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The Chicago Shows List
Don't you dare to try and stop us
Bustin' out dead or alive
Shows of note as of 04/27/95
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NOTES
This week, the Shows List readers have come through for us all with
mucho information, re: Lollapolooza, Crash Worship, G Love & Special
Sauce, Sonic Youth and Pavement.
TAR
Tar are playing what will probably be one of their last shows at
Fireside on May 13. They're selling advance tickets for this one at
Ajax Records, Reckless Records and Fireside.
LOLLAPALOOZA
The Lollapalooza lineup is : Sonic Youth, Hole, Cypress Hill, Pavement,
Sinead O'connor, Beck, The Jesus Lizard, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
No info on dates here yet. All of this direct from the Lollapalooza
WWW page at http://lollapalooza.com.
CRASH WORSHIP
Matthew Gambino lets us know that Crash Worship are playing at Laflan
Warehouse. I have no clue where this is. Any information, like an
address, will be appreciated.
SMOOTHIES/FOO
Joe Bertoletti saves me a trip to Off The Alley this weekend by letting
me know that the Smoothies / Foo isn't happening, which is too bad. I
saw Foo for the first time last weekend, and they were great. They're
replaced by A.C. and Eye Gouger. Yeesh.
SUBSCRIPTION INFO
Mail a request to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. Please mention where you
saw the list, just for my own curiosity.
CORRESPONDENCE
Send additions, corrections, anything to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>
NEW THIS WEEK
A.C. / 7000 Dying Rats / Eye Gouger, Off The Alley
All / The Toadies, The Rave
Altan, Old Town School Of Folk Music
Apocalypse Hoboken, Over The Edge
Avocado Jungle Fuzz / Philo / Owen Meany, Metro
AYA / Gift Apple / Johnny One Note / Laxatives, Off The Alley
A-Zone May Day celebration, Autonomous Zone
Big Goddess Powwow 5: Nora Dunn / Lisa Buscani / Paula Killen /
Marcia Wilkie / Betty's Mouth / Donna Blue Lachman / Donna Rose /
Sharon Powell / Taylor Miller, Metro
Big Goddess Powwow 5: second show, Metro
Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, Club De Wash
Mary Black in-store appearance, Tower Records
Catch 22 / Stranger Things / Marvel Kind, Metro
Eric Clapton, United Center
Crash Worship, Laflan Warehouse
Dick Dale, The Paramount
Richard Elliot / Peter White / Warren Hill / Craig Chaquico, Skyline
Stage
Melissa Etheridge, Bradley Center
The Figgs / Front Of Truck, The Unicorn
The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Skyline Stage
Foo / Sidekick Kato / Poonjab / Great Brain, Off The Alley
Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons / Nelson Rangell, Skyline Stage
FSK featuring David Lowery, Double Door
G. Love & Special Sauce, Norris Center
Georgia Satellites / J.P. & The Ramblers, Shades
Glue, The Unicorn
Goodbye Harry / Full, Metro
Great White / Randy Baldwin, Coronet Theater
Green / The Nobodys / Kidd Millions, Bedrocks
Houseboy / Vasectomy Surgeons / Geezers / tba x 2, Wilmette Youth Club
Hum / Nikki's Charm / Girl Crazy, The Unicorn
Hum, Club De Wash
Incognito, Skyline Stage
Inertia Ensemble, Shank Hall
Inkis / 2.5 & The Evil Eye / tba, Tunnels Of Fun
Jesus Christ Superstar presented by Tribe Theater, Shank Hall
Kitchens Of Distinction, The Unicorn
KMFDM / Dink, Metro
The Last Poets, The Rathskeller
Love Kit / Tarnations, Double Door
John McCutcheon, Old Town School Of Folk Music
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Barrymore Theatre
Mudhoney / Claw Hammer, The Rave
Nihil / Ivory Library / Cookie Bug, The Unicorn
No Empathy / I Love Rich / The Morning Woodies / General River, P.I.T.
No Empathy / Not Rebecca / tba, Tunnels Of Fun
Onespot Fringehead / The Great Brain / International Hoodwink / Vuva
La Squnge, Fireside Bowl
The Parasites / Squirtgun / Alligator Gun, Alumni House
Pavement / Come / The Dirty Three, The Vic
Pavement, Mandel Hall
Phil Circle, Hokin Gallery
Pickle / International Hoodwink / Rusty, Metro
Tito Puente & His Latin All-Stars, Skyline Stage
Run Westy Run, The Unicorn
Diane Schuur / Kurt Elling, Skyline Stage
Screw Party / Rod Almighty, Double Door
Sidekick Kato / Cap'n Jazz / Parker Brothers / General River, P.I.T.
Skapone / Deals Gone Bad, Off The Alley
Slapstick / Goofs / Regatta 69 / Smitty, The Paramount
Slapstick / Rocketship Arnold / Groovy Love Vibes / Down And Out,
Tunnels Of Fun
Snap Judgement / Urbn DK / 1096 / The Reluctants, Off The Alley
Todd Snider ==CANCELLED==, Metro
Sonic Youth, Metro
John Tesh, Skyline Stage
Total Chaos / Batallion Of Saints / The Hitmen / The 4-Squares,
Hemensway Auditorium
Tower Of Power / Boney James, Skyline Stage
Trenchmouth / Apocalypse Hoboken / 30 Seconds Deep / Stanley's Joyful
Noise, Metro
The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black / Babbette's Feast / The
Rainshakers, Bedrocks
Alpine Valley: Hwy D & Hwy 120 / East Troy, WI / (TM)
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May 27 Sat Boston
Jun 10 Sat Jimmy Buffett
Jul 29 Sat Van Halen
Alumni House: 863 5th St. / Beloit, WI
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May 10 Wed 7:00 $5 *The Parasites / Squirtgun / Alligator Gun
Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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May 19 Fri 7:30 White Zombie / Rev. Horton Heat / Melvins
Autonomous Zone: 2045 W. North / Chicago, IL / (312) 278-0775
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Apr 29 Sat 8:00 $4 *A-Zone May Day celebration : Schloinke (west
town's hardest drinking klezmer outfit) /
Daryl spinning discs / Ray "Sarah" Charles /
Tony Atoms unbuttplugged / Kate Matt not a
poet no-ma'am
Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345
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Apr 30 Sun 7:30 $15 Altan
May 07 Sun Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft
14 Sun Jeff Buckley / Chris Connelly
Jun 25 Sun 7:30 $18 *Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Beckman's Infinity: Grand & Buttrick / Waukegan, IL / (708) 625-8892
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Apr 28 Fri $3 Certain Distant Suns / Stranger Things / Juba
May 05 Fri $4 Suicide Kings
19 Fri $5 Klinefelter
27 Sat $3 Figdish / Eternalux / Eve/thing
28 Sun $3 Frozen Orange / Stranger Things / Over Barcelona
Bedrocks: 2125 W. Roscoe / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-1700
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Apr 28 Fri Shimmer / Pound / Frozen Orange
May 19 Fri *The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black / Babbette's
Feast / The Rainshakers
Jun 02 Fri *Green / The Nobodys / Kidd Millions
Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL /
(312) 236-0123
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Jun 08 Thu 7:30 Ian Anderson
14 Wed 7:30 King Crimson ==SOLD OUT==
The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444
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May 04 Thu Milk / Liquorette
07 Sun 8:00 $5 The Grifters / Rex (tix at door only)
Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 227-0400
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May 02 Tue Page & Plant
Jun 04 Sun *Melissa Etheridge
14 Wed Yanni
Chicago Filmmakers: Division & Milwaukee / Chicago, IL
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May 26 Fri Tortoise / Labradford / Ui
Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130
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May 06 Sat Julio Iglesias
The Civic Center: State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 255-4646 (aa)
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May 03 Wed 7:30 Peter Paul & Mary
05 Fri 8:00 BoDeans
13 Sat 8:00 $18 Jim Cullum Jazz Band
Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302
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Apr 29 Sat Archers Of Loaf / Glue
30 Sun *Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet
May 04 Thu Bottle Rockets
05 Fri *Hum
College Of Dupage Arts Center: 22nd St. & Lambert Rd. / Glen Ellyn, IL /
(708) 858-3110
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May 05 Fri Gordon Lightfoot
21 Sun Beausoleil
Coronet Theater: 817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030
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Apr 29 Sat The Mother Hips / Peat Moss
May 04 Thu Dry County Alice
05 Fri 7:00 *Great White / Randy Baldwin
13 Sat Uptighty / Citizen King
19 Fri Ohio Players
Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662
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May 25 Thu 7:30 The Toasters / Let's Go Bowling / Mustard Plug
27 Sat Dick Dale / Kevin Salem
Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160
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Apr 28 Fri 10:00 $10 Alex Chilton / Glue
29 Sat 10:30 $8 Sally Timms / Waco Brothers
30 Sun 10:00 $3 Al Rose & The Transcendos / Miga Chronoupolous /
Carnival of Faith
May 03 Wed Dysfunctionells / Draw
04 Thu The Vix Krater / S.F. Envelope
10 Wed *Love Kit / Tarnations
11 Thu Baby M / Lovey Howell / Hot Heels
13 Sat Wickerman / Loud Mouth / Teen Alien
14 Sun *FSK featuring David Lowery
18 Thu *Screw Party / Rod Almighty
19 Fri Sabalon Glitz / Polara / Small Factory / Sardina
20 Sat Rollover
25 Thu Kitchens Of Distinction / Fossil
27 Sat Seam / aMiniature / Venus Cures All
Eagles Auditorium: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 (TM)
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May 18 Thu 8:00 White Zombie / Rev. Horton Heat / The Melvins
Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600
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Apr 28 Fri Renfields / Local H / Giants Chair
29 Sat V3 / Pipe
May 05 Fri Grifters / Rex / Nectarine
06 Sat Hum / Shiner / Milk
18 Thu Deadbolt / Astro-Naughts / Cowslingers
25 Thu Picasso Trigger / Lazy / Space Bike
27 Sat Leaving Trains
Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700
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Apr 28 Fri The Henchmen / The Howards / Stanley's Joyful
Noise / Ruby Falls / Klinefelter
29 Sat 7:00 Butt Trumpet / MU330 / The Smears
29 Sat 10:00 Three Blue Teardrops / Nitro Jr. / Rockin' Billy &
The Wild Coyotes
30 Sun Slapstick / The Suicide Machines / Skolars /
Eclectics / The Unemployed
May 01 Mon 8:00 *Onespot Fringehead / The Great Brain /
International Hoodwink / Vuva La Squnge
02 Tue Tiger 100 / My Foolish Halo / Lustre King
03 Wed 88 Fingers Louie / Serpico (ex-Sleeper) / Misery
Index / Houseboy
04 Thu Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / Alocaster / Streganano
05 Fri The Goblins / Scissor Girls / Hideaway / Three
Blue Teardrops
06 Sat 7:00 Strength 691 / Birthright / Chokehold
06 Sat 10:00 Mr. Green Weeds / Dirt Merchants / Boogie Shoes /
The Urge
07 Sun The Parasites / Parker Brothers / I Love Rich /
The Methadones / Squirtgun
10 Wed +Nubile Thangs / Hash Brown / Rocketship Arnold /
Eve Thing
11 Thu Morsel / Tetsuo / Sweetcar / Lorax
12 Fri Wickerman / Halcyon / Fragile Porcelain Mice /
Spearfest
13 Sat Tar / The Bollweevils / The Hitmen / Braid (tix at
Fireside and Reckless Records)
14 Sun Vulva Club
15 Mon Vitreous Humour / International Hoodwink
17 Wed Flatbush Foot Brigade / Agatha / Sink / Broken Skin
18 Thu Molly McGuire / Fix Your Wagon / Ikabod (ex-Red
Red Meat) / Doris
19 Fri Jerkwater / Scout (ex-Car vs. Driver) / Selfish
20 Sat 10:00 Vic Vacume & The Attachments / Urbn DK / The Ouija
Boards / Goldfish Named Blade
21 Sun Agent Orange / Apocalypse Hoboken / The Migraines
/ Charles Bronson
22 Mon Ezra Pound / International Hoodwink / tba x 2
24 Wed 6:00 Oblivion / Lunkhead / Highway 66 / Tilt
25 Thu Homocore: Excuse 17
26 Fri Picasso Trigger / C-Clamp / Jaks / Guttersnipe
27 Sat No Empathy / Not Rebecca / The Strike / Scared Of
Chaka
28 Sun Oblivion / 4-Squares / Hit Men / The Fighters
31 Wed Sam Black Church
Jun 01 Thu Kerosene 454
02 Fri Slugbug / Dick Justice
03 Sat Zoinks! / Mandingo / Bollweevils / Toucan Slam /
Guzzard
08 Thu Motorist
09 Fri Jerkwater / Sidekick Kato / Boy's Life / Poonjab
15 Thu The Technical Jed / Bristle
16 Fri Demolition Dollrods / Henchmen / Sleeposaurus
23 Fri Christie Front Drive
25 Sun Weston
Jul 03 Mon Let's Go Bowling
Friends & Co. (21+): 509 Van Buren / Charleston, IL / (217) 345-2380
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Apr 28 Fri 8:30 $5 aa Tar / Kelp / Goatboy
29 Sat 6:00 aa NIL8 / Crab Daddy
29 Sat 10:00 21+ Menthol (formerly Mother) / NIL8 / Crab Daddy
Gallery Cabaret: 2020 N. Oakley / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-5471
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May 05 Fri 8:00 FREE Free Range Chicken / The Whoremoans / Houseboy /
My Foolish Halo
Harper College: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd. / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-6100
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May 03 Wed noon FREE Delta Rhythm Kings (Building A lounge)
Hemensway Auditorium: 933 Chicago / Evanston, IL
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May 06 Sat 7:00 $5 Smoking Popes / Alligator Gun / Houseboy
10 Wed Neurosis / Grotus / Today Is The Day / tba
26 Fri 7:00 $5 *Total Chaos / Batallion Of Saints / The Hitmen /
The 4-Squares
Hokin Gallery (Columbia College): 625 S. Wabash / Chicago, IL
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May 03 Wed 1:00 FREE *Phil Circle
Hothouse: 1565 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 235-2334
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May 02 Tue 5ive Style / Dishes
Laflan Warehouse: Chicago, IL, presumably
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May 03 Wed *Crash Worship
Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620
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Apr 28 Fri 7:30 $10 G. Love & Special Sauce / Cassius Clay
28 Fri 10:30 $10 G. Love & Special Sauce / Cassius Clay
29 Sat 10:00 Helium / Sabalon Glitz / Ruby Falls
May 03 Wed Gone Daddy Finch / Vambo Marble Eye / New Rob
Robbies / Gravelbed
04 Thu Squirm / Joygirl / Fibrulator
05 Fri Lava Sutra / Almost True
06 Sat +Gaunt / Factotum / Braid
07 Sun +Ed's Redeeming Qualities / John Huss Moderate
Combo / Paddlefoot
10 Wed Kathy McCarty ==NEW DATE==
11 Thu Flavor Channel
12 Fri Southern Culture On The Skids / Handsome Family
13 Sat US Maple / Pretty Mouth
19 Fri Half Japanese
20 Sat Dirty Three / Dennison-Kimball Trio
26 Fri Cardigan Festival
27 Sat Cardigan Festival
28 Sun Cardigan Festival: Tortoise / others
Jun 10 Sat Ass Ponys / Lazy
Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700
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Apr 28 Fri +Uptighty / Boogie Shoes
29 Sat Organic Advisor (last show)
May 11 Thu The Bludgers
Mandel Hall: University of Chicago / 57th & University / (312) 702-7300
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May 20 Sat *Pavement (according to the Pavement WWW page)
Marcus Amphitheater: Lakefront at I-794 / Milwaukee, WI / (TM)
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May 29 Mon $10-15 Adam Ant / Collective Soul / Sponge / Flaming
29 Mon noon $10-15 Adam Ant / Bush / The Caulfields / Collective Soul
/ Duran Duran / Faith No More / Flaming Lips /
Letters To Cleo / The Ramones / Sponge /
Violent Femmes (Call 800-837-FEST for info.)
Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM)
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Apr 28 Fri 7:00 $13 aa Material Issue / Slink Moss ==SOLD OUT==
28 Fri 11:30 Archers Of Loaf / Beatnik Filmstars
29 Sat 7:00 aa *Todd Snider ==CANCELLED==
29 Sat 11:30 Mean Reds / Solar Tribe / Peep
May 02 Tue 7:00 aa Goo Goo Dolls / hHead
03 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ Jerkwater / Earth 18 / Herbal Flesh Tea / The
Lucid Chapter
04 Thu 7:30 18+ The Smithereens
05 Fri Mariana Trench / Luxury Bucket / Marble /
Infraction (mail KASSOVER@AC.GRIN.EDU for free
tickets)
06 Sat Mike Watt / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft ==SOLD OUT==
06 Sat 11:30 *Avocado Jungle Fuzz / Philo / Owen Meany
10 Wed Radial Spangle / St. Johnny / Astroboy
12 Fri 6:30 $5 aa *Trenchmouth / Apocalypse Hoboken / 30 Seconds
Deep / Stanley's Joyful Noise
12 Fri Verve Pipe
13 Sat 7:00 Jeff Buckley / Soul Coughing
13 Sat 11:30 *Catch 22 / Stranger Things / Marvel Kind
14 Sun Freakwater / Squash Blossom / Rustbucket / The
Charming Beggars
16 Tue +All / The Toadies / Season To Risk
17 Wed +The Sky Corvair / Thrush Hermit / C-Clamp
19 Fri 7:00 Poster Children / The Figgs / The Smoothies
19 Fri 11:30 Cassius Clay / Boogie Shoes
20 Sat 7:00 aa *Big Goddess Powwow 5: Nora Dunn / Lisa Buscani /
Paula Killen / Marcia Wilkie / Betty's Mouth /
Donna Blue Lachman / Donna Rose / Sharon
Powell / Taylor Miller
20 Sat 11:30 18+ *Big Goddess Powwow 5: second show
21 Sun Wolfgang Press / Suddenly Tammy!
24 Wed *Pickle / International Hoodwink / Rusty
25 Thu $15 Morphine
26 Fri $15 Morphine
27 Sat $15 Morphine
29 Mon 7:00 aa KMFDM / Dink ==SOLD OUT==
30 Tue $19 KMFDM / Dink ==SOLD OUT==
31 Wed *KMFDM / Dink
Jun 01 Thu *Sonic Youth (unconfirmed)
Jul 19 Wed 7:00 aa *Goodbye Harry / Full
Rockford MetroCentre: 300 Elm Street / Rockford, IL / (815) 968-5222
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May 09 Tue Lynyrd Skynyrd / Tesla
Milk Of Burgundy: 1947 W. North / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-8004
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Apr 28 Fri 10:00 A.C. / Scissor Girls / Mr. Velocity Hopkins vs.
Weasel Walter / Hott Lixx
Milwaukee VFW Hall: 2900 W. Lincoln / Milwaukee, WI
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May 06 Sat 4:00 $6 aa The Invaders / The Parka Kings / Issac Green & The
Skalars / The Skandals / Greenhouse / The
Hubcaps (The Skalars are not the Skolars from
Michigan.)
Norris Center: Northwestern U., 1999 S. Campus Drive / Evanston, IL
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Apr 28 Fri 3:00 FREE *G. Love & Special Sauce
Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252
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Apr 29 Sat 7:00 $6 *A.C. / 7000 Dying Rats / Eye Gouger
May 06 Sat $6 Parasites / Walker / Irregulators / tba
13 Sat $6 *Snap Judgement / Urbn DK / 1096 / The Reluctants
20 Sat $6 *AYA / Gift Apple / Johnny One Note / Laxatives
27 Sat $6 *Foo / Sidekick Kato / Poonjab / Great Brain
Jun 03 Sat *Skapone / Deals Gone Bad
Old Town School Of Folk Music: 909 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL /
(312) 525-7793
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Apr 28 Fri *Altan
May 06 Sat 7:00 *John McCutcheon
06 Sat 10:00 *John McCutcheon
Over The Edge: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086
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May 13 Sat 2:00 FREE *Apocalypse Hoboken
Palatine Community Park: Palatine Rd. & NW Hwy / Palatine, IL /
(708) 925-2425
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Jun 14 Wed American English
15 Thu Battle Of The Bands '95
16 Fri Ronnie Rice
23 Fri The Saxophones
28 Wed Asbury Brass Quintet
Jul 12 Wed Simply Vintage
28 Fri Aloha Dancers
Aug 11 Fri Keith Eric & Waterhouse
23 Wed The Symphonic Pops Orchestra Of Chicago
25 Fri Johnny Star & The Meteors
The Paramount: 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171
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May 05 Fri 9:15 $15 Matthew Sweet
13 Sat 9:00 $12 Ned's Atomic Dustbin / Orange 9mm
14 Sun *Slapstick / Goofs / Regatta 69 / Smitty
Jun 07 Wed *Dick Dale
07 Wed 9:00 $16 Dick Dale
Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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Apr 29 Sat 7:30 Jane Olivor
May 03 Wed 7:30 aa Mary Black / The Rankin Family
06 Sat 7:30 aa Steve Morse Band / The Flynn Brothers Band
11 Thu 7:30 aa Sonny Landreth
18 Thu 7:30 Nancy Sinatra / Lee Hazelwood
P.I.T.: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 961-0322
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May 13 Sat *No Empathy / I Love Rich / The Morning Woodies /
General River
20 Sat 7:00 $5 *Sidekick Kato / Cap'n Jazz / Parker Brothers /
General River
26 Fri 7:00 $5 aa Horace Pinker / Alligator Gun / God's Reflex
27 Sat 7:00 $5 aa Let's Go Bowling / Mustard Plug / Greenhouse / The
Howards
The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI /
(608) 262-5079
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Apr 28 Fri *The Last Poets
The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa)
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May 05 Fri Material Issue / Vainglorious
06 Sat 8:00 Matthew Sweet
12 Fri 8:00 Ned's Atomic Dustbin / Orange 9mm
15 Mon *All / The Toadies
20 Sat 8:00 Veruca Salt
24 Wed 8:00 Pavement / Dirty Three
Jun 08 Thu 8:00 *Mudhoney / Claw Hammer
Ravinia: Lake-Cook & Green Bay Roads / Highland Park, IL /
(312) R-A-V-I-N-I-A
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Jul 05 Wed Ringo Starr
06 Thu Bruce Cockburn
12 Wed Mary Chapin Carpenter
18 Tue Pat Metheny
25 Tue David Sanborn
26 Wed Peter Paul & Mary
27 Thu Turtle Island String Quartet
Aug 01 Tue George Benson
07 Mon Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
16 Wed Los Lobos
19 Sat Harry Belafonte
27 Sun Jerry Lee Lewis
27 Sun Little Richard
31 Thu Neville Brothers
Sep 01 Fri Joan Baez / Tuck & Patti
03 Sun Garrison Keillor
The Red Herring Coffeehouse: 1209 W. Oregon St. / Urbana, IL /
(217) 367-2340
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May 06 Sat 4:00 $10 aa Deathfest '95: Fleshgrind / Desecration / Section
8 / Corpse Vomit / Avernus / Vertigorising /
Sodomized / Bodybag / Deaden ($8 in advance)
Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000
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Jun 15 Thu King Crimson ==CORRECT DATE==
Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL
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Apr 28 Fri Page & Plant / Our Lady Peace ==SOLD OUT==
29 Sat Page & Plant / Our Lady Peace ==SOLD OUT==
May 20 Sat Beastie Boys / Bad Brains / Hurricane ==SOLD OUT==
Jun 02 Fri R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT==
03 Sat R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT==
04 Sun R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT==
Shades: 21860 N. Milwaukee Ave / Deerfield, IL / (708) 634-BLUE
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May 06 Sat $12 *Georgia Satellites / J.P. & The Ramblers
Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288
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Apr 28 Fri 10:00 Love Monkeys / Flood / Suburban Gypsies
29 Sat 10:00 Bones of Contention
30 Sun 8:00 Goo-Goo Dolls / hHead
May 01 Mon 8:00 The Rankin Family
02 Tue 8:00 Hiroshima
03 Wed 8:00 Steve Morse / Greg Koch / Tone Controls
05 Fri 6:00 aa The Crusties
05 Fri 10:00 21+ The Crusties
06 Sat 7:30 *Inertia Ensemble
06 Sat 10:00 *Inertia Ensemble
09 Tue 8:00 Cake
12 Fri 10:00 The Blow-Pops
13 Sat 10:00 Southern Culture On The Skids
18 Thu *Jesus Christ Superstar presented by Tribe Theater
19 Fri *Jesus Christ Superstar presented by Tribe Theater
20 Sat *Jesus Christ Superstar presented by Tribe Theater
21 Sun Dick Dale
Skyline Stage: Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand / Chicago, IL
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May 26 Fri 8:00 Collin Raye / Billy Dean / Victoria Shaw
27 Sat 8:00 *Diane Schuur / Kurt Elling (tix Sat 10am)
28 Sun 4:00 Little Feat / Leon Redbone
28 Sun 10:00 Little Feat / Leon Redbone
29 Mon 5:00 Texas Tornadoes / Kelly Willis
31 Wed 8:00 Stephen Stills
Jun 01 Thu 8:00 Jeff Healey Band / Popa Chubby
02 Fri 11:00 $10 Koko Taylor / Floyd McDaniel & The Blues Swingers
/ Honeyboy Edwards
09 Fri 8:00 *Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons / Nelson Rangell
11 Sun 7:00 *The Flying Karamazov Brothers
15 Thu 7:30 *Incognito
Jul 07 Fri 8:00 *Richard Elliot / Peter White / Warren Hill /
Craig Chaquico
23 Sun 7:30 *John Tesh (tix Mon 10am)
Aug 04 Fri 7:30 *Tito Puente & His Latin All-Stars (tix Mon 10am)
08 Tue 8:00 *Tower Of Power / Boney James (tix Sat noon)
Soldier Field: Where the Bears play (TM)
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Jul 08 Sat 6:00 $36 Grateful Dead (ticket mail order starts 4/24)
09 Sun 6:00 $36 Grateful Dead
Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 /
(TM)
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Jun 02 Fri Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / The Association
04 Sun Pam Tillis / David Ball
Jul 07 Fri Waylon Jennings / Rick Trevino
08 Sat Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band: Zak Starkey /
Felix Cavaliere / Billy Preston / Clarence
Clemons / Nils Lofgren / John Entwhistle /
Randy Bachman
09 Sun Foreigner
14 Fri Marty Stuart
Aug 26 Sat Cheap Trick / Loverboy
Sep 02 Sat Roger Whittaker
16 Sat The Statler Brothers
17 Sun The Statler Brothers
Milwaukee Summerfest: Lakefront at I-794 / Milwaukee, WI / (800) 837-FEST
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Jul 08 Sat Pearl Jam
09 Sun Pearl Jam
Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414
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Apr 28 Fri aa Lillian Axe / Outrage / Sliver / Nihi List
28 Fri 21+ Lillian Axe / Outrage / Phantom Reign
29 Sat aa Lillian Axe / Defile / Indecent Exposure / Mudface
29 Sat 21+ Lillian Axe / Stikky Suite / Brother Orchid /
Velvet Grove
Thurston's: 1248 W. George / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-6900
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Apr 28 Fri Tarnation / Blind Venetians / Houseboy
29 Sat Hot Heels / Butt Gravy / Ball Sniffer
Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000
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May 03 Wed Saigon Kick / Naked Rhythm / Urban Disturbance
19 Fri Bad Influence
Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / Chicago, IL / (312) 477-5994
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May 03 Wed 5:00 *Mary Black in-store appearance
Tunnels Of Fun: 2843 W. Kirchoff / Rolling Meadows, IL
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May 06 Sat 7:30 $5 *Slapstick / Rocketship Arnold / Groovy Love Vibes
/ Down And Out
Jun 10 Sat 7:30 $5 *Inkis / 2.5 & The Evil Eye / tba
24 Sat 7:30 $5 *No Empathy / Not Rebecca / tba
The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123
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Apr 28 Fri Magnolias / Well / Mercuries
29 Sat Bleed / Lucky Strikes
May 01 Mon *Glue
04 Thu *Nihil / Ivory Library / Cookie Bug
05 Fri *Run Westy Run
07 Sun 5:00 aa *Hum / Nikki's Charm / Girl Crazy
12 Fri *The Figgs / Front Of Truck
26 Fri *Kitchens Of Distinction
United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL
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Sep 24 Sun *Eric Clapton (tix Sat 9am)
Nov 03 Fri Jerry Garcia Band (unconfirmed)
04 Sat Jerry Garcia Band (unconfirmed)
05 Sun Jerry Garcia Band (unconfirmed)
The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366
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Apr 29 Sat Liz Phair ==SOLD OUT==
May 03 Wed 7:30 $17 aa Adam Ant ==CORRECT DATE==
05 Fri 7:30 aa +Slaughter / Siin (moved from Park West)
14 Sun 7:30 $10 aa Ned's Atomic Dustbin / Orange 9mm
23 Tue 7:30 *Pavement / Come / The Dirty Three (tix 4/29 noon)
Jun 10 Sat PJ Harvey
Wilmette Youth Club: somewhere in Wilmette / (708) 256-5288
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May 12 Fri 6:30 $5 *Houseboy / Vasectomy Surgeons / Geezers / tba x 2
World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM)
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May 20 Sat Ted Nugent / Bad Company
24 Wed Faith No More
26 Fri Boston
27 Sat 1:00 $18 Sheryl Crow / Duran Duran / Collective Soul /
Faith No More / Phunk Junkeez / Flaming Lips /
Stone Roses / KMFDM / Sponge / Lupins / Bush
==SOLD OUT==
28 Sun Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber w/Sarah Brightman
Jun 16 Fri Yanni
Jul 28 Fri Van Halen
Aug 04 Fri Jimmy Buffett ==SOLD OUT==
WZRD: WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL / (312) 794-2861
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May 04 Thu 10:30 Jack the Dog
11 Thu 10:30 Primal Connection
18 Thu 10:30 The Vulva Club
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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
Champaign-Urbana: (217) 351-2626
Brian Contact Brian Peterson @ (312) 384-5813
Dave Contact Dave Eaves @ (312) 248-5822
Kim Contact Kim @ (312) SHE-1HER
Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310
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/
Mail subscription: <shows@farpost.chi.il.us> Ask to be added, and
mention where you found out about the list.
Please mail to shows@farpost.chi.il.us:
- New shows you'd like to see added
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- Information about other shows list across the country
- Anything other comments, etc
You can also get it from Far Post BBS, (708) 934-6224
There are many other shows lists available on the Internet. As far as I
know, unless the address is "listproc" or "listserv", the list is run by a
human, not an automated list-management program.
Chicago Shows List:
shows@farpost.chi.il.us
http://www.mcs.com/~alester/
Chicago Favorite Bands:
cheeks@interaccess.com
http://www.interaccess.com/users/cheeks/Music/chifav.html
Chicago Folk Shows:
hrow@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
Chicago Classical Search Engine:
http://andyspc.rh.uchicago.edu/music/concerts.html
Champaign/Urbana, IL:
shows@uiuc.edu
Madison, WI:
listproc@scrap.ssec.wisc.edu
In the body of the message, put:
subscribe madmusic Your Name
http://scrap.ssec.wisc.edu/music/madison.clubs
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bands@ac.grin.edu
Midwest (OH,MI,KY,IN):
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San Francisco, CA:
the-list-request@violet.berkeley.edu
http://kzsu.stanford.edu/list.html
Boston, MA:
wisner@aiag.enet.dec.com
http://www.research.digital.com/CRL/Boston/Music/
Washington, DC DIY:
brendan@clark.net
http://www.clark.net/pub/brendan
Texas:
sarootabaker@mail.utexas.edu
Philadelphia:
lorenzo@astro.ocis.temple.edu
Claremont, CA:
dbarker@pomona.edu
Long Island, NY:
mm5683@panther.adelphi.edu
Northeast (E.Canada/ME/NH/VT/MA/CT/RI/NY/NJ/PA/DE/MD):
ne-shows@brown.edu
There are also many lists available on the World-Wide Web, but I'm not
going to try to maintain a list of them here. Visit my home page for links.
Other mailing addresses:
WNUR (Northwestern U.) r-teets@nwu.edu
WZRD (Northeastern U.) pauls@tellabs.com
WHPK (U. of Chicago) kest@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu.
WOUI (IIT) woui@xtreme2.acc.iit.edu
Underdog Records udogrec@interaccess.com
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