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Tue: Bollweevils etc., at Metro, in what may be the final 'weevils show THE METHADONES The Methadones show at Czar Bar is now 7/15, not 7/22. METALMANIA I picked up the wrong flyer for Metalmania IX. It only lists the top 10 bands each night. Next week I'll get the full-blown list. If you want to get tickets by USmail, email me and I'll send you the info. MORE UFO A List reader says that there will be a 2nd UFO show at the Vic, but so far, it hasn't been advertised. SUBSCRIPTIONS & CORRESPONDENCE Mail to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. For subscriptions, tell me where you found us. NEW THIS WEEK 68 Comeback / Fireworks / Cheater Slicks, Empty Bottle 88 Fingers Louie, Record Swap Accept, Thirsty Whale America / The Passing Zone (jugglers) / The Love Bite Orchestra, RidgeFest '94 Bad Brains / Deftones / Rougish Armaments, The Vic Big'n / Space Streakings / Olive, Off The Alley The Billy Builders, Over The Edge Records Bon Jovi, World Music Theater Brother Cane / The Nixons / Mean Reds / Blackbone, Double Door Catherine Wheel / Wax / Gwen Mars, Metro Chainsaw Kittens, Double Door Die Warzau / Sister Machine Gun / Final Cut, Double Door Disdain / Cornerstone / Mouthpiece, Chicago Filmmakers Diskothi-Q, Empty Bottle E.A.R., Double Door Earth Crisis / Guilt / MK-Ultra / Charles Bronson, Chicago Filmmakers Face To Face, Metro Five With Six Live, Double Door Fuzzy Grapes / Wretch / Tribal Rage / Needle Park, Off The Alley Greenhouse / FID, Spectrum Herbal Flesh Tea, Over The Edge Records Kinghorse, Empty Bottle Kurbjaw / 100fold / Despair / Mean Season, Fireside Bowl Laughing Hyenas / Henry and June / Gravitar, Empty Bottle Lycia / Trance To The Sun, Off The Alley Massive Attack, Metro Mephiskaphales / Deals Gone Bad, Crobar Mephiskaphales / Greenhouse, The Paramount Metalmania IX: Megadeth / Korn / Flotsam & Jetsam / Fear Factory / Fear / Obituary / The Meatmen / Forbidden / Wickerman / 15 other bands, Eagles Auditorium Metalmania IX: Type O Negative / UFO / Green Jelly / Life Of Agony / Voivod / 6 Feet Under / Broken Hope / Forbidden / The Organization / Extreme Noise Terror / Dead Fly Boy / Morta Skuld / 40 other bands, Eagles Auditorium Misery Index / I Love Rich / tba, The Dome Room Mount Shasta, Empty Bottle Mountain Goats / Chris Knox in-store performance, Ajax Records Mountain, The Playhouse My Big Beautiful / Dick Justice / Busker Soundcheck, Off The Alley Night Ranger, Cabana Beach Club No Empathy / Get Off My Dog, Off The Alley Orphan Punx / I Love Rich, Fireside Bowl Overdog, Over The Edge Records Pansy Division / Another White Male / The Laxatives, Off The Alley Phunk Junkeez, Metro Poonjab, Over The Edge Records Rat Bastards / Pound, Circuits Rex / Shiner / Boys Life, Empty Bottle Room 13 / The Orange Mothers / The Almighty Militant Tequila Bros., Off The Alley Schwa, Over The Edge Records Shiner / Sardina / Butterfly Child, Double Door Sidekick Kato, Over The Edge Records The Sideways, Over The Edge Records Spazz Maggots, Over The Edge Records Strength 691, Fireside Bowl Suckatash, Over The Edge Records Donna Summer, Ravinia Survivor / Dreams, RidgeFest '94 Those Darn Accordions! in-store performance, Tower Records Marshall Tucker Band / Gary Lee Kirkpatrick, RidgeFest '94 Unky J / The Blue Up? / Gift Apple, Double Door Vic Vacume & The Attachments, Over The Edge Records Zug Island Quartet / Mol Trifid, Lounge Ax Ajax Records: 2156 W. Chicago Ave. / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4783 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 01 Sat 1:00 *Mountain Goats / Chris Knox in-store performance Alpine Valley: Hwy D & Hwy 120 / East Troy, WI / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 29 Sat Van Halen Sep 16 Sat Tom Petty Alumni House: 863 5th St. / Beloit, WI / (608) 755-9248 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 03 Mon Doc Hopper / Horace Pinker / Plow 19 Wed Less Than Jake / When Puberty Strikes Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 27 Thu 7:00 +Megadeth / Korn / Flotsam and Jetsam / Fear Factory Aug 08 Tue 7:00 aa Weezer / Teenage Fanclub / That Dog Cabana Beach Club: 1550 N. Rand / Palatine, IL / (708) 776-9850 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 14 Fri *Night Ranger Cary Community Bandshell: 1200 Silver Lake Rd. / Cary, IL / Contact Mike (708) 639-4517. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 01 Sat 4:00 $6 aa Skapone / Slapstick / The Executives / Greenhouse Chicago Filmmakers: Division & Milwaukee / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 12 Wed 6:00 $6 *Earth Crisis / Guilt / MK-Ultra / Charles Bronson 21 Fri $6 *Disdain / Cornerstone / Mouthpiece 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) Circuits: 4355 N. Cicero / Chicago, IL / (312) 777-6368 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 01 Sat Indicators / Blood Gin 30 Sun *Rat Bastards / Pound Crobar: 1543 N. Kingsbury / Chicago, IL / (312) 587-1313 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 06 Thu *Mephiskaphales / Deals Gone Bad Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 8:30 Todd Snider Sep 30 Sat Dick Dale (rescheduled) Czar Bar (21+): 1814 W. Division / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-5453 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 15 Sat aa Methadones / Mr. Furley / Chew Toy The Dome Room: 632 1/2 N. Dearborn / Chicago, IL / (312) 266-9114 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 27 Thu *Misery Index / I Love Rich / tba Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri Jan James / Falling Wallends / Owen Meany Jul 01 Sat Wesley Willis Fiasco / Electric Church / Buddha Knevil 02 Sun Brown Betty / Blanket Party 06 Thu Citrus / Sungod 07 Fri Adamjack / Disarray / Katie Belle 08 Sat Eric's Trip / Loud Lucy / Rheostatic / The Inbreds 09 Sun Blind Venetians / Avocado Jungle Fuzz 11 Tue *Chainsaw Kittens 12 Wed +The Reejers / Sixpence None The Richer / Painted Dog 14 Fri Possum Dixon / aMiniature 15 Sat *Five With Six Live 16 Sun +Yo La Tengo / Laika 20 Thu $1 *Brother Cane / The Nixons / Mean Reds / Blackbone (tix "Friday 7/1" <sic> at 6pm) 21 Fri Motorhome / Number One Cup / Pulsars / Frog Pond 22 Sat Insania / Voodoo Buss / Lowest Common Denominator 23 Sun Omar 25 Tue Gene 28 Fri $15 *Die Warzau / Sister Machine Gun / Final Cut 29 Sat *Shiner / Sardina / Butterfly Child Aug 02 Wed *Unky J / The Blue Up? / Gift Apple 03 Thu X / Jill Sobule 11 Fri *E.A.R. 12 Sat Drugstore Eagles Auditorium: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 28 Fri 5:00 $30 *Metalmania IX: Megadeth / Korn / Flotsam & Jetsam / Fear Factory / Fear / Obituary / The Meatmen / Forbidden / Wickerman / 15 other bands 29 Sat 11:00a $30 *Metalmania IX: Type O Negative / UFO / Green Jelly / Life Of Agony / Voivod / 6 Feet Under / Broken Hope / Forbidden / The Organization / Extreme Noise Terror / Dead Fly Boy / Morta Skuld / 40 other bands Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 7:00 $5 Dead Steelmill / Krabs / Parker Brothers / Lucid Jul 13 Thu Foo / Atomic Polly / Hashbrown 28 Fri 7:00 $5 Weston / Mushuganas / Walker / Squatweiler / Stanley's Joyful Noise Elmhurst YMCA: 211 W. 1st St. / Elmhurst, IL / (708) 834-9200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 01 Sat 8:00 $5 aa Herbal Flesh Tea / MIJ / Tub Ring Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 10:00 $5 Paul K. & The Weathermen / Supernova / Cartographers Jul 01 Sat 9:00 $5 Run On / Mercy Rule / Blacktop / Demolition Dollrods 02 Sun 9:00 WZRD Birthday Party: Baby M / Factotum / Dead Nugget's Dish 03 Mon The Sea And Cake / Dolomite / Trans Am 06 Thu America UK / Cartographers / Hutsmokes 07 Fri Empty Bottle Prom (little late for prom isn't it?) 08 Sat Space Streakings / The Web / Turbo Negro 12 Wed 7:00 $10-15 Frank Orrall (Poi Dog) / Mint Aundry / Urban Twang 13 Thu Milk / Fondly / Capsize 7 14 Fri Bailter Space / Simple Ones (Grifters side project) / Chune 15 Sat Six Finger Satellite / Hardship Post / Zumpano 20 Thu House of Large Sizes / Panel Donor / Chisel 21 Fri *Kinghorse 22 Sat The For Carnation / Silkworm / Engine Kid / Iceburn 27 Thu Homocore: Squatweiler 28 Fri +ILF: Throneberry / Nectarine / Godzuki 29 Sat +ILF: Polara / Balloon Guy / Squash Blossom / Flying Nuns 30 Sun +Meatmen / Wicker Man / American Psycho Band Aug 04 Fri *Diskothi-Q 05 Sat *Laughing Hyenas / Henry and June / Gravitar 10 Thu *68 Comeback / Fireworks / Cheater Slicks 12 Sat *Mount Shasta 18 Fri *Rex / Shiner / Boys Life Fallout Comedy Club: 318 W. Grand / Chicago, IL / (312) 645-1950 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 02 Sun 8:00 aa Shellac / Mike Lukas (your host and MC) / Melt Banana / Circus Boy (balancing act/fire eating/etc) / Brainiac / Kevin Rogers (comedy) / Gaunt (info: Reckless (312) 404-5080) 03 Mon 8:00 aa Shellac / Mike Lukas / Zeni Geva / Ed's Monkeys & More (self-explanatory) / Edwin Baron (hypnotist) / U.S. Maple / The Rat Co. & Friends (amazing animal tricks) / El Shorty's Glazed Chin (you'll have to wait & see) Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri Skapone / Deals Gone Bad / Buzz Society / King Friday Jul 01 Sat 8:00 New Bomb Turks / Apocalypse Hoboken / Ted Bundy's VW / Quadilliacha 02 Sun 7:00 Let's Go Bowling / Slapstick / Dog Pound / Tricky Dick 05 Wed 7:00 Cap'n Jazz / Delta 72 / Sparkmarker / Great Brain 06 Thu 5:00 *Strength 691 07 Fri 7:00 Mushuganas / Walker / Urbn DK / The Pist / Brutally Familiar 08 Sat 7:00 No Empathy / Cletus / Hash Brown 08 Sat 10:30 Falstaff / Robespierre / The Vulva Club / 7 Speed Vortex 12 Wed 7:00 Disarray / Orwell / Submachine / Plaid Retina / Gut 13 Thu 8:00 Pansy Division / Guttersnipe / Kid Dynamo / Room 13 14 Fri 7:00 $5 Avail / Damitol / Sidekick Kato / Fury 66 (Dave) 15 Sat Sloppy Seconds / Beowulf / Lacry / Slacker 16 Sun Less Than Jake / The Eclectics / Nostrilsaurus / Greenhouse 18 Tue 7:00 $5 Swingin' Utters / Good Riddance / Split Lip / Colossus Of The Fall / Samuel (Dave) 19 Wed Suckatash / Default / Nothing More 20 Thu 7:00 $5 Snapcase / Doughnuts (Sweden) / Enkindel / Empathy (Dave) 21 Fri Not Rebecca / Houseboy / The Hypocrites 22 Sat Daredevil (ex-Indian Summer) 23 Sun Engine Kid / Iceburn / Lustre King 28 Fri Downset / Machinehead / Gregory 29 Sat 7:00 $6 The Vandals / Trenchmouth / Stinking Lizavata / 88 Fingers Louie (Dave) Aug 02 Wed Six Finger Satellite / Zumpano 04 Fri Blue Meanies 06 Sun $5 *Kurbjaw / 100fold / Despair / Mean Season 11 Fri Judge Nothing 12 Sat Crown Hate Ruin 13 Sun Rail 17 Thu *Orphan Punx / I Love Rich Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd. / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2118 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 08 Sat 10:00 $6 Those Darn Accordions! Hemensway Auditorium: 933 Chicago / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 21 Fri 7:00 $5 Mustard Plug / Hot Stove Jimmy / Skavoovee & the Epitones / Tango Wedding Band (Dave) Sep 01 Fri 7:00 $6 SNFU / Joykillers / Bracket / 88 Fingers Louie Highway: North & Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 342-8900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 01 Sat Vic Vacume & The Attachments / Dead Steelmill Knights of Columbus Hall: 15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 7:00 $5 Trenchmouth / C-Clamp / MIJ / Traluma Lake County Fairgrounds: Crown Point, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 15 Sat Jayhawks / Wilco / Bad Examples / headliner to be named later 16 Sun John Hiatt / Insiders / Rollover / Yard Sale Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri June of 44 / Dis- / Crain / El Tiante Jul 01 Sat Menthol / Hardvark / Cinco De Gatos 03 Mon 10:30 $5 Those Darn Accordions! (two sets) 05 Wed *Zug Island Quartet / Mol Trifid 06 Thu Chris Knox / Mountain Goats / John Davis 07 Fri Girls Vs. Boys / St. Johnny 08 Sat Ed Hall / Sixteen Deluxe / Big'n 12 Wed Jonathan Richman 13 Thu Jonathan Richman 14 Fri Skin Graft Irritational 15 Sat Skin Graft Irritational: Shellac / Mt. Shasta / U.S. Maple / Melt Banana / Space Streakings / You Fantastik / Jim O'Rourke / Dennison-Kimball Trio / Brise-Glace (but I don't know who's on what day) 21 Fri Swans / Rex 31 Mon Stereolab / Tortoise (two shows) Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri Not Rebecca / Maids Of Gravity / Stranger Things Jul 01 Sat 12:00 18+ X-Cops / Brutal Juice / Wickerman 02 Sun 7:00 $10 Charlie Sexton Sextet / Mary Karlzen 04 Tue 6:30 aa Bollweevils / Doc Hopper / Whitekaps / Horace Pinker 05 Wed 10:00 18+ Houseboy / Enormous / The Sweeties 07 Fri 7:00 $12.50 Filter / Die Cheerleader =SOLD OUT= 07 Fri 12:00 18+ Tripping Daisy / Hagfish 08 Sat 7:00 $7 Smoking Popes =SOLD OUT= 08 Sat 11:30 The Lupins 12 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ Stanley's Joyful Noise / Plexi / Sweet Car 14 Fri 7:00 *Phunk Junkeez (tix Sat noon) 14 Fri 11:30 18+ +Pansy Division / Another White Male / Jerkwater 15 Sat Slapstick / The Exceptions / MU330 / Suicide Machine / Meal Ticket / Less Than Jake 18 Tue 9:00 $10 18+ *Massive Attack (tix Sat noon) 19 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ Goodbye Harry / Full / Scary Monsters 21 Fri 7:00 *Face To Face 22 Sat 7:00 Pennywise / Joykiller (unconfirmed) 22 Sat 11:30 Supergrass / The Daisies 23 Sun 7:00 aa The Verve 26 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ Stop The Ride / Grither / Poonjab / Lorax 27 Thu 7:00 *Catherine Wheel / Wax / Gwen Mars (tix Sat noon) 29 Sat 10:00 18+ Love Battery Aug 12 Sat 10:00 18+ Evil Mothers / Horsey / Lab Report / Lick / Martin Atkins Norris Center: Northwestern U., 1999 S. Campus Drive / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 09 Sun 6:30 $6 aa The Riverdales / Mr. T Experience / Boris The Sprinkler (tix at Ajax/Dr.Wax) Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 01 Sat *Big'n / Space Streakings / Olive 07 Fri *Lycia / Trance To The Sun 08 Sat *Fuzzy Grapes / Wretch / Tribal Rage / Needle Park 09 Sun $6 *Pansy Division / Another White Male / The Laxatives 13 Thu Snap Judgement / Hot Stove Jimmy / Thumb Fat 15 Sat Ego Trip / Alison's Mailbox / Cog 22 Sat +Tossers / Break Even / Harmonics / Waterbogs 29 Sat Mushuganas / Walker Aug 05 Sat *Room 13 / The Orange Mothers / The Almighty Militant Tequila Bros. 10 Thu *No Empathy / Get Off My Dog 12 Sat *My Big Beautiful / Dick Justice / Busker Soundcheck Over The Edge Records: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 01 Sat 2:00 FREE The Executives 08 Sat 2:00 FREE Sweetcar 15 Sat 2:00 FREE Soil 22 Sat 2:00 FREE *Suckatash 29 Sat 2:00 FREE *The Billy Builders Aug 05 Sat 2:00 FREE *Spazz Maggots 12 Sat 2:00 FREE *Sidekick Kato 19 Sat 2:00 FREE *Poonjab 26 Sat 2:00 FREE *Schwa Sep 02 Sat 2:00 FREE *Overdog 09 Sat 2:00 FREE *The Sideways 16 Sat 2:00 FREE *Vic Vacume & The Attachments 23 Sat 2:00 FREE *Herbal Flesh Tea Palatine Community Park: Palatine Rd. & NW Hwy / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-2425 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 8:30 Deluxry Jul 01 Sat 1:30 Special Consensus 01 Sat 8:30 Bad Examples 04 Tue 11:30a Small Potatoes 12 Wed 8:00 Simply Vintage 19 Wed 8:00 Palatine Concert Band 21 Fri noon Special Consensus 26 Wed 8:00 Bob Stroud's Rockestra 28 Fri noon Aloha Dancers Aug 02 Wed 8:00 Love Notes 04 Fri 8:00 Palatine Concert Band 09 Wed 8:00 Virgil Kane 11 Fri 8:00 Keith Eric & Waterhouse 18 Fri 8:00 Tuey Connell 16 Wed 8:00 Palatine Concert Band 23 Wed 8:00 Symphonic Pops Orchestra of Chicago 25 Fri 8:00 Johnny Star & The Meteors The Paramount: 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 05 Wed *Mephiskaphales / Greenhouse Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 8:00 aa Third World Jul 09 Sun 7:30 aa Janis Ian 22 Sat 7:30 aa Warren Zevon / Something Happens! Aug 02 Wed 7:30 aa The Roches Petrillo Music Shell: Grant Park / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 5:30 George Clinton and the P-Funk All-stars Jul 01 Sat 5:00 Tom Jones / 911 Mambo 02 Sun 2:00 Gin Blossoms / Alanis Morissette / Menthol 04 Tue Freddy Jones Band / General Public / Chris Duarte Group The PIT: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 961-0322 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 7:00 $5 Secret Cajun Band / Rocketship Arnold / The Executives / Isaac Green & The Skalars Jul 05 Wed 7:00 $5 Horace Pinker / Doc Hopper / Delta 72 / The Whitekaps / Trenchmouth / Plow 12 Wed 7:00 $5 Cletus 14 Fri 7:00 $5 Plaid Retina / NIL8 / Gut / tba 17 Mon 7:00 $5 Slapstick / Less Than Jake / The Executives 22 Sat 7:00 $5 Oblivion / Not Rebecca / Sidekick Kato / Slapstick / The Hypocrites 29 Sat 7:00 $5 Gregory / The Reejers / tba 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 Playhouse: 7407 W. Madison / Forest Park, IL / (708) 366-6363 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 14 Fri *Mountain (with Leslie West and Corky Laing) The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI / (608) 262-5079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 5:00 Jeff Eckels / Vince Davis / Matt LaMar 30 Fri 9:00 Poster Children / Mercy Rule / Run On Jul 01 Sat 10:00 Let's Go Bowling 06 Thu 9:30 Papa Chubby 07 Fri 5:00 Reptile Palace Orchestra 07 Fri 9:30 Todd Snider 08 Sat 9:00 Girls vs. Boys / St. Johnny 13 Thu 9:00 Revelators 14 Fri 5:00 Randy Sabien & the Fiddlehead Blues Band 14 Fri 9:30 Medeski Martin and Wood 15 Sat 7:30 Sones de Mexico 20 Thu Madison Rock Fest 21 Fri 5:00 Paul Silbergleit 21 Fri 10:00 Billy McLaughlin Band / Hindu Rodeo 22 Sat 10:00 Honor Amoung Thieves 27 Thu 9:30 Ulele 28 Fri 5:00 John Chiames 28 Fri 10:00 Clyde Stubblefield 29 Sat 10:00 Weaker Youth Ensemble Aug 03 Thu Austin Lounge Lizards 04 Fri 5:00 Om 04 Fri 10:00 The Blue Up 05 Sat Wake Ooloo 10 Thu Minneapolis Gospel Sound 11 Fri 5:00 The Fareed Haque Group 11 Fri 10:00 Vulgar Boatmen 12 Sat 8:30 The Rousers / Apples & Oranges 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 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 09 Wed *Donna Summer 16 Wed Los Lobos 18 Fri Judy Collins / David Gates 19 Sat Harry Belafonte 27 Sun Jerry Lee Lewis / Little Richard 31 Thu Neville Brothers Sep 01 Fri Joan Baez / Tuck & Patti 03 Sun Garrison Keillor Record Swap: 16 W. Chicago Ave. / Naperville, IL / (708) 527-0999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 20 Sun 3:00 *88 Fingers Louie RidgeFest '94: Freedom Park, Birmingham & Oak / Chicago, IL / (708) 425-7700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 28 Fri *Survivor / Dreams 29 Sat *America / The Passing Zone (jugglers) / The Love Bite Orchestra 30 Sun *Marshall Tucker Band / Gary Lee Kirkpatrick Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 21 Fri 9:00 18+ Lords Of Acid / My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult / God Lives Underwater Aug 04 Fri 7:30 aa Alan Parsons Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 30 Fri 7:00 $20/30 Lynyrd Skynyrd / Tesla / Bloodline Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 07 Fri Dolly Varden 08 Sat Steve Gerlach & The Springheel Jacks / Smoking Fish Shanley Pavillion: 2033 Sheridan / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 23 Sun 7:00 Tanner / Humpty Thumpty Navy Pier Skyline Stage: 600 E. Grand / Chicago, IL / (312) 595-PIER --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 07 Fri 8:00 Richard Elliot / Peter White / Warren Hill / Craig Chaquico =SOLD OUT= 14 Fri 8:00 Natalie Cole 14 Fri 8:00 The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (in the Grand Ballroom) 15 Sat 8:00 The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (in the Grand Ballroom) 15 Sat 8:00 Bill Cosby 15 Sat 10:30 Bill Cosby 16 Sun 1:00 The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (in the Grand Ballroom) 16 Sun 7:30 Johnny Cash 16 Sun 8:00 Suzanne Somers (in the Grand Ballroom) 18 Tue Buckwheat Zydeco =NEW DATE= 19 Wed John Prine 22 Sat 8:00 $10 The Robby Krieger Organization 23 Sun 7:30 John Tesh 27 Thu Spyro Gyra / Fred Simon Group 28 Fri Buddy Guy / The Hoax 29 Sat Buddy Guy 30 Sun Larry Carlton & Lee Ritenour / Nelson Rangell 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 Grateful Dead / The Band =SOLD OUT= 09 Sun 6:00 Grateful Dead / The Band 11 Tue Pearl Jam 15 Sat Boyz II Men / TLC / Montell Jordan (no on-sale date) Spectrum: Schaumburg, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 28 Fri *Greenhouse / FID Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 07 Fri Waylon Jennings / Rick Trevino 08 Sat Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band: Zak Starkey / Felix Cavaliere / Billy Preston / John Entwhistle / Randy Bachman 09 Sun Foreigner / James Young Band 14 Fri Marty Stuart Aug 26 Sat Cheap Trick / Loverboy / Off Broadway 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 30 Fri Bodeans =SOLD OUT= Jul 01 Sat Vince Gill =SOLD OUT= 02 Sun Seal 03 Mon Luther Vandross 04 Tue Randy Travis 05 Wed Hootie & The Blowfish / Freddy Jones Band =SOLD OUT= 06 Thu Boyz II Men / Adina Howard 07 Fri Michael Bolton 08 Sat Pearl Jam =SOLD OUT= 09 Sun Pearl Jam =SOLD OUT= Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 05 Sat *Accept (tentative) Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / Chicago, IL / (312) 477-5994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 08 Sat 3:00 *Those Darn Accordions! in-store performance 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 (tix at door or TicketMaster) UIC Pavilion: 1140 W. Harrison / Chicago, IL / (312) 413-5740 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 25 Tue 7:30 Primus / Mike Watt Underdog loft: 2252 N. Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4545 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 15 Sat No Empathy / Parker Bros. / tba United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 24 Thu $30-40 Elton John 25 Fri $30-40 Elton John Sep 24 Sun Eric Clapton / Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown =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 30 Fri 7:30 aa Corrosion of Conformity / Monster Magnet / Season To Risk Jul 07 Fri 7:30 aa Juliana Hatfield / Cold Water Flat / Triple Fast Action 08 Sat 7:30 $23 aa Todd Rundgren 14 Fri 7:30 aa The Jayhawks =SOLD OUT= 20 Thu 7:30 aa Barenaked Ladies 24 Mon 7:30 aa *Bad Brains / Deftones / Rougish Armaments Aug 04 Fri 7:30 aa Widespread Panic 23 Wed 8:00 21+ Steve Earle 24 Thu 7:30 aa UFO =SOLD OUT= World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 07 Fri 7:00 $20 Black Sabbath / Motorhead 15 Sat $31 Lollapalooza '95: Sonic Youth / Hole / Cypress Hill / Pavement / Sinead O'Connor / Beck / The Jesus Lizard / Mighty Mighty Bosstones / second stage: Brainiac / The Coctails / Coolio / Geraldine Fibbers / Yo La Tengo 22 Sat Clint Black / Tim McGraw / John Berry 25 Tue 7:00 $28-38 Sarah McLachlan / The Chieftains / Marianne Faithfull 28 Fri Van Halen Aug 04 Fri Jimmy Buffett =SOLD OUT= 05 Sat Steve Miller / Doobie Brothers 06 Sun 6:30 REO Speedwagon / Fleetwood Mac / Pat Benatar 10 Thu 8:00 Jesus Christ Superstar 11 Fri The Beach Boys 12 Sat *Bon Jovi (tix 7/8 10am) 13 Sun Hootie & The Blowfish / Don Dixon 17 Thu The Cranberries / Toad The Wet Sprocket 18 Fri $24 H.O.R.D.E. '95: Black Crowes / Blues Traveler / Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers / Taj Mahal / Wilco / Dionne Farris 19 Sat Chicago 20 Sun Reba McEntire / Toby Keith / Rhett Atkins 24 Thu Santana / Jeff Beck 27 Sun 2:00 Amy Grant 31 Thu 5:30 Live / P.J. Harvey / Buffalo Tom / Veruca Salt Sep 15 Fri Tom Petty 24 Sun R.E.M. (no on-sale date) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, or CallD4Info@aol.com 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. 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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