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For subscriptions, tell me where you found out about us. NEW THIS WEEK Bivouac / Ape Hangers, Metro Circle Jerks in-store appearance, Quaker Goes Deaf Stanley Clarke / Jean-Luc Ponty / Al Dimeola, Navy Pier Skyline Stage The Coctails, Club De Wash The Coctails, Lounge Ax Cub / Supporting Actress / Beezus / Indoor Boy, Metro Billy Ray Cyrus, Star Plaza Theater Drugstore in-store performance, Quaker Goes Deaf Aretha Franklin, Star Plaza Theater Mitzi Gaynor, Star Plaza Theater Ida / Retsin, Lounge Ax Julio Iglesias, Star Plaza Theater Jamiroquai, Metro George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Star Plaza Theater Gladys Knight / Freddie Jackson, Star Plaza Theater J Mascis, Lounge Ax Kathy Mattea, Navy Pier Skyline Stage New Duncan Imperials, Lounge Ax Ted Nugent / Bad Company, Star Plaza Theater Oblivion / The Mushuganas / The 4-Squares / Article I / Zero Tolerance, Midnight Sun The Paladins / Tenderloin, Double Door Poi Dog Pondering, The Vic Reverend Horton Heat / Supersuckers / Hagfish, Metro The Sea & Cake / Rome, Lounge Ax Seal, Hard Rock Cafe Silverchair, Metro Skankin' Pickle / Slapstick, Metro Southern Culture On The Skids, Club De Wash Southern Culture On The Skids, Metro Statler Brothers, Star Plaza Theater Steel Pole Bathtub, Lounge Ax Thax After Dark, Lounge Ax Tanya Tucker / Ty Herndon, Star Plaza Theater Ugly Kid Joe / Souls At Zero, Thirsty Whale Unwound / Clikitat Ikatowi, Lounge Ax Roger Whitaker, Star Plaza Theater Wilco, Lounge Ax You Am I, Lounge Ax Alpine Valley: Hwy D & Hwy 120 / East Troy, WI / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 16 Sat Tom Petty Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 25 Fri 6:30 Soul Asylum / Jayhawks / Matthew Sweet / Victoria Williams (moved from World) Sep 01 Fri 6:30 aa Bush / Hum / Spiritualized / The Lupins Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 24 Thu 7:30 $10/12 Better than Ezra / Dambuilders Sep 29 Fri 8:00 $16/18 Dick Dale Bedrocks: 2125 W. Roscoe / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-1700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Sat Skapone Brookfield VFW: 8844 W. Ogden --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 14 Mon 6:00 $3 The Parker Brothers / Apostles On Strike / Rat Bastards / Raunchous Brothers / The Pressmen / THC / The Poachers (info: Rob (708) 960-1294) Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 18 Fri 8:00 $5 Tempest / Five Style 19 Sat 10:00 $8/10 Martin Zellar Sep 01 Fri Blue Meanies 08 Fri 10:00 $7 *Southern Culture On The Skids 23 Sat 10:00 $7 *The Coctails Congress Theater: 2135 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 03 Sun 2:00 $7 One Nation Underground: Acumen / Fight To Win / Kill Hanna / Rat Bastards / Dirt Merchants / Greenhouse / tba x 3 / plus many DJs (info: 312-784-PUNX) Cricket Hill: 4600 North at Wilson, east of LSD / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 26 Sat noon Reluctant / Fight To Win / The Geezers / Broken Circle / tba x 10! (info: 312-784-PUNX) Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Sat Dick Dale (rescheduled) Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri 10:00 $6 Janitors of Rhythm / Adamjack / Dagnabit 12 Sat 10:00 $7 Drugstore / The Rake's Progress 16 Wed 10:00 $7 Sugar Ray 17 Thu 10:00 $5 Eternalux / Colfax Abbey / Soliloquy 18 Fri 10:00 $6 Sphinx / Rustbucket / Charming Beggars 19 Sat $7 Blue Meanies / NIL8 23 Wed $5 February / Joy Girl 24 Thu $5 The Hotrod Nixons / Nicholas Tremulis / John Huss Moderate Combo 25 Fri $7 Dandelion / Fledgling 26 Sat Peat Moss 30 Wed $5 Redball / Cathy Braaten Band / The Problem With Jack 31 Thu True Heart Susie / Skirt / Wildwood Sep 02 Sat Cassius Clay / Chris Green and New Perspective 08 Fri Boogie Shoes 23 Sat *The Paladins / Tenderloin Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 25 Fri Bent (ex-Ultraman) / tba 29 Tue 7:00 The Wynona Ryders Sep 02 Sat 2:00 $5 Tilt / Alligator Gun / Red 5 Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri Scissor Girls / Space Needle / Couch / Flying Luttenbachers 12 Sat Killdozer / Mount Shasta / Fix Your Wagon 15 Tue Trenchmouth / A Minor Forest 17 Thu Home / August Sons / Speed King 18 Fri Rex / Shiner / Boys Life 19 Sat Cows / The Van Pelt 24 Thu Tenderloin / Starroom Boys / The Astro Naughts 25 Fri Steakdaddy Six record release / Karl Hendricks Trio / Golden 26 Sat Tart / Yanti Arifin and Squirm / Red Dye No. 5 Sep 07 Thu Pee Shy 15 Fri Orange Juice 16 Sat Whitehouse / Wicker Man / Fuckface 22 Fri Dis- / Uzeda Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri The Ripoffs / Screw Party / Walleye / Jerkwater / Problematics 12 Sat Crown Hate Ruin / Cinco De Gatos / Adventures In Immortality / Franklin / Fracture 13 Sun Rocketship Arnold / The Puu-Puu Platters / Rail / Arise / Get Off My Dog 16 Wed Limpspork / Chalk / Beeljack 17 Thu +Orphan Punx / I Love Rich / Tricky Dick / Humpty Thumpty 18 Fri Blue Meanies / J Church / No Empathy / Tetsuo 19 Sat Dis- / We'd Rather Be Flying / Hubcap 20 Sun The Deconstruction (MI) / Protex Blue / Dead Guy / Herbal Flesh Tea 23 Wed The Undead (ex-Misfits) / The Migraines / Nostrilsaurus / Spackle 24 Thu MOTO / The Nobodies / Linola / Mudfoot 25 Fri Urbn DK / 4-Squares / The Eclectics / Anti-Flag 26 Sat Jale / Versus / Braid / Poonjab 27 Sun The Smoothies / Sidekick Kato / Blank / I Against 28 Mon Boys Life / Giant's Chair / Jerkwater / Bluetips 30 Wed Shotmaker / Promise Ring / Klikatat Ikatowe / Los Crudos / Unwound 31 Thu 7 Seconds / Shades Apart / Scooby Don't / Dillinger 4 Sep 01 Fri Ball Sniffer / Squirt Gun / 3 Blue Teardrops / Slapstick 02 Sat Homocore: Team Dresch / God Is My Co-pilot / Glenn Meadmore 03 Sun $10 Alice Donut / Ultra Bide / tba 06 Wed Drunk In Public / Godplow (new date) 09 Sat Oblivion / Apocalypse Hoboken / No Empathy / Not Rebecca 13 Wed 7:00 $6 The Vandals / Strung Out / 30 Seconds Deep 14 Thu State Of The Nation / Stanford Prison Experiment / Lynyrds Innyrds / The Larry Birds 15 Fri $6 Citizen Fish / Suicide Machines / Buck-O-Nine / Bender (UK) 16 Sat C-Clamp / Craw / Glazed Baby / Ice Nine 17 Sun Brutal Juice / Groovy Love Vibes 28 Thu The Coctails / Scissor Girls 29 Fri The Red Aunts / Tricky Dick 30 Sat The Parasites / The Bluetips Freefest: Cricket Hill, 4600 North at Wilson & LSD / Chicago, IL / (312) 973-0806 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri 11:00a FREE aa Freefest '95 11 Fri 11:00a Stifle 11 Fri 11:30a Zipperhead 11 Fri noon X-Parrot 11 Fri 12:30a Shelivade 11 Fri 1:00 Bullet Proof Babies 11 Fri 1:30 Bonedust 11 Fri 2:00 Stonehenge 11 Fri 2:30 Whitey 11 Fri 3:00 Infraction 11 Fri 3:30 Mariana Trench 11 Fri 4:00 Garden Bower 11 Fri 4:30 Food Chain 11 Fri 5:00 Tarpit 11 Fri 5:30 Suicide Bride 11 Fri 6:00 The Masses 11 Fri 6:45 Muzloh 11 Fri 7:00 Hairball Willy 11 Fri 7:45 General Patton 11 Fri 8:00 TBA 11 Fri 8:45 Power Opera 11 Fri 9:00 Acumen 12 Sat 11:00a FREE aa Freefest '95 12 Sat 11:00a Good Day Bad Day 12 Sat 11:45a TBA 12 Sat noon Brando's Charm 12 Sat 12:45a Teen Alien 12 Sat 1:00 Sphinx 12 Sat 1:45 Voodoo Rain 12 Sat 2:00 Dyslexic Apaches 12 Sat 2:45 State of Being 12 Sat 3:00 The Squids 12 Sat 3:45 I Love Rich 12 Sat 4:00 Fat Nut 12 Sat 4:45 Grendel 12 Sat 5:00 Flannel Tubs 12 Sat 5:45 Pinheads 12 Sat 6:00 Pound 12 Sat 6:45 Dead Nuggets Dish 12 Sat 7:00 Primitive Feet 12 Sat 7:45 Pinch 12 Sat 8:00 Marble 12 Sat 8:45 Bianca Bob 12 Sat 9:00 Enuff Znuff 13 Sun 11:00a FREE aa Freefest '95 13 Sun 11:00a Groovy Love Vibes 13 Sun 11:45a TBA 13 Sun noon Flatbush Foot Brigade 13 Sun 12:45a TBA 13 Sun 1:00 Simple Simon 13 Sun 1:45 Blue Vaginal Discharge 13 Sun 2:00 Nubile Thangs 13 Sun 2:45 Elvis Diet 13 Sun 3:00 Vic Vacume & The Attachments 13 Sun 3:45 Prisoners 13 Sun 4:00 Citrus 13 Sun 4:45 Sam Hill's Stone 13 Sun 5:00 Ballsniffer 13 Sun 5:45 Mount Pilot 13 Sun 6:00 Dead Steelmill 13 Sun 6:45 Charlie's Pipe Dream 13 Sun 7:00 Ulele 13 Sun 7:45 TBA 13 Sun 8:00 Aftermath 13 Sun 8:45 Kal Ri 13 Sun 9:00 Certain Distant Suns Hard Rock Cafe: 63 W. Ontario / Chicago, IL / (312) 943-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 03 Sun 5:30 $15 *Seal (tix Sat 10am at Hard Rock Cafe or TicketMaster) Hemensway Auditorium: 933 Chicago / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 01 Fri 7:00 $6 SNFU / Joykillers / Bracket / 88 Fingers Louie Illini Union Courtyard Cafe: 1401 W. Green St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 333-3660 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 02 Sat 8:00 $5 Apostles on Strike / Apocalypse Hoboken / No Emapthy / Oblivion 09 Sat 8:00 $2 Lorenzo Music Oct 21 Sat 9:00 $3 Keith Eric and Waterhouse Nov 04 Sat 9:00 $3 MPAACT Dec 02 Sat 9:00 $3 Skapone Knights of Columbus Hall: 15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 13 Sun 7:00 $5 Cap'n Jazz / Crown Hate Ruin / Endive / Tetsuo Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri Record release party for Number One Cup: The Flavor Channel / Pazz Duo / Juhn Huss / Ballharvester / The Handsome Family / Log Letters / M. Edmund & Cecilia Silla Bucci / Squashblossom / Weedy / The Pulsars / Sabalon Glitz / Tart / David Grubbs / Nectarine / Red Red Meat / Aadam Jacobs (huh?) / Motorhome / The Dishes / Butterglory / Jason Von Tomme 12 Sat Hentchmen / Stretford / Cowslingers / Astronaughts 14 Mon Geraldine Fibbers 15 Tue *Wilco 16 Wed El Vez 17 Thu Wayne Kramer 18 Fri Laika & The Cosmonauts / Volcanoes 19 Sat *The Sea & Cake / Rome 22 Tue *You Am I 23 Wed *Ida / Retsin 25 Fri *New Duncan Imperials 26 Sat *The Coctails 29 Tue 9:00 $5 *Unwound / Clikitat Ikatowi 30 Wed *Thax After Dark 31 Thu $6 *Steel Pole Bathtub Sep 29 Fri *J Mascis Marcus Amphitheater: Lakefront at I-794 / Milwaukee, WI / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 19 Sat H.O.R.D.E. Festival '95 23 Wed Soul Asylum / Jayhawks / Matthew Sweet / Victoria Williams (unconfirmed) Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri 10:00 18+ +The Toadies / Frogpond / Plutonium Hat 12 Sat 10:00 18+ Evil Mothers / Horsey / Lab Report / Lick / Martin Atkins 16 Wed 7:00 $7 aa Everclear / Smile 17 Thu 7:00 $19 aa Shane McGowan & The Popes 18 Fri 12:00 18+ Spearhead / Brooklyn Funk Essentials 19 Sat 18+ Space Streakings / Smoothies / Great Brain / tba 23 Wed Doris / Dishwalla / Maids Of Gravity / Mary's Daydream 24 Thu 7:00 $13 aa Babes In Toyland 25 Fri 7:00 aa Better Than Ezra / Dambuilders / Dish 25 Fri 11:00 aa Dolly Varden / Philo / Boom Hank 26 Sat 10:20 $10 18+ Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / R. L. Burnside (tix Sat noon) 30 Wed 10:00 $4 18+ Cheer-Accident / Geezer Lake / Electric Church 31 Thu 7:00 aa Pretty & Twisted / Steve Wynn Sep 01 Fri 9:00 18+ Skapone / Parka King / Suspect Bill / Hi-Ball Holiday / Jackrabbit Slim 02 Sat 7:00 aa *Silverchair (tix Sat noon) 02 Sat 11:30 18+ The Muffs / Lunachicks / Waterdogs 03 Sun Maestro Subgum & The Whole / Vandermark Quartet / The Vulva Club 06 Wed *Cub / Supporting Actress / Beezus / Indoor Boy 09 Sat 10:00 18+ *Southern Culture On The Skids (tix Sat noon) 10 Sun 9:00 18+ *Jamiroquai (tix Sat noon) 13 Wed *Bivouac / Ape Hangers 16 Sat 10:00 18+ *Reverend Horton Heat / Supersuckers / Hagfish (tix Sat noon) 23 Sat *Skankin' Pickle / Slapstick Midnight Sun: On 31/33 next to McDonald's / Niles, MI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 19 Sat 8:00 $5 aa *Oblivion / The Mushuganas / The 4-Squares / Article I / Zero Tolerance (info: Kate 219-289-9420) Northalsted Market Days: south stage, Belmont & Halsted / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Sat 12:15a Mighty Blue Kings 12 Sat 1:45 Joan Baby 12 Sat 3:15 Urban Twang 12 Sat 4:30 Big Guitars From Memphis 12 Sat 6:00 Mr. Blotto 12 Sat 7:30 The Bad Examples 13 Sun 12:15a Crosscut 13 Sun 1:45 Dave Weld 13 Sun 3:15 Primal Connection 13 Sun 4:30 Gina's Bouquet 13 Sun 6:00 Black Wardrobe 13 Sun 7:30 Elvis Brothers Northalsted Market Days: center stage, Roscoe & Halsted / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Sat noon Blind Man's Bluff 12 Sat 1:15 Pulsation 12 Sat 2:45 Simple Simon 12 Sat 4:00 Dandelions 12 Sat 5:45 Local H 12 Sat 7:30 Cake 13 Sun noon Liz Conant & Fareed Haque 13 Sun 1:15 Liquid Soul 13 Sun 2:45 Mean Reds 13 Sun 4:00 Poster Children 13 Sun 5:45 Better Than Ezra 13 Sun 7:30 Big Audio Dynamite Northalsted Market Days: Metro stage, Addison & Halsted / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Sat 12:30a Sidekick Kato 12 Sat 2:00 Blue Meanies 12 Sat 3:30 Fix Your Wagon 12 Sat 5:15 Handsome Family 12 Sat 7:00 Cassius Clay 13 Sun 12:30a Radial Spangle 13 Sun 2:00 Sardina 13 Sun 3:30 Yum Yum 13 Sun 5:15 The Smoothies 13 Sun 7:00 Motorhome Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Sat Busker Soundcheck / Dick Justice / My Big Beautiful 19 Sat 7:30 $6 Skapone / Slapstick / Tango Wedding Band 26 Sat Snap Judgement Over The Edge Records: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 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 30 Sat 2:00 FREE Al & His Little Green Men From Mars Palatine Community Park: Palatine Rd. & NW Hwy / Palatine, IL / (708) 925-2425 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri Pharcyde 18 Fri Los Lobos 19 Sat Spearhead 20 Sun Burning Spear Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 15 Tue 7:30 aa Marillion 16 Wed 7:30 aa Bela Fleck & The Flecktones 19 Sat 7:30 aa Joan Osborne / Terrell 22 Tue 7:30 21+ The Manhattan Transfer 31 Thu 7:30 21+ Warren Hill The PIT: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 963-3929 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri $5 Dillinger 4 / King Fools / Scooby Don't 19 Sat $5 J Church / No Empathy / Tricky Dick / Suckatash 31 Thu 7:00 $2 Blue Meanies / Blink 182 / God's Reflex Sep 06 Wed Drunk In Public Quaker Goes Deaf: 1937 W. North / Chicago, IL / (312) 252-9334 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Sat 3:00 *Drugstore in-store performance 12 Sat 5:00 *Circle Jerks in-store appearance The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI / (608) 262-5079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 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 FREE 88 Fingers Louie in-store performance Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 18 Fri 7:30 aa Ramones River North Music Festival: North & Clybourn / Chicago, IL / (708) 792-0200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 19 Sat noon $20 George Clinton & The P-Funkadelic Allstars / The Commitments / Henry Lee Summer / 11 other bands Rolling Stones Records: Harlem & Irving / Norridge, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 23 Wed 7:00 UFO in-store appearance Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 26 Sat noon $15 Quicksand / L7 / Sublime / No Use For a Name / Orange 9mm / fluf / Seaweed / Tilt / Civ / Red-5 / Swinging Udders / Wizo (all this in the parking lot) Sep 09 Sat Vince Gill / Patty Loveless Oct 31 Tue Phish Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 19 Sat James McMurtry 20 Sun James McMurtry Scrap Skate Park: 2350 Hassel / Hoffman Estates, IL / (708) 884-0945 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 19 Sat 4:15 $5 Slapstick / Jerkwater / Sidekick Kato / God's Reflex / Groovy Love Vibes / Chicane / Contracide / Sweetcar / Drunk Old Guys Shades: 21860 N. Milwaukee Ave / Deerfield, IL / (708) 634-BLUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 01 Fri Dread Zeppelin Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 09 Sat Southern Culture On The Skids Navy Pier Skyline Stage: 600 E. Grand / Chicago, IL / (312) 595-PIER --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 14 Mon Robert Cray Band / Ivan Neville 15 Tue Robert Cray Band / Duke Robillard 22 Tue 7:30 *Stanley Clarke / Jean-Luc Ponty / Al Dimeola 28 Mon *Kathy Mattea Sep 08 Fri 8:00 Tower Of Power / Boney James =CORRECT DATE= Spectrum: 25 Illinois Blvd. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 884-6212 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 18 Fri 6:30 Alloy Jacks / The Executives / Cinco De Gatos (maybe) / Jerkwater (maybe) Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 17 Thu *Ted Nugent / Bad Company 26 Sat Cheap Trick / Loverboy / Off Broadway Sep 01 Fri +George Thorogood / / Hot Tuna 02 Sat *Roger Whitaker 03 Sun *Tanya Tucker / Ty Herndon 04 Mon *George Jones & Tammy Wynette 09 Sat *Gladys Knight / Freddie Jackson 10 Sun *Gladys Knight / Freddie Jackson 16 Sat *Statler Brothers 17 Sun *Statler Brothers Oct 08 Sun *Mitzi Gaynor 14 Sat *Aretha Franklin Nov 17 Fri *Julio Iglesias Dec 01 Fri *Billy Ray Cyrus Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 03 Sun aa *Ugly Kid Joe / Souls At Zero 23 Sat Killers (w/Paul Dianno of Iron Maiden) Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / Chicago, IL / (312) 477-5994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 15 Tue 4:00 FREE Marillion in-store performance Underdog loft: 2252 N. Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4545 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Sat 8:00 The Geezers / Parker Bros. / Puu-Puu Platters 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= The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12 Sat 7:00 $13 Circle Jerks / Unwritten Law / Lemons 13 Sun 7:30 aa Peter Murphy / Jewel 21 Mon 7:30 aa +UFO / Triangle 22 Tue 7:30 aa +UFO / Triangle =SOLD OUT= 23 Wed 8:00 21+ Steve Earle & friends 24 Thu 7:30 aa +UFO / Triangle =SOLD OUT= 25 Fri 7:30 aa +UFO / Triangle =SOLD OUT= 26 Sat 7:30 aa Testament Sep 14 Thu 7:30 aa *Poi Dog Pondering (tix Sat 10am) 15 Fri 7:30 aa *Poi Dog Pondering (tix Sat 10am) 23 Sat 311 (unconfirmed) Woodstock Opera House: 121 Van Buren / Woodstock, IL / (815) 338-5300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 19 Tue 8:00 Arlo Guthrie 20 Wed 8:00 Arlo Guthrie Nov 24 Fri 8:00 Leo Kottke 25 Sat 8:00 Leo Kottke World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 11 Fri The Beach Boys 12 Sat Bon Jovi 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 / Dave Matthews Band / 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 08 Fri $20 Allman Brothers Band / Rusted Root 15 Fri Tom Petty 24 Sun R.E.M. / Radiohead WNUR's Airplay: WNUR 89.3 FM / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 21 Mon 4:00 Mister Furley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. Phone First. 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