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Reuse without permission is strictly prohibited --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATES ------- The 1/29 Jamiroquai show has been moved from Metro to the Riviera. Additional tickets will go on sale Saturday at noon. GUESS THE REFERENCE ------------------- I guess I'm not the only rock opera geek here; 19 out of 21 guesses got the lines from "Jesus Christ Superstar". They're included in both "The Last Supper" and "Superstar". Random winner is "Bob Hays, Computer Geek". Rules recap: The first few lines in the heading of the List are a reference to a song. Mail your guess of song title and band to shows@tezcat.com. Put your guess in the Subject field. A random correct entry and the best entry of the week (if any) each win a fabulous Shows List Dollar. CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------- Mail to <shows@tezcat.com>. For subscriptions, tell me where you found out about us, and whether you'd like date or venue order. Visit the Chicago Shows List page at http://www.tezcat.com/~andy/shows/ ============= NEW THIS WEEK ============= A.Y.A. / Dynomites / Luke Skawalker / Dorks / The Space Invaders // The Bop Shop, 1/11 Beer Nuts / Patty Elvis Band / Hushdrops // Lounge Ax, 1/18 Big Guitars From Memphis / The Buck Fifty Boys // Schubas Tavern, 2/15 Eddie From Ohio // Schubas Tavern, 2/21 Ex-Chittle / Luckyj / Salaryman // Lounge Ax, 1/31 Marianne Faithful // Park West, 2/5 Chicago Underground Orchestra presents: H2O / Doug McCombs / Isotope // Lounge Ax, 1/16 Peter Himmelman & band // Park West, 1/30 Ray Wylie Hubbard / Kevin Welch / Jimmy LaFave // Schubas Tavern, 2/7 Ray Wylie Hubbard / Kevin Welch / Jimmy LaFave // Schubas Tavern, 2/8 Leftover Salmon / Moe // The Vic, 2/1 Norm McDonald // House Of Blues, 1/21 Metallica // Rosemont Horizon, 2/9 The Mighty Blue Kings // Cubby Bear, 2/7 The Mighty Blue Kings // Cubby Bear, 2/8 Slink Moss & The Flying Aces / Iggy Yoakum and His Poggo Ponies // Schubas Tavern, 2/28 Motorhome // Metro, 2/4 Bob Mould // The Vic, 2/15 New Rob Robbies / Secaucus Eight // Lounge Ax, 1/20 Nineteen Wheels // Schubas Tavern, 2/13 Not Rebecca / Argon Magnets // Lounge Ax, 1/21 Pansy Division / The Flavor Channel // Lounge Ax, 1/17 Pavement // Double Door, 2/15 Pavement // Lounge Ax, 2/17 Johnny Paycheck // FitzGerald's, 1/18 Porno For Pyros / Fun Lovin' Criminals // Riviera Theatre, 2/3 The Promise Ring / Sidekick Kato / Kerosene 454 // Metro, 2/15 Joshua Redman // House Of Blues, 3/12 The Renfields / Wax Miranda / Speed Duster / The Spreaders (formerly Dollrods) // Metro, 1/31 Sebadoh / Those Bastard Souls / Evergreen // The Vic, 2/22 The Slugs / Rex Daisy / Javelin Boot // Schubas Tavern, 2/8 Jeff Tweedy / Nora O'Connor // Lounge Ax, 1/11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 25 Sat Pantera / Clutch / Neurosis // 8:00, =SOLD OUT= --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 23 Thu My Brother's Keeper / Fambooey 24 Fri Menthol February 19 Wed Karate / Braid / Sarge --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bop Shop: 1807 W. Division / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 11 Sat *A.Y.A. / Dynomites / Luke Skawalker / Dorks / The Space Invaders // 1:00, all ages --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Channing-Murray Foundation: 1209 W. Oregon St / Urbana, IL / (217) 334-1176 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 25 Sat Boris the Sprinkler / The Strike / The Tossers / Plug // 8:00, all ages, $5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 7 Fri *The Mighty Blue Kings // tix Sat noon 8 Sat *The Mighty Blue Kings // tix Sat noon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 10 Fri Squishy / The Ricky Canning Band 11 Sat Mr. Blotto 16 Thu Slam! / The Betsy Years 17 Fri Hummer / Prescriptions / Bohb / Wild Bores 18 Sat Velvet Jones / Dovetail Joint / Thirty Days / Curious 21 Tue Swans / Windsor Of The Derby // (confirmed) 24 Fri Trailer Hitch 31 Fri Calliope / Kill-Hannah / Pinetop Seven / The Velmas / Willie Wisely February 15 Sat *Pavement // tix Sat noon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (773) 276-3600 / http://www.emptybottle.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 10 Fri Crown Royals / Lonesome Organist / 15 Couples 11 Sat Nihilist Spasm Band / Wrong 15 Wed Fred Longberg-Holm Trio 16 Thu Bob Rising & Scenario / Velour Motel / Old Pike 17 Fri Freakmagnet / Speed McQueens / Albert Hill 18 Sat Edith Frost 22 Wed Peter Brotzmann and Hamid Drake duets 23 Thu Apples in Stereo 24 Fri Ui / Dianogah / Golden 25 Sat Clown Love / Big Angry Fish / Zipperhead 29 Wed Peter Brotzmann Octet 30 Thu Streganona / 90 Day Men / Stanley's Joyful Noise 31 Fri Falstaff / Chris Mills / Doris --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fireside Bowl: 2646 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 10 Fri Pasted On / Sliver / Ilium / Hurtsprung Gap / Galbraith 11 Sat U.S. Maple / Lonesome Organist / The Impossible Five / Assembly Line People Program 12 Sun Deals Gone Bad / Skabeatles / Dr. Manette 16 Thu Sweater Girl / Sideshow Bob / Monophonic 100 / Pound Wisconsin / Riff Raff 17 Fri Stanley's Joyful Noise / Frodus / Jihad / Hashbrown 18 Sat Pansy Division / AYA / The Brockmeyers / The Migraines 19 Sun The 4-Squares / Undesirables / Tricky Dick / TSSM 22 Wed The Grabbers / U.S. Bombs / Homegrown 24 Fri The Strike / No Empathy / Not Rebecca 25 Sat Guttermouth / The Feds / Assorted Jellybeans / The Broadways // 7:00 25 Sat The Goblins / Skanalingus / The Mashers // 10:00 26 Sun The Rodmans / The Newmens 31 Fri Hi-Fi & The Roadburners / The Nobodies / Go To Hell / Los Infernos / Walker February 1 Sat Despair / Disbelief // 6:00 1 Sat Pulsars / Handsome Family / Prichard / Sweeties // 9:00 2 Sun Bleed (WI) / Scroat Belly 5 Wed Murphy's Law / The Hitmen / Missile Command // 7:00 9 Sun Element 79 / The Hectics 15 Sat Cletus 20 Thu Karate / Joan Of Arc / The Sorts / Mineral 28 Fri MU330 / Eclectics / Animal Chin / 23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FitzGerald's: 6615 Roosevelt / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2118 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 18 Sat *Johnny Paycheck --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hemmens Auditorium: 150 Dexter / Elgin, IL / (708) 931-5900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 18 Sat Spyro Gyra February 14 Fri Jack Jones May 16 Fri George Jones --------------------------------------------------------------------------- House Of Blues (21+): 329 N. Dearborn / Chicago, IL / (312) 527-2583 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 10 Fri Cameo 12 Sun Little Feat / Jonny Lang 16 Thu The Radiators // 18+ 19 Sun The Commodores 20 Mon Take 6 / The Last Poets 21 Tue *Norm McDonald // 18+ 22 Wed Johnny Winter Band / Rick Derringer 23 Thu +The Smithereens / Waco Brothers 24 Fri Joe Ely Band / Muck Brothers 25 Sat Astrud Gilberto 30 Thu Bottle Rockets / Sister Soleil / Silver Jet // 18+ 31 Fri Groove Collective // 18+ February 9 Sun Jim Belushi & The Sacred Hearts 16 Sun Buckwheat Zydeco 20 Thu Keb Mo Band 21 Fri Celia Cruz / Jose Alberto March 12 Wed *Joshua Redman April 5 Sat Aretha Franklin // =NEW DATE= --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illini Union Courtyard Cafe: 1401 W. Green St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 333-3660 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 31 Fri Soulstice / Sarge // 8:00, all ages February 7 Fri Moon Seven Times // 8:00, all ages, $4, (CD release party) ($3 w/ UIUC ID) 15 Sat My Brother's Keeper // all ages --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois Disciples Foundation: 610 E. Springfield / Champaign, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 7 Fri Dillinger 4 / No Empathy / Cletus / tba // 8:00, all ages, $5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Amphitheater: Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 22 Wed Snoop Doggy Dogg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (773) 525-6620 / LoungeAx@aol.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 10 Fri Come 11 Sat *Jeff Tweedy / Nora O'Connor 14 Tue B-1 Niner / Cheerleader / Small Axe 15 Wed +Brainiac / Glow / Parasol 16 Thu *Chicago Underground Orchestra presents: H2O / Doug McCombs / Isotope 17 Fri *Pansy Division / The Flavor Channel 18 Sat *Beer Nuts / Patty Elvis Band / Hushdrops 20 Mon *New Rob Robbies / Secaucus Eight 21 Tue *Not Rebecca / Argon Magnets 25 Sat Cows 31 Fri *Ex-Chittle / Luckyj / Salaryman February 14 Fri Shellac // (There will probably be advance tix.) 15 Sat Shellac 17 Mon *Pavement // tix 1/11 at TicketMaster and the club --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 24 Fri Shag / Sister Soleil 25 Sat Uncle John's Band 30 Thu Wilco 31 Fri Roscoe P. Soultrane / Skali Baba and the 40 Oz. Horns 31 Fri Skali Baba and the 40 Oz. Horns February 1 Sat The Drovers / Citrus 21 Fri Third Stone --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) / http://www.metrochicago.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 10 Fri 13mg / Tarpit / Maintenance Of Order / Made To Fade // 10:00 11 Sat Brando's Charm / Blanket Party / Ticklepenny // 10:00, 18+ 17 Fri The Eclectics / Aks Mama / Animal Chin // 6:30 17 Fri Nicholas Tremulis / Wildwood // 11:30 18 Sat Tricky / Jeru The Damaja // 11:00 21 Tue Goldfinger / Blue Meanies / Reel Big Fish // 7:00, all ages, =SOLD OUT= 24 Fri Hello Dave / 19 Wheels / Shimmer / Scott Fab 25 Sat Crackpot / Moonshine Willy / Mt. Pilot / The Rain Kings // (free tickets downloadable from http://www.mcs.net/~rainking) 29 Wed Jamiroquai // =MOVED TO THE RIV= 31 Fri *The Renfields / Wax Miranda / Speed Duster / The Spreaders (formerly Dollrods) February 4 Tue *Motorhome // 7:00, all ages, tix 15 Sat *The Promise Ring / Sidekick Kato / Kerosene 454 // 11:30, tix Sat noon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 30 Thu *Peter Himmelman & band // 7:30, all ages 31 Fri Ladysmith Black Mambazo // =SOLD OUT= February 5 Wed *Marianne Faithful // 21+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 29 Wed Jamiroquai // =MOVED FROM METRO=, more tix on sale Sat noon February 3 Mon *Porno For Pyros / Fun Lovin' Criminals // tix Sat noon 8 Sat Korn // (unconfirmed) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 7 Fri Metallica // =SOLD OUT= 8 Sat Metallica // =SOLD OUT= 9 Sun *Metallica // tix Sat 1/18 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosemont Theatre: 5400 N. River Rd. / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 24 Fri Wayne Newton 25 Sat Wayne Newton February 7 Fri Luther Vandross / Braxtons 15 Sat Village People / KC & The Sunshine Band 21 Fri Paul Revere & The Raiders w/ Peter Noone May 25 Sun Electric Light Orchestra w/Chicago Symphony Orchestra --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schubas Tavern (21+): 3159 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 30 Thu +BR5-49 / Charlie Major // 9:00, $10 31 Fri +BR5-49 / Charlie Major // 10:30, $10 February 7 Fri *Ray Wylie Hubbard / Kevin Welch / Jimmy LaFave // 8:00, $15 8 Sat *Ray Wylie Hubbard / Kevin Welch / Jimmy LaFave // 8:00, $15 8 Sat *The Slugs / Rex Daisy / Javelin Boot // 10:30, $7 13 Thu *Nineteen Wheels // 9:00, $4 15 Sat *Big Guitars From Memphis / The Buck Fifty Boys // 10:30 21 Fri *Eddie From Ohio // 8:00, $8 28 Fri *Slink Moss & The Flying Aces / Iggy Yoakum and His Poggo Ponies // 10:30, $6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 18 Sat Kenny G / Toni Braxton // =SOLD OUT= March 14 Fri Kenny G / Toni Braxton // tix Sat 10am --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valparaiso University: The Great Hall on campus / Valparaiso, IN / info: Kurt (219) 464-6420 or KAG6306@exodus.valpo.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 24 Fri Tango Wedding Band / Toucan Slam / InSpiteofYou / The Muckrakers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 1 Sat *Leftover Salmon / Moe // 9:00, 18+ 15 Sat *Bob Mould // 7:30, all ages, tix Sat noon, one show only 22 Sat *Sebadoh / Those Bastard Souls / Evergreen // 7:00, all ages, tix Sat noon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The code list: * new listing + listing has changed this week 18+ 18-and-over 21+ 21-and-over (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. The Shows List is updated late every Thursday night. You can get it over the Internet in two ways: World-Wide Web: http://www.tezcat.com/~andy/shows/ Mail subscription: <shows@tezcat.com> Ask to be added, and mention where you found out about the list. 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