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Grace (at Elston) / (312) 478-4408 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 13 Sat *Kevin Burke / Liz Carroll Alpine Valley: Hwy D & Hwy 120, East Troy, WI (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 06 Sat 2:00 Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Tammy Wynette / Merle Haggard / Asleep At The Wheel / Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass / Ralph Emery 14 Sun 7:00 Pantera / Sepultura / Prong Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Thu Helmet / Rollins Band / Sausage Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri Murphy's Law / Shootyz Groove / International Hoodwink Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 26 Fri 7:30 Johnny Cash / The Jayhawks (aa) Cafe Kismet: 131 N. Genesee, Waukegan / (708) 244-1111 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 27 Sat *Unblind Camp Randall Stadium: Madison, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 26 Fri Rolling Stones / Lenny Kravitz Chicago Princess (a boat!): Navy Pier --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 26 Fri midnite $40 New Duncan Imperials Fan Convention (call Pravda Records at (312) 549-3776) Milwaukee County Stadium: Somewhere in Milwaukee --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Thu Elton John & Billy Joel Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri Chris Connelly & William Tucker / Word Bongo 06 Sat Ass Ponys / Number 1 Cup 07 Sun Supermodel / The Hushdrops 11 Thu The Shiv / Stonebillies / Dagnabit 12 Fri Every Good Boy / Mint Aundry / Twang Bang 13 Sat Ultra Swiss / Tenderloin / Mo Fuzz 14 Sun *Lava Sutra / Yardsale 18 Thu The Lupins / Tripmaster Monkey 19 Fri Love Jones 20 Sat *Fig Dish / Outrageous Cherry 21 Sun *Hi-Fi and the Road Burners / Sons Of Hercules / Nubile Thangs 25 Thu Hot Heels / The Flying Luttenbachers / Devil Bell Hippies 26 Fri Dahmba 8 / Ulele 27 Sat *Brown Betty / Slot / Judge Nothing 28 Sun *Groove Pushers Sep 01 Thu Garden Bower / Luck Of Eden Hall 06 Tue *Morphine 07 Wed *Morphine 08 Thu *Morphine Eagles Auditorium: 2401 W. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri 5:00 $20 Motorhead / Morbid Angel / Nuclear Assault / Afterlife / Malevolent Creation / A/C / Goreguts / Collapsing Lungs / 15 other "attractions"(?) (aa) 06 Sat 11:00a $35 Slayer / Cannibal Corpse / Overkill / Bolt Thrower / Love/Hate / Epidemic / Murphy's Law / Cynic / Morta Skuld / Thought Industry / Dead Fly Boy / 40 other bands (aa) Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn, Elmhurst --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Fri $5 88 Fingers Louie / The Fighters / Tommyrot / Creature Did / Pinwheel (aa) Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri Renfields / Throw / Mercury Players / Indie 500 06 Sat Low / Morning Glories / Slip / Nerdy Girls 11 Thu Man Or Astroman? / Jack 'o' Fire / Oblivians 12 Fri Monomen / Mortals / The Waste Kings / Mexican Doorbell 13 Sat 6:00 +All-day Wienie Roast: The Cows / Babe the Blue Ox / Moviola / The Frogs / The Wrens 18 Thu Zen Guerilla / Gravitar / Frontier 19 Fri +Dis / Craw / Tulips / Bedwetter 26 Fri Railroad Jerk / Flap 27 Sat +God and Texas / Tire / Hum COMING: Carnival Strippers, Zen Guerrilla, Dis, Love Cup, Railroad Jerk, Nothing Painted Blue, Flap, God & Texas, Hum Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri 6:30 $5 Oblivion / No Empathy / The Fighters / Looney Bin / Fuzz Gunn (aa) 10 Wed $5 Guilt / Enkindle / Ricochet / Jasta 14 / KPF (aa) 11 Thu $5 Sense Field / State Of The Nation / Guttersnipe (aa) 14 Sun $5 *Winepress / The Meat Sisters / Selfish / June (aa) ("Enter the Punk Rock Bowling Challenge. Highest score gets a trophy and a $25 Underdog Records gift certificate.") 21 Sun $5 Chaos UK / Swinging Udders / Eyehategod / 88 Fingers Louie (aa) (Brian) Oct 02 Sun 7:00 *Naked Aggression / Oblivion / Apocalypse Hoboken Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn / (708) 788-2188 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 13 Sat Trout Fishing In America 17 Wed Iris DeMent Freefest: Cricket Hill, 4600 North at Wilson & LSD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Fri 11:30a Freefest (runs 12th-14th: Urbn DK / Cyclone Temple / Wesley Willis Fiasco / Vic Vacume / Demented Ted / Urban Twang / Maestro Subgum / Rustbucket / Schwa / Busker Soundcheck / and a zillion more... email if you're interested) Gateway Theatre: 5216 W. Lawrence --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 13 Sat 6:30 $7 Dark Oasis / Control'd Chaos / Acid Reign / tba (aa) Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri Jesus Lizard / Five Style / Jaks 06 Sat Jesus Lizard / Mule / Zug Island Quartet 07 Sun Bill Direen / Stamen / New Rob Robbies / Slip 10 Wed *Tchkung! / Cathouse / Myra Manes 12 Fri +Bad Livers / Volebeats 13 Sat +Red Red Meat / Glue / Laundry 14 Sun +Jawbox / Shiner / Brainiac 15 Mon Eleventh Dream Day with Ira Kaplan 16 Tue El Vez COMING: Tsunami, Coctails, Trenchmouth, Gastr del Soul, Plush, Smog, Specula, Tortoise, The Sea & Cake, Peter Jeffries, Combustible Edison, The Silos Logan Square Auditorium: 2539 N. Kezdie --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 04 Sun 6:00 $10 Pine Tar .406: Shellac / Tar / MX80 / Six Finger Satellite Maier Lakefront Festival Park: Milwaukee, WI / (414) 476-3378 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 19 Fri $8/$5 Milwaukee Irish Fest (thru the 21st. Contact Edward Beimborn <beimborn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> or http://celtic.stanford.edu/ceolas.html) Marcus Amphitheater: Lakefront at I-794, Milwaukee, WI (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri 8:00 Aerosmith / Jackyl 13 Sat 7:30 Stevie Nicks 16 Tue 6:30 $20 Spin Doctors / Gin Blossoms / Cracker / Vinx 29 Mon 8:00 John Mellencamp / Texas Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri The Toasters / Dance Hall Crashers / Hep Cap / Voodoo Glow Skulls 05 Fri 7:00 Machines of Loving Grace / Surgery / Blood Of Abraham 06 Sat 11:30 Acumen / Blue Eyed Christ 09 Tue 10:00 *The Orb (18+) 10 Wed 7:00 The Offspring / Big Drill Car / Guttermouth (aa) ==SOLD OUT== 10 Wed 11:30 $3 Spank Wagon / Blanket Party / Butt Gravy (18+) 12 Fri 11:30 Tragically Hip / Spirit Of The West (18+) ==SOLD OUT== 13 Sat 7:30 Tragically Hip / Spirit Of The West (aa) 13 Sat 11:30 Christian Death / Electric Hellfire Club 17 Wed 9:30 $3 Tiny / Grover / Mr. Furley / Soul Ingredient (18+) 19 Fri 7:00 Dyslexic Apaches / Mercy Rule / They Came In Droves 19 Fri 11:30 +The Pursuit Of Happiness / Dovetail Joint 20 Sat 7:30 Brand New Heavies 24 Wed 9:30 $3 Hedge / Brother Theresa / Skin / Ignatius (18+) 26 Fri Baby M / Marble / Young Lords / Tarpit / The Absolute 27 Sat 7:00 *Smoking Popes / Gauge / No Empathy / Cap'n Jazz 27 Sat 11:30 *Sky Cries Mary / Glee Club Sep 02 Fri *Eve/thing Oak Theatre: Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 20 Sat 7:00 +Napalm Death / Obituary / Machine Head (aa) Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 06 Sat Skapone / Mistamina / Hot Stove Jimmy 13 Sat Jack Dempseys Full / Slag 20 Sat Emir / Vertical Drop / Thumb Fat Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 06 Sat 7:30 Rosanne Cash 10 Wed 7:30 US3 / Reg E. Gaines & The Fugees (aa) 16 Tue 8:30 Peter Himmelman (aa) Sep 03 Sat 7:30 John Wesley Harding & Rob Wasserman (aa) 08 Thu 7:30 *Warren Zevon (tix Sat 10am) 09 Fri 6:30 *Everything But The Girl (aa) (tix Sat 10am) 14 Wed 7:30 *Joe Cocker (tix Sat 10am) 15 Thu 8:00 *Boz Scaggs (tix Sat 10am) Poplar Creek: Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri Bette Midler 10 Wed Jackson Browne / John Hiatt 12 Fri 8:00 Beach Boys / America 13 Sat Vince Gill / Patty Loveless / Larry Stewart 15 Mon Stevie Nicks / Darden Smith 17 Wed Doobie Brothers / Foreigner 18 Thu Raffi 20 Sat Chicago 21 Sun Liza Minnelli / Billy Stritch 22 Mon Mannheim Steamroller 24 Wed Barry Manilow 25 Thu Bonnie Raitt / Bruce Hornsby 26 Fri 8:00 Steely Dan 27 Sat Reba McEntire / John Michael Montgomery 31 Wed B.B. King / Little Feat / Dr. John / tba Sep 01 Thu Lorrie Morgan / Neal McCoy / Billy Joe Shaver 02 Fri 8:00 $18-52 Basia / Spyro Gyra Ravinia: Lake-Cook & Green Bay Roads, Highland Park / (312) R-A-V-I-N-I-A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 07 Sun 8:00 $7/$30 Oscar Peterson Quartet 09 Tue 7:00 $7/$25 Los Lobos 10 Wed 8:00 $7/$25 Neville Brothers 16 Tue 8:00 $7/$35 George Benson / Manhattan Transfer 19 Fri 8:00 $7/$30 Victor Borge 21 Sun 7:00 $7/$30 Natalie Cole Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 06 Sat Earth Crisis / Strife / Half-mast / Envy (aa) (Dave) 13 Sat 7:00 David Lee Roth (aa) 19 Fri Snapcase / Lifetime / Offsides (Dave) 26 Fri The Vandals / MDC / Horace Pinker / NIL8 (Dave) Rolling Stones Records: Harlem & Irving, Norridge --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 06 Sat 1:00 *Jackyl in-store appearance Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 18 Thu *Cath Carroll Skyline Stage: Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand, Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 16 Tue 7:30 Sarah McLachlan / October Project Soldier Field: Where the Bears play (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 11 Sun 7:30 Rolling Stones / Lenny Kravitz ==SOLD OUT== Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 13 Sat *George Carlin 3rd Floor: 223 E. Chicago St., Elgin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 06 Sat Tommyrot / International Hoowdwink / Jerkwater / Father Ted / Tremelo (aa) (Brian) 13 Sat $5 Dirt Merchants / Greenhouse / Headcleaner / Genuine Idaho (aa) (Brian) UIC Pavilion: U. Of I. Chicago, 1140 W. Harrison / (312) 413-5740 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Fri Stone Temple Pilots / Meat Puppets / Jawbox ==SOLD OUT== Sep 03 Sat 7:30 *Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (aa) (tix Sat 10am) The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri *Archers of Loaf / Compound Red / Pony 06 Sat +Big Drill Car / Alligator Gun (21+) 11 Thu *Tenderloin / Mercurys 12 Fri *Green Magnet School / Sometime Sweet Susan / Queer 18 Thu *Triple Fast Action 19 Fri *Mickey Finn 20 Sat *Saucer 26 Fri *Blind Venetians UW Memorial Union: 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI / (608) 265-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri Common Faces 06 Sat Milk Of Amnesia (The Memorial Union is a membership organization. You don't have to attend UW or live in Wisconsin to become a member. Annual memberships are $45.00 for Madison and $25.00 for 20 miles or more outside of Madison. You need a Union membership to purchase alchohol. For info, call 608-262-2263.) The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri Freddy Jones Band 09 Tue 7:30 Youssou N'Dour / Dhamba 8 (17+) Wisconsin State Fair: Milwaukee, WI / (800) 884-FAIR --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Fri $10-12 Clay Walker / Tracy Lawrence 06 Sat $14-16 George Strait 07 Sun $12-14 Lynyrd Skynyrd / .38 Special 08 Mon $10-12 All-4-One 09 Tue $12-14 Richard Marx 10 Wed $12-14 The Beach Boys / America 11 Thu $14-16 Billy Ray Cyrus / Ken Mellons 12 Fri $14-16 Barry Manilow 13 Sat $12-14 John Nichael Montgomery / Restless Heart 14 Sun $14-16 Reba / Bill Engvall World Music Theater: Tinley Park (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 06 Sat Aerosmith / Jackyl 13 Sat Spin Doctors / Gin Blossoms / Cracker 19 Fri Playboy Jazz Festival: Al Jarreau / Joe Sample / Etta James / Terence Blanchard / Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials / Jr. Walker & The All-Stars 26 Fri Melissa Etheridge / Billy Pilgrim 27 Sat John Mellencamp / Texas 28 Sun Traffic / Subdudes Sep 03 Sat +Harry Connick Jr. / Leroy Jones Quintet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The code list: * new listing + listing has changed this week 18+ 18-and-over 21+ 21-and-over aa all ages (TM) Tickets available from TicketMaster Chicago: (312) 559-1212 Wisconsin: (414) 276-4545 Brian Contact Brian Swiftkick @ (312) 384-5813 Dave Contact Dave @ (312) 248-5822 All information listed is subject to change. Phone First. The Shows List is updated late every Thursday night. You can get it over the Internet in two ways: World-Wide Web: http://www.mcs.net/~alester/home.html Mail subscription: <lclayton@uhuru.uchicago.edu> Liz Clayton handles all things relating to the mail subscriptions. To be added or dropped from the mailing list, send her mail. For all non-subscription-related comments, additions to the list, etc, mail me, Andy Lester, at <alester@farpost.chi.il.us> (preferred) or <alester@mcs.com> (if you must). If you send me a request to be added or dropped from the list, I will mail it back to you, or ignore it. You can also get it from Far Post BBS, (708) 934-6224 Other shows lists available on the Internet: Chicago Favorite Bands: cheeks@interaccess.com Atlanta: ofross@vader.cc.emory.edu (on hiatus 'til fall) San Francisco: the-list-request@violet.berkeley.edu Boston: wisner@aiag.enet.dec.com Iowa: zlabinge@ac.grin.edu Washington, DC DIY: brendan@clark.net --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |