhat
 
 
 Arie Crown Theatre
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 Jun 17 Fri              Yanni
     18 Sat              Yanni
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 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
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 Apr 16 Sat 5:00         *John Lydon book signing
 
 
 Bradley Center: 24th & Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (414) 276-4545
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 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
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 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
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 May 10 Tue $10          *Genitorturers / Stressball
 
 
 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
     14 Sat              Judy Tenuta
 
 
 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.  It's not at
                             the store so call the store for info.)
 
 
 Elbo Room:  2871 N. Lincoln, (312) 549-7700
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 Apr 24 Sun              *Schooly D ==CANCELLED==
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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 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
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 Apr 30 Sat              *John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
 
 
 Ka-boom!:  747 N. Green / (312) 243-8600
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 Apr 27 Wed              *K.C. & The Sunshine Band / Linda Clifford
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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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 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
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 Apr 27 Wed              *Rickie Lee Jones (rescheduled from earlier date)
 
 
 Poplar Creek:  Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59
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 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
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 May 01 Sun              Victor Borge
 
 
 Riviera Theatre:  4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway)
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 Apr 16 Sat 10:00        *Blue Rodeo
     17 Sun 9:00         *Blue Rodeo
     27 Wed              *Moxy Fruvous / E
 
 
 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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 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
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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
     16 Mon 7:30         Salt-n-Pepa / R.Kelly / Kid Capri / Xscape
 
 
 Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center: Valparaiso, IN / (219) 464-5233
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 Apr 24 Sun 7:00 $5      *The Fighters / Think n' Da Bad Kidz / Winepress /
                             Chemical Blue (aa)
 
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     18+     18-and-over
     21+     21-and-over
     aa      all ages
 
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