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It's been redesigned and is worlds easier to read. To receive this list via e-mail on a weekly basis (every Monday), e-mail <new-releases-request@cs.uwp.edu> or <majordomo@cs.uwp.edu> with only the following in the body of the message: subscribe new-releases The list is available on the World Wide Web at various locations: http://www.dsi.unimi.it/Users/Students/barbieri/home.html http://nabalu.flas.ufl.edu/djemhome http://www.cloud9.net/new-releases/ http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~millert/new releases.html http://www.mcs.com/~jimkelly/html THE QUEERS IN ELGIN The Queers show in Elgin isn't going on. It'll be in Rockford. It may be the same day, but I don't know. NOMEANSNO AT FIRESIDE Check out the October 15th listing for Fireside. This one is definite. URGE OVERKILL AT TOWER Urge will be playing electric at Tower on Saturday. It's not just a meet'n'greet. It's up to you to decide whether that's an improvement. SEAM AT TOWER If you DO go see Urge, get there early (like, 4 hours early) to see Seam, who are actually good. SUBSCRIPTIONS & CORRESPONDENCE Mail to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. For subscriptions, tell me where you found out about us. NEW THIS WEEK Alligator Gun / Hugh / Promise Ring / Loomis, O'Cayz Corral Animation / Strutter, Toto's Babes In Toyland / Ash / Dumpster Juice, The Paramount Back of Dave / Product 19 (ex-Prozac Memory), Channing-Murray Foundation BoDeans, Chicago Theatre BoDeans, Foellinger Auditorium Boogie Shoes / Thirtysecondsdeep / Roscoe P. Soultrane, One World Cafe Boris the Sprinkler / Mushuganas / tba x 2, Channing-Murray Foundation Boss Hog, Club De Wash The Bottle Rockets, Fitzgerald's Citrus / Planet Warehouse, Double Door D'Angelo / Stepchild, Park West Ray Davies, Park West Joe Ely / Hani Naser, Fitzgerald's Face To Face / Jughead's Revenge / General River, The PIT Filter / Everclear, The Paramount Fizgig / Durthedd / Silver Penny / Serenity, Off The Alley Fugazi / Make-Up / tba, Expo Gardens Godheadsilo, Empty Bottle The Insiders / The Johnny Moe Band, Fitzgerald's Jawbreaker / Jawbox / Engine 88, Metro John Gram Band, Mabel's Letters To Cleo / Fig Dish / Smack Melon, Double Door Life Of Agony / Lords Of Brooklyn / Hash Brown, Highway David Lindley, Fitzgerald's Lucid / Jesus Christ Superfly / Tetsuo / Sweep The Leg Johnny, Metro Maids Of Gravity / The Nixons / Gwen Mars, Metro Yngwie Malmsteen, Toto's Moon Seven Times / Viper, The Blind Pig Co. MU330, Otto's My Big Beautiful / Not Rebecca / Break Even, Off The Alley Nectarine / Wrens, Empty Bottle No Empathy / The Great Brain, Otto's Nomeansno / Naked Aggression / Half Empty / 454 Big Block, Fireside Bowl Off Broadway, Fitzgerald's Pansy Division / Cub / Pluto / tba, Channing-Murray Foundation Pansy Division / Cub / Pluto, Metro Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Park West Pere Ubu, Club De Wash Phish, Rosemont Horizon Poi Dog Pondering / tba, Mabel's Poonjab / D.O.G., Lounge Ax The Radiators, The Paramount Rancid / Lunachicks / 88 Fingers Louie, The Vic Red Red Meat / Balloon Guy / Tiny Lights, Lounge Ax Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels / The Convulsions, Cabana Beach Club Seam in-store performance, Tower Records Son Volt, Park West Spiritualized / Polara, Double Door Stiffs Inc. / Jonathan Fire Eater / Beekeeper, Empty Bottle Superchunk / Guv'ner, Metro Third Stone, Mabel's Tossers / Mushuganas / Wreckin Ball / The Indicators, Off The Alley Tremolo / Ashtray Boy / Feeder / I Sharko, Metro Uncle John's Band, Mabel's Unsane / Guzzard / Wheelie King, O'Cayz Corral US Maple, Otto's Wailing Souls, Park West Walker / Mary Me / New Man Generator, Channing-Murray Foundation Welt / Recoil, The PIT Yo La Tengo / Ex-Action Figures, Club De Wash Yo La Tengo / Pastels, Metro Alumni House: 863 5th St. / Beloit, WI / (608) 755-9248 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 01 Sun 7:00 $5 aa Wynona Riders / Mulligan Stu / tba 07 Sat The Bouncing Souls 14 Sat Naked Aggression Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri 7:00 aa KMFDM / Korn / God Lives Underwater 19 Thu 7:30 aa Ozzy Osbourne / Fear Factory =SOLD OUT= 20 Fri 7:30 aa Blues Traveler / Fiji Mariners 21 Sat 7:30 aa Blues Traveler / Fiji Mariners Arie Crown Theatre: McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 18 Wed Chris Isaak / The Wallflowers Athenaeum: 2936 N. Southport / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 17 Tue 8:00 aa Lesa Gerrard (tix Sat noon) Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri 8:00 $16/18 Dick Dale / The Exotics Oct 04 Wed 7:30 $12/14 Wilco 09 Mon KMFDM / Life of Agony / God Lives Underwater 11 Wed Juliana Hatfield / John Doe 14 Sat 8:00 $14/16 Ani DiFranco Beat Kitchen (21+): 2100 W. Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 281-4444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri Rockin' Billy & The Wild Coyotes (final show) / Carter Lee / The DuValls Berkeley Hillside Presbyterian Church: Hillside, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Sat 7:00 $5 Blue Tip / Gilabend / Herbal Flesh Tea / Traluma (info: Paul 708-889-1737) Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL / (312) 236-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 24 Tue 7:30 aa Kitaro The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri 10:00 Mighty Pranksters 30 Sat 10:00 *Moon Seven Times / Viper Oct 01 Sun 10:00 Mike Watt / Six Finger Satellite 04 Wed 10:00 Free Range Chicken 05 Thu 10:00 My Brother's Keeper 12 Thu 10:00 +Dancing French Liberals of '48 / Braid / Beezus 14 Sat 10:00 Uptighty 18 Wed 10:00 Castor / Papas Fritas / Grand Vizar 19 Thu 10:00 San Francisco Seals / Chris Knox / The Bludgers 25 Wed 10:00 Bottle Rockets 29 Sun 10:00 Archers of Loaf / Butterglory Bradley U. Fieldhouse: 1612 W. Main / Peoria, IL / (309) 677-2623 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 12 Thu 7:30 $7 aa Matthew Sweet Cabana Beach Club: 1550 N. Rand / Palatine, IL / (708) 776-9850 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Fri *Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels / The Convulsions Channing-Murray Foundation: 1209 W. Oregon St / Champaign, IL / (217) 334-1176 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Sat 11:00 aa *Walker / Mary Me / New Man Generator Oct 13 Fri aa *Back of Dave / Product 19 (ex-Prozac Memory) 20 Fri $6 aa Blue Meanies / Alligator Gun / tba Nov 03 Fri aa *Pansy Division / Cub / Pluto / tba 04 Sat aa +Let's Go Bowling / Roscoe P. Soultrane 18 Sat $5 aa *Boris the Sprinkler / Mushuganas / tba x 2 Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 22 Wed *BoDeans (tix Oct 14) Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 22 Sun *Pere Ubu Nov 07 Tue 10:00 $8 *Yo La Tengo / Ex-Action Figures 18 Sat 10:00 $10 *Boss Hog Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Sat Dick Dale / The Carpetbaggers Oct 12 Thu B.B. King / Bill Perry 28 Sat Webb Wilder / Michael McDermott Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri Yardsale / Mystery Driver / Boom Hank / Dah-Veed 30 Sat The Blasters / Beat Farmers / Wrecking Ball Oct 03 Tue *Spiritualized / Polara 04 Wed +Velour Motel / Remy / Flexi / Vivian Section 05 Thu Vivian Section / Sugar Buzz 06 Fri Medicine / Sixteen Deluxe / Long Fin Killie 07 Sat +Citizen King / NIL8 12 Thu +Michael McDermott / Mount Pilot 13 Fri +Freakwater / Mysteries of Life 14 Sat Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Dovetail Joint / Joypoppers 15 Sun Gang Of Four / Drill 18 Wed John Doe (tix Sat noon) 19 Thu Hummer / Flac 25 Wed The October Project (tix Sat noon) 28 Sat *Citrus / Planet Warehouse 29 Sun *Letters To Cleo / Fig Dish / Smack Melon (tix Sat noon) Duke Ellington Ballroom: NIU / Dekalb, IL / (815) 753-3146 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 03 Tue 8:00 $14/16 Sponge / Poster Children 11 Wed 8:00 $15/19 Matthew Sweet Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri 7:00 Wynona Ryders / Apocalypse Hoboken / Nostrilsaurus / Creature Did Oct 27 Fri 7:00 +Oblivion / Weston / Doc Hopper / Scissor Girls / Poonjab Elmhurst YMCA: 211 W. 1st St. / Elmhurst, IL / (708) 834-9200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat I Love Rich / Those Naked Guys / Mouthbreeders Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri Red Aunts / Cheater Slicks / Tanner 30 Sat Temple of Bon Matin / Lake of Dracula / Duotron Oct 03 Tue Elliot Sharp & Zeena Parkins / Vandermark Quartet 04 Wed Gandharvas / Morganfields 05 Thu Unsane / Guzzard / Sangre de Toro 06 Fri that dog. / Edsel / Bugskull 07 Sat Shallow / Saturnine / Gapeseed 12 Thu *Stiffs Inc. / Jonathan Fire Eater / Beekeeper 13 Fri Ruins / U.S. Maple / Gastr del Sol 14 Sat +Supersuckers / Dancing French Liberals of '48 / Shiner 20 Fri SF Seals / Chris Knox / Ashtray Boy 21 Sat Bodeco / Simple Ones / Henry And June 26 Thu +Green Magnet School / Prichard 27 Fri *Nectarine / Wrens 28 Sat The Mad Scene / Space Needle / Nothing Painted Blue / WCKR SPGT 29 Sun *Godheadsilo 31 Tue Goblins / Geezers / Chris Holmes as the Graveyard Ghoulies / The Hideaways / "very special guest" Nov 02 Thu New Bomb Turks / Teengenerate / Speaking Canaries 04 Sat Wolverton Brothers 10 Fri Starfish 17 Fri Mono Men 18 Sat Mono Men Expo Gardens: W. Northmoor Rd. / Peoria, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 09 Mon 7:00 $5 aa *Fugazi / Make-Up / tba (for tix/info call Peoria Co-Op at 309-698-6255) Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri Tricky Dick / AYA / Alloy Jacks / Gaffle / Suckatash 30 Sat The Parasites / Three Blue Teardrops / Dead Steelmill Oct 04 Wed Clowns For Progress / Branch Manager / Jerkwater 05 Thu Garden Bower / Soulfood / Quaker Youth Ensemble / Mr. Furley / Intergalactica 06 Fri Batallion Of Saints / Urbn DK / Tweezer / The Rob Jobs / Charles Bronson 08 Sun 7:00 $5 The Bouncing Souls / Face Value / Bollweevils / Bughunt 11 Wed Giant Chair / Nothing More 12 Thu Rocketship Arnold / I Love Rich / Spare Change 14 Sat Sidekick Kato / Cinco De Gatos / Kerosene 454 / Jury-Rig 15 Sun 7:00 *Nomeansno / Naked Aggression / Half Empty / 454 Big Block 18 Wed Stress Magnets / Betsy Years 19 Thu Dyslexic Apaches / Rustbucket / Nubile Things / Pineapple Man 21 Sat +Blanks 77 / Fleas and Lice / Garden Variety / 88 Fingers Louie / The 4-Squares 22 Sun Frodus / Trucker 25 Wed Opium Taylor / Tart 26 Thu Paul Think's Bowl-o-rama: bands / DJs / etc 27 Fri Skalaween costume ball 28 Sat Underdog Achtung Chicago Drei benefit w/this year's picks 29 Sun Underdog Achtung Chicago Drei benefit w/this year's picks Nov 02 Thu Let's Go Bowling 03 Fri Trusty / Apocalypse Hoboken 04 Sat Boys Life / Treluma / Back Of Dave 09 Thu Slapstick / Buck-o-Nine 10 Fri Big'n / Shat / The Zug Island Quartet First Congregational Church: Benton & Center / Naperville, IL / (708) 355-1024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri 6:00 MU330 / 30 Seconds Deep / Greenhouse / Skalawags / The Tardies Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd. / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2118 / FitzMail@aol.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri Sonny Landreth Oct 06 Fri *The Insiders / The Johnny Moe Band 13 Fri *Off Broadway 20 Fri *The Bottle Rockets 26 Thu *David Lindley 27 Fri *Joe Ely / Hani Naser 28 Sat *Joe Ely / Hani Naser Foellinger Auditorium: 709 S. Matthews Ave. / Urbana, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 13 Fri $14 aa Matthew Sweet ($2 discount w/ UIUC ID) 19 Thu $17 aa +Belly / Catherine Wheel / Jewel ($2 discount w/ UIUC ID) Nov 19 Sun aa *BoDeans (no ticket info available) Highway: North & Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 342-8900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri 6:30 p/aa *Life Of Agony / Lords Of Brooklyn / Hash Brown 14 Sat 6:00 p/aa Apocalypse Hoboken / Jerkwater / Urbn DK / Tricky Dick 15 Sun Talisman / I Love Rich Homewood Village Hall: 2020 Chestnut / Homewood, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri 7:00 $5 Apocalypse Hoboken / No Empathy / The Heartbreakers / The Shiznitz (info Mike (708) 798-8586) 13 Fri 7:00 $5 Oblivion / Hot Stove Jimmy / A.Y.A. / Bug Hunt Illini Union Courtyard Cafe: 1401 W. Green St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 333-3660 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Sat 9:00 $3 Keith Eric and Waterhouse Nov 04 Sat 9:00 $3 MPAACT Dec 02 Sat 9:00 $3 p Skapone Knights of Columbus Hall: 15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 01 Sun $5 The Mommyheads / C-Clamp / Supporting Actress / Tetsuo (maybe) Kroencke Theater: Valparaiso U. / Valparaiso, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Sat 7:00 $5 p/aa Blue Meanies / No Empathy / Apocalypse Hoboken / Inspiteofyou (info: Kurt (219) 464-6399) Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri 10:00 $10 J Mascis / Jeff Tweedy 30 Sat Triple Fast Action Oct 02 Mon Licorice 04 Wed Mommyheads / America U.K. / Javelin Boot 05 Thu *Poonjab / D.O.G. 06 Fri *Red Red Meat / Balloon Guy / Tiny Lights 07 Sat Dirty Three / Run-On 09 Mon Hooker / Roger Manning 11 Wed Old 97's / Pork 13 Fri Jonathan Richman 14 Sat Jonathan Richman 15 Sun Casper Brotzmann / FM Einheit 19 Thu Betty 20 Fri Smog 25 Wed King Kong 26 Thu Combustible Edison 28 Sat Archers Of Loaf 31 Tue Rex Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri *John Gram Band 30 Sat Citrus Oct 08 Sun +Wilco / Health and Happiness (PR/RS/RSrv/SS/VG) 10 Tue $13 +Juliana Hatfield / The John Doe Thing (PR/RS/RSrv/VG) 14 Sat 7:00 $7 aa +Smoking Popes / Supporting Actress (ex-Gauge) / tba 20 Fri *Uncle John's Band 21 Sat *Poi Dog Pondering / tba (no ticket info available) 24 Tue Strutter / Goatboy 27 Fri *Third Stone 28 Sat +NIL8 / Fragile Porceline Mice Madison Theatre: 107 NE Madison / Peoria, IL / (309) 674-7529 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 09 Mon Buddy Guy Dec 09 Sat Marshall Tucker Band Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri 7:00 aa The Lupins 29 Fri 11:30 $10 p/18+ Mike Watt / Six Finger Satellite 30 Sat 7:00 p/aa Pegboy / Kepone 30 Sat 11:30 Seam / Spent Oct 06 Fri 10:00 18+ Luna / Mercury Rev 03 Tue 7:00 aa Blur 04 Wed 7:00 aa The Charlatans / Menswear 07 Sat 7:00 aa The Drovers / Lir 07 Sat 11:30 18+ Jim Rose Circus Sideshow 13 Fri 7:00 p/aa Seaweed / Into Another / Fitz Of Depression 13 Fri 11:30 18+ Throwing Muses / Air Miami 14 Sat 7:00 p/aa *Jawbreaker / Jawbox / Engine 88 14 Sat 11:30 18+ God Is My Co-Pilot / Dis- 17 Tue 7:00 aa Gene / Menthol 18 Wed 10:00 $5 18+ *Tremolo / Ashtray Boy / Feeder / I Sharko 20 Fri 11:30 18+ G. Love & Special Sauce 21 Sat 18+ *Maids Of Gravity / The Nixons / Gwen Mars 24 Tue 10:00 18+ Chemical Brothers 25 Wed 10:00 $5 18+ *Lucid / Jesus Christ Superfly / Tetsuo / Sweep The Leg Johnny 26 Thu 7:00 p/aa Voodoo Glow Skulls / Schlong 27 Fri 11:30 p/18+ King Missile / Dog Fly Religion / John S. Hall Nov 04 Sat 7:00 aa *Superchunk / Guv'ner (tix Sat noon) 04 Sat 11:30 18+ *Pansy Division / Cub / Pluto (tix Sat noon) 10 Fri 10:00 18+ *Yo La Tengo / Pastels (tix Sat noon) O'Cayz Corral: 504 E. Wilson St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1348 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 11 Wed 10:00 $12 Throwing Muses / Air Miami 07 Sat *Unsane / Guzzard / Wheelie King 08 Sun *Alligator Gun / Hugh / Promise Ring / Loomis Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat +Wesley Willis Fiasco / Trailer Hitch / Budokan Evil 14 Sat *Tossers / Mushuganas / Wreckin Ball / The Indicators 21 Sat *My Big Beautiful / Not Rebecca / Break Even 28 Sat *Fizgig / Durthedd / Silver Penny / Serenity One World Cafe: 809 S. Fifth St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 344-0102 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 27 Fri aa *Boogie Shoes / Thirtysecondsdeep / Roscoe P. Soultrane Otto's (21+): 118 E. Lincoln Highway / Dekalb, IL / (815) 758-2715 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Fri p *US Maple 21 Sat p *MU330 Nov 03 Fri p *No Empathy / The Great Brain Over The Edge Records: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Sat 2:00 FREE The Passengers Oct 07 Sat 2:00 FREE Sidekick Kato 21 Sat 2:00 FREE Herbal Flesh Tea 28 Sat 2:00 FREE The 4-Squares Nov 04 Sat 2:00 FREE Schwa 11 Sat 2:00 FREE Hash Brown / Foo 18 Sat 2:00 FREE Greenhouse 25 Sat 2:00 FREE The Mushuganas Dec 02 Sat 2:00 FREE Apocalypse Hoboken / Oblivion 09 Sat 2:00 FREE Rocketship Arnold 16 Sat 2:00 FREE The Mashers / tba x 2 The Paramount: 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Fri 7:00 *Filter / Everclear 25 Wed *The Radiators Nov 04 Sat *Babes In Toyland / Ash / Dumpster Juice Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 01 Sun 7:30 aa Cesaria Evora 05 Thu 7:30 Gino Vannelli 11 Wed 7:30 aa Billy Pilgrim / Mary Karlzen 12 Thu 7:30 aa War / Graham Central Station 13 Fri 7:30 aa Chris Duarte Group / Big Sugar 15 Sun 7:30 *Ray Davies 20 Fri 7:30 $10 aa *Son Volt (tix Sat noon) 21 Sat 9:00 18+ Vic Chestnutt 22 Sun 7:30 aa *D'Angelo / Stepchild 25 Wed 7:30 aa The Beautiful South (tix Sat noon) Nov 01 Wed 7:30 Ferron (tix Sat noon) 03 Fri 7:30 aa *Wailing Souls 07 Tue 7:30 *Penguin Cafe Orchestra 24 Fri 7:30 Richard Elliot / Craig Chaquico The PIT: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 963-3929 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Sat Sloppy Seconds / I Love Rich / Pinheads Oct 06 Fri *Welt / Recoil 08 Sun 7:00 $5 *Face To Face / Jughead's Revenge / General River 13 Fri Cherry-Poppin' Daddies Rainbow Roller Rink: Clark & Lawrence / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 10 Tue p Fugazi / Shellac / Makeup (tix at Ajax / Blackout / Record Swap / etc) The Red Herring Coffeehouse: 1209 W. Oregon St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 367-2340 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Sat 8:30 $5 aa Acumen / Crawl / tba x 2 Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat 7:30 aa PJ Harvey 20 Fri 7:30 aa Coolio (tix Sat noon) 21 Sat 7:30 aa Oasis / Acetone (tix Sat noon) 26 Thu 7:30 aa Sonic Youth / The Amps / Helium 28 Sat 8:00 aa Big Head Todd & The Monsters 31 Tue 7:30 aa Gwar / Brutal Juice Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 31 Tue *Phish (tix Sat 9am) Rosemont Theatre: 5400 N. River Rd. / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 12 Thu 8:00 Barry Manilow 13 Fri 8:00 Barry Manilow 14 Sat 8:00 Barry Manilow 15 Sun 8:00 Barry Manilow 24 Tue Dan Fogelberg 27 Fri Rosie O'Donnell Nov 10 Fri The Righteous Brothers 11 Sat The Righteous Brothers 12 Sun The Righteous Brothers 17 Fri Chicago 18 Sat Chicago 09 Thu The Manhattan Transfer Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 18 Wed Machine Head / Stuck Mojo (tix Sat noon) Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Fri *Yngwie Malmsteen 28 Sat *Animation / Strutter Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / Chicago, IL / (312) 477-5994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Sat 3:00 *Seam in-store performance 30 Sat 7:30 Urge Overkill in-store performance UIC Pavilion: 1140 W. Harrison / Chicago, IL / (312) 413-5740 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 27 Fri Candlebox / Sponge / Our Lady Peace (tix Sat 10am) The Underground: 2412 Roosevelt / Kenosha, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 30 Sat Foo / The Invaders / Highball Holiday / The Jerkers United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 13 Fri Jimmy Page & Robert Plant / The Tragically Hip =SOLD OUT= The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri 7:00 aa Quicksand / CIV / Dandelion Oct 08 Sun 7:30 aa Matthew Sweet 17 Tue 7:30 $10 p/aa *Rancid / Lunachicks / 88 Fingers Louie (tix Fri 4pm) 20 Fri 7:00 aa Buffalo Tom / The Inbreds / Jennifer Trynin 21 Sat 7:30 aa Peter Frampton / Alannah Myles 24 Tue 7:00 aa Belly / The Catherine Wheel / Jewel (tix Sat noon) 27 Fri 7:30 aa Marianne Faithfull (tix Sat noon) Woodstock Opera House: 121 Van Buren / Woodstock, IL / (815) 338-5300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 8:00 Leo Kottke 25 Sat 8:00 Leo Kottke World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 01 Sun 7:30 David Bowie / Nine Inch Nails WHPK's Pure Hype: WHPK 88.5 FM / Chicago, IL / (312) 702-8424 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 29 Fri 9:00 Ashtray Boy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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