HomeDate09/02/9309/09/93 09/16/93 09/23/93 10/01/93 10/07/93 10/15/93 10/21/93 10/28/93 11/05/93 11/11/93 11/18/93 11/28/93 12/02/93 12/09/93 12/16/93 12/23/93 01/07/94 01/14/94 01/20/94 01/28/94 02/03/94 02/10/94 02/17/94 02/24/94 03/03/94 03/06/94 03/10/94 03/17/94 03/25/94 03/31/94 04/07/94 04/14/94 04/22/94 04/28/94 05/05/94 05/12/94 05/19/94 05/26/94 06/02/94 06/09/94 06/12/94 06/16/94 06/23/94 06/30/94 07/07/94 07/14/94 07/21/94 07/28/94 08/04/94 08/12/94 08/18/94 08/25/94 09/01/94 09/05/94 09/08/94 09/15/94 09/22/94 09/29/94 10/06/94 10/13/94 10/20/94 10/27/94 11/03/94 11/10/94 11/17/94 12/01/94 12/08/94 12/15/94 12/22/94 12/29/94 01/05/95 01/12/95 01/19/95 01/26/95 02/02/95 02/09/95 02/16/95 02/17/95 02/23/95 03/02/95 03/09/95 03/16/95 03/23/95 03/30/95 04/06/95 04/13/95 04/20/95 04/27/95 05/04/95 05/11/95 05/18/95 05/25/95 06/01/95 06/08/95 06/15/95 06/22/95 06/29/95 07/06/95 07/13/95 07/20/95 07/27/95 08/03/95 08/10/95 08/17/95 08/24/95 08/30/95 09/07/95 09/14/95 09/21/95 09/28/95 10/05/95 10/12/95 10/19/95 10/26/95 11/02/95 11/09/95 11/16/95 11/23/95 11/30/95 12/07/95 12/14/95 12/21/95 01/04/96 01/11/96 01/18/96 01/25/96 02/01/96 02/08/96 02/15/96 02/22/96 02/29/96 03/07/96 03/14/96 03/21/96 03/28/96 04/04/96 04/11/96 04/18/96 04/25/96 05/02/96 05/09/96 05/23/96 05/30/96 06/06/96 06/13/96 06/20/96 06/27/96 07/07/96 07/11/96 07/18/96 07/25/96 08/01/96 08/08/96 08/15/96 08/22/96 08/29/96 09/05/96 09/12/96 09/19/96 09/26/96 10/03/96 10/10/96 10/17/96 10/24/96 10/31/96 11/07/96 11/14/96 11/21/96 11/28/96 12/05/96 12/12/96 01/03/97 01/09/97 01/16/97 01/23/97 01/30/97 02/06/97 02/13/97 02/20/97 02/27/97 03/06/97 03/13/97 03/20/97 03/27/97 | What are these lists? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat Boston Jun 10 Sat Jimmy Buffett Jul 29 Sat Van Halen Alumni House: 863 5th St. / Beloit, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 10 Wed 7:00 $5 *The Parasites / Squirtgun / Alligator Gun Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 19 Fri 7:30 White Zombie / Rev. Horton Heat / Melvins Autonomous Zone: 2045 W. North / Chicago, IL / (312) 278-0775 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 02 Tue Page & Plant Jun 04 Sun *Melissa Etheridge 14 Wed Yanni Chicago Filmmakers: Division & Milwaukee / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri Tortoise / Labradford / Ui Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 06 Sat Julio Iglesias The Civic Center: State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 255-4646 (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 05 Fri Gordon Lightfoot 21 Sun Beausoleil Coronet Theater: 817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 18 Thu 8:00 White Zombie / Rev. Horton Heat / The Melvins Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 03 Wed noon FREE Delta Rhythm Kings (Building A lounge) Hemensway Auditorium: 933 Chicago / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 03 Wed 1:00 FREE *Phil Circle Hothouse: 1565 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 235-2334 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 02 Tue 5ive Style / Dishes Laflan Warehouse: Chicago, IL, presumably --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 03 Wed *Crash Worship Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 20 Sat *Pavement (according to the Pavement WWW page) Marcus Amphitheater: Lakefront at I-794 / Milwaukee, WI / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 09 Tue Lynyrd Skynyrd / Tesla Milk Of Burgundy: 1947 W. North / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-8004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 28 Fri 3:00 FREE *G. Love & Special Sauce Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 13 Sat 2:00 FREE *Apocalypse Hoboken Palatine Community Park: Palatine Rd. & NW Hwy / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-2425 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 28 Fri *The Last Poets The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 15 Thu King Crimson ==CORRECT DATE== Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 06 Sat $12 *Georgia Satellites / J.P. & The Ramblers Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 08 Sat Pearl Jam 09 Sun Pearl Jam Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 03 Wed 5:00 *Mary Black in-store appearance Tunnels Of Fun: 2843 W. Kirchoff / Rolling Meadows, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 12 Fri 6:30 $5 *Houseboy / Vasectomy Surgeons / Geezers / tba x 2 World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 04 Thu 10:30 Jack the Dog 11 Thu 10:30 Primal Connection 18 Thu 10:30 The Vulva Club --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Any corrections to anything in the list - Subscription requests, or drop requests - 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. 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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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |