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 It hides a nasty stain that's lying there Shows of note as of 05/25/95 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDY RECOMMENDS I'll be at all of these. Say howdy. Fri: Boris/Horace/Oblivion/etc at the PIT Sat: Hum/etc in Cary Sun: Oblivion at Fireside Mon: Rat Patrol (Bollweevils doing all Naked Raygun covers) at Fireside SOUL ASYLUM Soul Asylum are playing Metro June 7. Tickets are on sale right now, only by phone through TicketMaster at 312-559-1212. They went on sale at 6pm Thursday. BANDS NEEDED FOR SHOWS IN CARY Last week, I listed a show for 5/27 in Cary, IL, which is a far northwest suburb. There will also be shows on 6/10, 7/1, 7/22, 8/5 and 8/19. Bands interested in filling some open slots for these all-ages shows should contact Mike at 708-639-4517 (voice), 708-639-4564 (fax), or glutton@cloud.com. ANDY'S IN THE TRIB AGAIN Go get the Tempo section from this past Sunday's Tribune. Go find the review of the Muffs show. Look at the picture. See that little fuzzy non-descript face in the lower-left corner? That's me! Ta-da! BLUESFEST If you wanna know who's playin'.... well, I guess I'll tell you, but I really don't wanna type up the whole list. THE TOASTERS IN-STORE The Toasters will be at Reckless for an in-store at 1pm on Saturday. CORRESPONDENCE & SUBSCRIPTIONS Mail anything Shows List-related to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. Additions, corrections, requests, anything. If you'd like to subscribe, just ask, and let me know where you saw the list. If you recommend the list to someone else, please have them tell me that they heard about it word-of-mouth. NEW THIS WEEK Africa Fete: Baaba Maal / Boukman Eksperyans / Femi Kuti / Oumou Sangare, Skyline Stage AMFest '95: Plastic Amigo / Catch 22 / Lunchbox / Topaz Cats / Mariana Trench / Spy / Laura! / Caffeine Junkies / Warp Factor(x) / others, Clark Park Ass Ponys / Lucxi Silver, Club De Wash Black Velvet Flag, Double Door Bodeans, Milwaukee Summerfest Bollweevils / Horace Pinker / Doc Hopper / Whitecaps, Metro Michael Bolton, Milwaukee Summerfest Boogie Shoes, Dillo Day Boyz II Men / Adina Howard, Milwaukee Summerfest Brando's Charm / Starbilly / Dolly Varden, Double Door Castor / God Plow / Orwell, Metro Croatan / Bug Hunt / tba, The PIT Drift / tba, Elhmurst VFW Hall Eclectics / Hinckley / Lost Nation / Travis Bickle / tba, Shanley Pavillion Face To Face / Scary Monsters / Ugly Sex / Bill, The PIT From Good Homes, Dillo Day Vince Gill, Milwaukee Summerfest Gus, Dillo Day Joe Henderson, Park West Herbal Flesh Tea / Marathon Man / tba, Beckman's Infinity The Hideaways, WHPK's Pure Hype Hootie & The Blowfish / Freddy Jones Band, Milwaukee Summerfest Horace Pinker / Doc Hopper / Delta 72 / The Whitecaps / Trenchmouth / Plow, The PIT June of 44 / Dis-, The Rathskeller KMFDM in-store, Wax Trax! Less Than Jake / Slapstick, Fireside Bowl Less Than Jake, Metro Let's Go Bowling, The Rathskeller The Living End / Dirt Poor / Get Off My Dog / God's Reflex, The PIT Lonnie Mack / Tinsley Ellis, Shank Hall Mandingo / Chicane / 30 Seconds Deep / Eeyore, The PIT Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Shank Hall James McMurtry / Emmetville, Club De Wash Moby / Senser, Shank Hall Mr. T Experience / tba , The PIT Mulligan Stew / The Morning Woodies / Loaded / The Charles Bronsons / Dr. Lunch, The PIT Navy Pier Pops Orchestra, Skyline Stage Oblivion / No Empathy / Apocalypse Hoboken, Otto's Orwell / Trigger / Car Bomb, Fireside Bowl Parka Kings / Super Dot, Double Door Maceo Parker, Dillo Day Poster Children / Mercy Rule, The Rathskeller Bonnie Raitt / Charles Brown / Ruth Brown, Milwaukee Summerfest Rake's Progress / hHead / Luxury Bucket, Double Door Red Red Meat / Karl Hendricks Trio, The Rathskeller Scissor Girls / Belladonna / Cinco de Gatos, Empty Bottle Shannon Worrell, Dillo Day Shat / Motorist / Humpty Thumpty / Misery Index / Nothing More, Fireside Bowl Shellac / Melt Banana, Fallout Club Shellac / Zeni Geva, Fallout Club Skapone / Old Stylie, Crobar Slapstick / 4-Squares / Tricky Dick / tba x 2, Fireside Bowl Sloppy Seconds / The Riverdales / The Undead / The Mr. T Experience / 88 Fingers Louie / The Queers / Trash Brats / Le Cri (from Germany) / Vibrating Velvet-Tones / Pizzle / Plastic Cheeses / Acid Green / The Migraines / The Lidz / The Problematics / The Slobs, The Tyndall Armory, 711 N. Pennsylvania / Indianapolis, IN Soul Asylum / Mother May I, Metro Stanley's Joyful Noise / Promise Ring / Lucid, Fireside Bowl Tesla, The Paramount Paul Think Explosion / Joey, Fireside Bowl Timbuk 3, Crystal Corner Bar Timbuk 3, Shank Hall The Toasters, Dillo Day Randy Travis, Milwaukee Summerfest Undone / Crotans / Loaded / Pinwheel, Fireside Bowl Uptighty, Dillo Day Luther Vandross, Milwaukee Summerfest Vertical Horizon, Dillo Day The Verve Pipe, Dillo Day Weaker Youth Ensemble, The Rathskeller X-Cops / Brutal Juice, Metro Alpine Valley: Hwy D & Hwy 120 / East Troy, WI / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat Boston Jun 10 Sat Jimmy Buffett Jul 29 Sat Van Halen Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 12 Mon Caifanes Arie Crown Theatre: McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 17 Sat Bonnie Raitt / Charles Brown / Ruth Brown 18 Sun Bonnie Raitt / Charles Brown / Ruth Brown Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat 8:00 The Ramones / Face To Face Jun 25 Sun 7:30 $18 Kate & Anna McGarrigle Beckman's Infinity: Grand & Buttrick / Waukegan, IL / (708) 625-8892 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri $5 Dyslexic Apaches / Local H / Monkey Wrench 27 Sat $3 *Herbal Flesh Tea / Marathon Man / tba 28 Sun $3 Frozen Orange / Stranger Things / Over Barcelona Bedrocks: 2125 W. Roscoe / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-1700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 28 Sun Wesley Willis Fiasco / Full / Orphan Punx / Shock Value / Eggs at 8:14 / Alternative Society (AIDS benefit) Jun 02 Fri Green / The Nobodys / Kid Millions Berkeley Hillside Presbyterian Church: Hillside, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 03 Sat Herbal Flesh Tea / Hashbrown / Foo / Stoneprona 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 04 Sun Aminiature / Bale / Castor 11 Sun Wesley Willis and the Fiascos / Faucet Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 227-0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 04 Sun Melissa Etheridge 14 Wed Yanni Cary Community Bandshell: 1200 Silver Lake Rd. / Cary, IL / Contact Mike (708) 639-4517. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat 4:30 $6 aa Hum / Shiner / Steakdaddy Six / Rod Almighty / Silent Scream (Silent Scream is "a Pearl Jam/Megadeth cover band from Cary". Wow.) Chicago Filmmakers: Division & Milwaukee / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri Tortoise / Labradford / Ui Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 21 Fri 8:00 Barry White / Chante Moore 22 Sat 8:00 Barry White / Chante Moore (2nd show) Clark Park: Addison & Rockwell / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 28 Sun noon FREE *AMFest '95: Plastic Amigo / Catch 22 / Lunchbox / Topaz Cats / Mariana Trench / Spy / Laura! / Caffeine Junkies / Warp Factor(x) / others (This is somehow related to Amnesty Int'l but it can't be a benefit if it's free...) Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri +Seam / aMiniature / Venus Cures All / Cub Jun 15 Thu *James McMurtry / Emmetville 16 Fri *Ass Ponys / Lucxi Silver Crobar: 1543 N. Kingsbury / Chicago, IL / (312) 587-1313 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 01 Thu *Skapone / Old Stylie Crystal Corner Bar: 1302 Williamson / Madison, WI / (608) 256-2953 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 02 Fri 9:45 $8 *Timbuk 3 Dillo Day: The lakefill at Northwestern / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri 6:00 *Boogie Shoes 26 Fri 7:00 *Uptighty 27 Sat 12:30a *Gus (main stage) 27 Sat 1:30 *Shannon Worrell (side stage) 27 Sat 2:30 *From Good Homes (main stage) 27 Sat 3:30 *Vertical Horizon (side stage) 27 Sat 4:30 *The Toasters (main stage) 27 Sat 5:30 *The Verve Pipe (side stage) 27 Sat 6:30 *Maceo Parker (main stage) The Dome Room: 632 1/2 N. Dearborn / Chicago, IL / (312) 266-9114 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 02 Fri Faceman / I Love Rich Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri Letters To Cleo / Everclear 27 Sat 10:00 $8 Seam / aMiniature / Venus Cures All 31 Wed Kill Hannah / Moon 7 Times / Joy Girl Jun 01 Thu Baby M / Lovey Howell / Hot Heels 02 Fri Solar Tribe / Vivian Section 07 Wed Suede Chain / Poole / Sour Apple 08 Thu +Fix Your Wagon / Lutefisk / Skiploader / Sedan 10 Sat *Parka Kings / Super Dot 15 Thu *Black Velvet Flag 16 Fri *Brando's Charm / Starbilly / Dolly Varden 17 Sat *Rake's Progress / hHead / Luxury Bucket 29 Thu Schwa Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 07 Wed 6:30 $4 *Drift / tba Jul 13 Thu Foo / Atomic Polly / Hashbrown Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri Bill Direen / M.O.T.O. / Dirt Merchants 27 Sat Leaving Trains / El Nino / Dick Justice 28 Sun 10:00 $5 D.O.P.E. / Big'n / TSF 31 Wed 10:00 $5 Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver / Queer / Poonjab Jun 01 Thu 10:00 $5 *Scissor Girls / Belladonna / Cinco de Gatos 02 Fri 10:00 $5 The Web 03 Sat 10:00 $5 Tenderloin / Love 666 08 Thu 10:00 $5 Dancing Liberals of '48 (formerly the Gits) 09 Fri 10:00 $5 Epic Soundtracks / Great Danes / Apples 10 Sat 10:00 $5 Great Brain / Smoothies / Gapeseed / Frontier Trust 15 Thu 10:00 $5 Babe The Blue Ox 22 Thu 10:00 $5 Frontier / Tanner / Halcyon / Chris Martin 23 Fri 10:00 $6 Freakwater / Bodeco 24 Sat 10:00 $5 Pipe 25 Sun 9:00 $5 Run On 30 Fri 10:00 $5 Supernova Jul 01 Sat 10:00 $5 Blacktop Fallout Club: Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 02 Sun *Shellac / Melt Banana 03 Mon *Shellac / Zeni Geva Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri C-Clamp / Jaks / Guttersnipe 27 Sat 7:00 No Empathy / Not Rebecca / The Strike / Scared Of Chaka 28 Sun 7:00 $5 Oblivion / 4-Squares / Hit Men / Nostrilsaurus / Raunchous Brothers / Parker Brothers 29 Mon The Fighters (last show) / 88 Fingers Louie / Strung Out / Rat Patrol (The Bollweevils doing Naked Raygun covers) 31 Wed Sam Black Church / The Indicators / Teen Alien / The Faith Dealers Jun 01 Thu Kerosene 454 / Vuva La Squnge / Metro Shifter 02 Fri Hushdrops / Dick Justice / Foo / Slugbug (MI) / Big Angry Fish 03 Sat Bollweevils / Zoinks! / Mandingo / Toucan Slam / Guzzard 04 Sun Ball Sniffer / Squids / Vanilla / Fuckemos / Motards 06 Tue Schleprock / Brainsick / Bottom Feeders 07 Wed *Orwell / Trigger / Car Bomb 08 Thu *Shat / Motorist / Humpty Thumpty / Misery Index / Nothing More 09 Fri Jerkwater / Sidekick Kato / Boy's Life / Poonjab 10 Sat 7:00 $5 *Slapstick / 4-Squares / Tricky Dick / tba x 2 11 Sun *Paul Think Explosion / Joey 14 Wed *Undone / Crotans / Loaded / Pinwheel 15 Thu $7 Lunachicks / Indicators / Bristle 16 Fri Hentchmen / Dog / Sleeposaurus 17 Sat +30 Seconds Deep / Klinefelter / Rocketship Arnold 21 Wed Hiatus (from Belgium) / State Of Fear 22 Thu Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / Handsome Family 23 Fri *Stanley's Joyful Noise / Promise Ring / Lucid 25 Sun Weston / Good Riddance / 88 Fingers Louie / Apocalypse Hoboken 28 Wed Quincy Punks / Sofa Glue 30 Fri Skapone / Deals Gone Bad / Buzz Society / King Friday Jul 01 Sat Cap'n Jazz / The Great Brain 02 Sun Let's Go Bowling / Dog Pound / Tricky Dick (new date) 05 Wed Jesus / Craphole 07 Fri The Pist / Brutally Familiar 16 Sun *Less Than Jake / Slapstick First Congregational Church: Benton & Center / Naperville, IL / (708) 355-1024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 09 Fri 6:30 $5 Oblivion / Slapstick / Mushuganas / Racecar / Indifferent Hemensway Auditorium: 933 Chicago / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri 7:00 $5 Total Chaos / Batallion Of Saints / The Hitmen / The 4-Squares Jun 10 Sat Grotus / Today Is The Day / tba Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri Cardigan Festival: Motorhome / Hooker / Wendy Fix / Pazz Duo 27 Sat Cardigan Festival: The Sea And Cake / Number One Cup / UI / Labradford / Kittywinder 28 Sun Cardigan Festival: Freakwater / Seesaw / Raymond Brake / David Grubbs / Tortoise 31 Wed +Dead C / V3 Jun 01 Thu Scott McCaughey / Hasil Adkins 02 Fri Flavor Channel / Karl Hendricks Trio 03 Sat Coctails / Spatula 07 Wed Molly McGuire / Combine 08 Thu 18th Dye / Bardo Pond / Spent 09 Fri Borbetomagus / Ghost / Magic Hour 10 Sat Ass Ponys / Lazy / Railroad Jerk 15 Thu The Technical Jed / The Sweeties Marcus Amphitheater: Lakefront at I-794 / Milwaukee, WI / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri 7:00 $15 Morphine / Chris Connelly & William Tucker 27 Sat 7:00 $15 Morphine / Ivy 27 Sat 11:30 $7 No Use For A Name 28 Sun 7:00 $10 +Pegboy / Rubella Blend / Judge Nothing (Rubella Blend is actually the Smoking Popes) 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) 02 Fri 7:00 Moby / Senser 02 Fri 11:30 Die Warzau ==POSTPONED== (Refunds at point of purchase) 03 Sat Elastica / Baby Chaos 03 Sat 11:30 $6 18+ Cap'n Jazz / Braid 04 Sun 9:00 $10 18+ Jamiroquai 07 Wed 7:30 *Soul Asylum / Mother May I 09 Fri Mudhoney / Claw Hammer 09 Fri 11:30 Red Red Meat / Low 10 Sat 7:00 $13 aa Radiohead 10 Sat 12:00 Soul Coughing 14 Wed These Animal Men / Vinyl Star 15 Thu *Less Than Jake 18 Sun 7:00 Tad / Clutch 28 Wed *Castor / God Plow / Orwell Jul 01 Sat *X-Cops / Brutal Juice 04 Tue *Bollweevils / Horace Pinker / Doc Hopper / Whitecaps 19 Wed 7:00 aa Goodbye Harry / Full The New Loft: 112 N. Fairchild / Madison, WI / (608) 251-7175 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri 7:00 Scared of Chaka / Impetus Inter / Enkindl / Excuse 17 / Threadbare 27 Sat noon Chaste / Portion Of Truth / M.I.J. / Disembodied / One King Down 27 Sat 7:00 Harvest / Ameroq / The Promise Ring / The Metroschifter / tba Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 03 Sat Skapone / Deals Gone Bad 24 Sat 7:00 $6 Hot Stove Jimmy / 100 Proof / Me & The Chimp / Hello Sheldon Otto's: DeKalb, IL (anyone got an address/phone?) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 10 Sat *Oblivion / No Empathy / Apocalypse Hoboken Over The Edge Records: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat 2:00 FREE Slapstick Jun 17 Sat 2:00 FREE Drift Jul 01 Sat 2:00 FREE The Executives 08 Sat 2:00 FREE Sweetcar 15 Sat 2:00 FREE Soil 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 16 Fri *Tesla Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat 10:00 18+ M People Jun 08 Thu $30/35 Lowen & Navarro / Peat Moss 11 Sun 7:30 aa Shaw Blades 17 Sat 8:00 *Joe Henderson 17 Sat 10:00 *Joe Henderson Peoria American Legion Hall: 406 NE Monroe / Peoria, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 10 Sat $10 aa Jesus Lizard / Nora Hate / Sidekick Kato (tix at Peoria Co-Op; 309-698-6255 for info) 17 Sat $5 aa Jerkwater / Sidekick Kato / Poonjab / Mingus Council / tba The PIT: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 961-0322 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri 7:00 $5 Boris The Sprinkler / Horace Pinker / Oblivion / Alligator Gun / God's Reflex 27 Sat 7:00 $5 Let's Go Bowling / Mustard Plug / Greenhouse / The Howards 29 Mon 7:00 $5 *Face To Face / Scary Monsters / Ugly Sex / Bill 30 Tue 7:00 $5 +Strung Out / Hash Brown / Klinefelter / Chicane / General River Jun 02 Fri 7:00 $5 Guzzard / The Smears / Full / Kerosene 454 04 Sun 7:00 $5 *Mandingo / Chicane / 30 Seconds Deep / Eeyore 08 Thu 7:00 $5 Schleprock / The Hitmen / 4-Squares / Tricky Dick 10 Sat 7:00 $5 Neurosis / Grotus / Today Is The Day / Rumple 14 Wed 7:00 $5 The Lunachicks / Bound / Spankwagon 15 Thu 7:00 $5 *Croatan / Bug Hunt / tba 18 Sun 7:00 $5 *Mulligan Stew / The Morning Woodies / Loaded / The Charles Bronsons / Dr. Lunch 21 Wed 7:00 $8 Fear / The Indicators / The Mushuganas / Pound / Snapboy 77 22 Thu 7:00 $8 *Mr. T Experience / tba 24 Sat 7:00 $5 +Good Riddance / Shat / The Klugmaknotts 27 Tue 7:00 $5 +Quincy Punx / Illegal Weapon / The Rejects 29 Thu 7:00 $5 *The Living End / Dirt Poor / Get Off My Dog / God's Reflex 30 Fri 7:00 $5 Secret Cajun Band / Rocketship Arnold / tba x 2 Jul 05 Wed 7:00 $5 *Horace Pinker / Doc Hopper / Delta 72 / The Whitecaps / Trenchmouth / Plow 14 Fri 7:00 $5 Plaid Retina / Gut / tba 17 Mon 7:00 $5 Slapstick / Less Than Jake 29 Sat 7:00 $5 Not Rebecca / Gregory Aug 04 Fri 7:00 $5 The Chubbies / The Phezz / The Riverdales 31 Thu 7:00 $2 Blue Meanies (Benefit for the PIT ceiling) The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI / (608) 262-5079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 03 Sat *Red Red Meat / Karl Hendricks Trio 29 Thu *June of 44 / Dis- 30 Fri *Poster Children / Mercy Rule Jul 01 Sat *Let's Go Bowling 29 Sat *Weaker Youth Ensemble The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 01 Sat Mel Torme / George Shearing / Ramsey Lewis Trio / others 04 Tue Dave Brubeck Quartet tribute to Louis Armstrong with Doc Cheatham / Harry "Sweets" Edison / Roy Hargrove / others 05 Wed Ringo Starr 06 Thu Shawn Colvin / Bruce Cockburn 12 Wed Mary Chapin Carpenter / Mavericks 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 18 Fri Judy Collins / David Gates 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 Reckless Records: 3157 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-5080 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat 1:00 The Toasters in-store performance Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 15 Thu 7:30 King Crimson Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 09 Fri 9:00 18+ Orb Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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== Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 23 Fri Slim Dunlap Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 03 Sat *Timbuk 3 06 Tue *Moby / Senser 11 Sun 8:00 $10 *Lonnie Mack / Tinsley Ellis 21 Wed *Kate & Anna McGarrigle Shanley Pavillion: 2033 Sheridan / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 04 Sun 6:30 $4 *Eclectics / Hinckley / Lost Nation / Travis Bickle / tba 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 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 / Keb' Mo' 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 10 Sat 8:00 $10 Kansas 11 Sun 7:00 The Flying Karamazov Brothers 12 Mon Buckwheat Zydeco 15 Thu 7:30 Incognito 17 Sat *Navy Pier Pops Orchestra (Frank Winkler directs Lerner & Loew / Rodgers & Hammerstein / Mancini / Webber) 18 Sun *Navy Pier Pops Orchestra 24 Sat 8:00 aa Steve Dahl & The Dahlfins / Henry Kapono 27 Tue Sunsplash '95: Aswad Buju Banton / Dennis Brown / Wailing Souls / Worl-A-Girl / Sister Carol / Junior Tucker / Christafari / SKOOL Band / Tommy Cowan M.C. 28 Wed *Africa Fete: Baaba Maal / Boukman Eksperyans / Femi Kuti / Oumou Sangare Jul 07 Fri 8:00 Richard Elliot / Peter White / Warren Hill / Craig Chaquico 22 Sat 8:00 $10 The Robby Krieger Organization 23 Sun 7:30 John Tesh Aug 04 Fri 7:30 Tito Puente & His Latin All-Stars 05 Sat 8:00 $10 Blue Oyster Cult 08 Tue 8:00 Tower Of Power / Boney James 14 Mon Robert Cray Band / Ivan Neville 15 Tue Robert Cray Band / Duke Robillard Soldier Field: Where the Bears play on Lake Shore Drive / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 08 Sat 6:00 $36 Grateful Dead (TicketMaster tix on sale June 3) 09 Sun 6:00 $36 Grateful Dead 11 Tue Pearl Jam Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 / James Young Band 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 29 Thu *Bonnie Raitt / Charles Brown / Ruth Brown 30 Fri *Bodeans Jul 01 Sat *Vince Gill 03 Mon *Luther Vandross 04 Tue *Randy Travis 05 Wed *Hootie & The Blowfish / Freddy Jones Band 06 Thu *Boyz II Men / Adina Howard 07 Fri *Michael Bolton T.K. Wendl's: 1901 S. High Cross Rd. / Urbana, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 30 Tue $5 18+ PlanetFest: Poster Children / Shudder to Think / Wax / Hum / The Caufields Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / Chicago, IL / (312) 477-5994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 27 Sat 3:00 FREE Ivy in-store performance Tunnels Of Fun: 2843 W. Kirchoff / Rolling Meadows, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 10 Sat 7:30 $5 +Inkis / 2.5 & The Evil Eye / Greenhouse / The Executives The Tyndall Armory, 711 N. Pennsylvania / Indianapolis, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 08 Sat noon $12 *Sloppy Seconds / The Riverdales / The Undead / The Mr. T Experience / 88 Fingers Louie / The Queers / Trash Brats / Le Cri (from Germany) / Vibrating Velvet-Tones / Pizzle / Plastic Cheeses / Acid Green / The Migraines / The Lidz / The Problematics / The Slobs The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri Kitchens Of Distinction Jun 08 Thu +Low / Comet / Sheepometer United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 24 Sun Eric Clapton ==SOLD OUT== 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 10 Sat 7:30 aa PJ Harvey / Tricky ==SOLD OUT== 16 Fri Wilco 18 Sun 7:30 aa Fight / Monster Voodoo Machine Jul 14 Fri 7:30 aa The Jayhawks Wax Trax!: 1653 N. Damen / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 29 Mon 2:00 *KMFDM in-store World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 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 03 Sat Melissa Etheridge / Paula Cole 16 Fri Yanni 17 Sat Seal / Des'ree 23 Fri Luther Vandross 29 Thu Legends Of Motown: The Four Tops / The Temptations / The Spinners / The Supremes / Junior Walker & The All-Stars Jul 15 Sat Lollapalooza '95: Sonic Youth / Hole / Cypress Hill / Pavement / Sinead O'Connor / Beck / The Jesus Lizard / Mighty Mighty Bosstones (no on-sale date) 22 Sat Clint Black / Tim McGraw / John Berry 28 Fri Van Halen Aug 04 Fri Jimmy Buffett ==SOLD OUT== 05 Sat Steve Miller / Doobie Brothers 11 Fri The Beach Boys 13 Sun Hootie & The Blowfish / Don Dixon 17 Thu The Cranberries / Toad The Wet Sprocket 19 Sat Chicago 20 Sun Reba McEntire / Toby Keith / Rhett Atkins 24 Thu Santana / Jeff Beck WHPK's Pure Hype: WHPK 88.5 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26 Fri 9:00 *The Hideaways Oakland House basement: 2641 N. Oakland / Milwaukee, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 30 Tue Kerosene 454 / The Promise Ring / Gregor Jun 11 Sun Rye / The Promise Ring / Spana Corza 28 Wed Single File Line / Cap'n Jazz (maybe) / tba Pierce Street basement: 2651 N. Pierce / Milwaukee, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 08 Thu Car Bomb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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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://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/achatche/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 Iowa: bands@ac.grin.edu Midwest (OH,MI,KY,IN): aa704@po.cwru.edu Columbus, OH: TREADWAY@MPS.ohio-state.edu Atlanta, GA: ofross@emory.edu http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~ofross/ San Francisco, CA: sf-list-request@netcom.com 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. 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