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When they said he was an only son He thought he was The Chicago Shows List Shows of note (by venue) as of 3/13/97 All content copyright 1997 Andy Lester. Reuse without permission is strictly prohibited --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telling Yer Friends ------------------- Lotsa people are telling their friends about the Shows List, and I appreciate. However, if at all possible, please refer people to the Shows List web page at http://www.tezcat.com/~andy/shows/, and they can sign up there. It's much easier for both of us. I'll still take requests by mail, of course. Guess The Reference ------------------- The top of the Shows List makes lyrical reference to a song. Identify the song and artist, mail it to shows@tezcat.com, and win a fabulous Shows List Dollar. One winner is chosen at random from all correct entries. Any particularly funny or noteworthy entries may also win a SL$, whether or not the answer is correct. 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Visit the Chicago Shows List page at http://tezcat.com/~andy/shows/ ============= NEW THIS WEEK ============= Acumen Nation // Mabel's, 4/26 Luther Allison // House Of Blues, 5/16 Baal Tinne // Abbey Pub, 3/14 Battlefield Band // Abbey Pub, 4/18 Beck // Mandel Hall, 4/11 Beck // Mandel Hall, 4/12 Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys // The Blind Pig Co., 5/3 Bobby Blue Bland // House Of Blues, 5/10 Blue Mountain / Spoon / The Velmas // Lounge Ax, 3/28 Boiled In Lead // Abbey Pub, 3/21 Built To Spill / Satisfact // Metro, 5/22 Bush / Veruca Salt // Rosemont Horizon, 4/24 Caramel / Plastic Princess / Gandhi Bondage // Lounge Ax, 4/1 Cheap Trick // Metro, 4/9 Chicago Underground Orchestra / Isotope // Lounge Ax, 3/20 The Drovers // Mabel's, 4/18 Ember / Ezurate / Bind // Smiler Coogan's, 3/23 Fifth Circle / 7 Day Wait / Nocando / Max Capacity // Knights of Columbus Hall, 3/14 Fountains Of Wayne // Metro, 4/22 Frontier // Empty Bottle, 4/17 Philip Glass // Centre East, 4/5 Grand Theft Auto / B-19er / Misery Index // Big Horse, 3/21 The Gray Boy Allstars // Metro, 4/19 Joe Christmas / Kingsize // Lounge Ax, 3/31 Syl Johnson / Paul Cebar & The Milwaukeeans // House Of Blues, 4/18 Chaka Khan // House Of Blues, 6/23 Kenny Lattimore // Park West, 4/4 Long Hind Legs / The Thrones // Lounge Ax, 3/26 Lowen & Navarro // Martyr's, 5/3 Modest Mouse / Braid / Sweep The Leg Johnny // Empty Bottle, 4/7 Moxy Fruvous // Martyr's, 4/17 Nubile Thangs / Thirty Days / The Wrightwallys // Double Door, 4/19 Music from the soundtrack of "Dutch Harbor": Jim O'Rourke / Doug McCombs / Rick Rizzo / Dave Pakvovic / Michael Krassner / Charles Kim / Joseph Ferguson // Lounge Ax, 3/22 The Parasites / Mulligan Stu / tba x 2 // Channing-Murray Foundation, 5/4 Pulsars / Servotron / Aluminum Group // Lounge Ax, 3/29 Rainer Maria / Hal Al Shedad // Catacombs Coffeehouse, 3/29 Roscoe P. Soultrane / Nastybake / Angie Heaton / The Viper // The Blind Pig Co., 3/20 Run On // Quaker Goes Deaf, 4/5 The Samples // The Vic, 4/23 Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band // House Of Blues, 5/15 Shonen Knife / Pluto / Splitsville // House Of Blues, 4/25 Slink Moss // Martyr's, 4/4 Supersuckers // Double Door, 4/16 They Might Be Giants / Cub // Metro, 4/29 They Might Be Giants / Cub // Metro, 4/30 Throwing Muses // Double Door, 4/11 Ulele // The Blind Pig Co., 3/29 Vic Vacume & The Attachments / Spirit Engine / Hatewave // Thurston's, 3/21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbey Pub: 3420 W. Grace (at Elston) / Chicago, IL / (312) 478-4408 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri *Baal Tinne 21 Fri *Boiled In Lead April 18 Fri *Battlefield Band --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Big Head Todd & The Monsters / Nil Lara // 7:30, all ages 22 Sat Korn / Helmet / Limp Bizkit // 7:30, all ages, =SOLD OUT= --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assembly Hall: 1800 S. First St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 333-5000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 7 Mon Phil Collins // 7:30, $20-35, ($4 discount w/ UIUC ID) 27 Sun Steve Miller Band / tba // 8:00, ($3 discount w/ UIUC ID) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auditorium Theatre: 50 E. Congress / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 12 Sat David Helfgott 14 Mon David Helfgott 27 Sun Frank Sinatra Jr. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Horse (21+): 1558 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 21 Fri *Grand Theft Auto / B-19er / Misery Index // 10:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 19 Wed Boy's Life / Castor / Chisel Drill Hammer 20 Thu *Roscoe P. Soultrane / Nastybake / Angie Heaton / The Viper // (benefit for the GEO) 27 Thu +The Lilys / Comet / Angie Heaton and the Gentle Tamers 29 Sat *Ulele April 2 Wed +Pansy Division / April Crash / Karen Hellyer 9 Wed Bedhead / C-Clamp 15 Tue +Supersuckers / Jesse Dayton // $7 17 Thu Brainiac / The Delta 72 / U.S. Maple // ($8 tix on sale Mon. 3/10) May 3 Sat *Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Borders Books & Music: 830 N. Michigan / Chicago, IL / (312) 573-0564 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15 Sat Donovan // 5:00, free in-store performance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catacombs Coffeehouse: 731 State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 257-3025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15 Sat Jeremy Enigk / Joan Of Arc / The One Up Downstairs // 8:00, $7, info: Nick (608) 256-3773 29 Sat *Rainer Maria / Hal Al Shedad // 7:30, all ages --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Centre East: 7701 N. Lincoln / Skokie, IL / (708) 673-6300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 5 Sat *Philip Glass // 8:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Channing-Murray Foundation: 1209 W. Oregon St / Urbana, IL / (217) 334-1176 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri +Salt Midget / Luke Skawalker / Scurvy Dogs // all ages, $4 April 1 Tue +Squirtgun / Bombshell / The Thuggs / Olympic Star // 8:00, all ages, $5 26 Sat +My Lai / Hated Youth / Sound the Alarm / tba x 2 // 8:00, all ages May 4 Sun *The Parasites / Mulligan Stu / tba x 2 // 8:00, all ages, $5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 20 Thu Jewel / The Rugburns // =SOLD OUT= 22 Sat Shawn Colvin / Freedy Johnston / Patty Griffin May 3 Sat John Tesh --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dome Room: 632 1/2 N. Dearborn / Chicago, IL / (312) 266-9114 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Laibach 21 Fri Guests That Never Leave / T.O.N. 28 Fri Busker Soundcheck / Free Range Chicken / The Spelunkers 29 Sat Gene Loves Jezebel April 4 Fri Full / Teenage Frames --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Well Of Souls / NIL8 / Sweat Lodge / Azure Creed 15 Sat The Gufs / The Odds / Mitch 17 Mon Ulele / Funkadesi / Curious 20 Thu The Low & Sweet Orchestra / Phil Cody 21 Fri Moe / Farmer 22 Sat Dirty Three / Low / Atmospheric Armchair 27 Thu Stuart Davis / The Twiggs / What About Zoe? 28 Fri ICOS / Cellophane / Mother Factor 29 Sat Mr. Blotto April 4 Fri Prescriptions / Squirm / Patty Elvis / The Marvel Kind 5 Sat Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise 11 Fri *Throwing Muses // tix Sat noon 12 Sat Stir / Darla Hood 16 Wed *Supersuckers // tix Sat noon 18 Fri Loudmouth / Wet Animal / Beer Nuts 19 Sat *Nubile Thangs / Thirty Days / The Wrightwallys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earitable Records: 324 Lake St. / Oak Park, IL / (708) 445-9288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 29 Sat Charles Bronson / Kung Fu Rick / tba // 2:00, free --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (773) 276-3600 / http://www.emptybottle.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Trailer Hitch / The Drapes / My Lai 15 Sat Philistines Jr. / M.O.T.O. / Melochrome / Pillar Box Red 20 Thu Neutrino / Gnomes of Zurich / Brass Knuckles For Tough Guys 21 Fri Cows / Mt. Shasta / Crown Heights / Geezer Lake 22 Sat Zumpano / Chokebore / Too Much Joy / Old Pike 27 Thu Amberbug / Ativin / Speed McQueen 28 Fri Lilies / Motorhome / Comet / Push Kings 29 Sat The Frogs / Ex-Chittle April 3 Thu Babe The Blue Ox / Cindy Lee Berryhill / Pecola / Venus Cures All 4 Fri Vandermark 5 / Jim O'Rourke 5 Sat +Ruins / Collosalmite / Musica Transonic 7 Mon *Modest Mouse / Braid / Sweep The Leg Johnny 10 Thu Grip Inc / Bloodlet / Coal Chamber / Cause For Alarm 11 Fri New Bomb Turks / Cash Money / Pipe 12 Sat Impotent Sea Snakes / Stinking Lizaveta 17 Thu *Frontier 18 Fri Moonshine Willy / Katy Bell / 3 Fried Men 19 Sat Shiner / Plexi / tba 24 Thu Zen Guerilla / Thumbnail / Minim 26 Sat Railroad Jerk / Cheer Accident / Blastula / Larval May 2 Fri Thee Headcoats / The Makers / Chinese Millionaires // $10 in advance, $12 at the door --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fireside Bowl: 2646 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Stanley's Joyful Noise / Betsy Years / Scenic Vermont / Chanticleer / Sohcatoa // $5 15 Sat Greenhouse / Alpha School / Swingset / 3 Days / Sled Napkin // 7:00, $5 15 Sat Prescriptions / Brass Knuckles For Tough Guys / Tristan Psionic // 10:00 16 Sun J Church / Pee / Sweep The Leg Johnny / Tuesday / Alkaline Trio 18 Tue Boys Life / Hurl / Uncrush / Illium // $5 19 Wed Freakmagnet / Phoenix Thunderstone / Fondly / Minim / Today Is My Super Spaceout Day // $6 20 Thu Latimer / Alkaloid / Shoot The Gift // $5 21 Fri Braid / Lustre King / Chisel Drill Hammer / Philo Beddow / Data Cadet // $5 22 Sat The Broadways / Mest / Bubble Boys / Kid With Man Head / 3 Impotent Males // 7:00, $5 22 Sat Horny Toad (ex-Suicidal Tendencies) / Karma To Burn // 10:00, $5 23 Sun 90 Day Men / Newgard 843 / Park / Cerebrus Shoal // $5 25 Tue Long Hind Legs / Thrones / Aluminum Group // $5 26 Wed Orange 9mm / Unsane / Handsome / Straightface // $6 27 Thu Suburban Refugees / Blackfork / Gang Of Jerks / Malignmen / T.S.S.M. // $5 28 Fri Alligator Gun / Lynyrds Innards / 30 Amp Fuse / Fantastics // 7:00, $5 28 Fri Joan Of Arc / Rainer Maria / Hal Al Shedad / San Augustin // 10:00, $5 29 Sat The Geezers / Space Invaders / The Hippos / Tres Kids // 7:00 29 Sat Cole / tba x 2 // 10:00 30 Sun Ignite / Catharsis / Six Mile Island // 5:00, $5 April 1 Tue The Gain / The Frantics 2 Wed Art Alexakis (of Everclear) solo acoustic / Gus // $10, tix at local stores, mail CallD4Info@aol.com for info 4 Fri Promise Ring / Softies / Compound Red 5 Sat Squirtgun / Dillinger Four / Bombshell / Migraines 6 Sun Humble Gods / Knuckle Duster / Dick For Short / Gods Reflex 9 Wed Dead And Gone / The Spy Vs. Spy 10 Thu Pink Lincolns / Dead Steelmill / The Mashers // 7:00, $5 11 Fri Oblivion / Zoinks / Monsignors / Eveready 12 Sat Kerosene 454 / Esoterics // 7:00 12 Sat Muchacha / Another Society // 10:00 13 Sun The Hentchmen / The Baltimores / Nerves / Rayovacs 15 Tue Hatewave / Behead The Prophet / My Lai / Charles Bronson 17 Thu Strife / Sparkmarker / The Undesirables / Stifle // $6 18 Fri Verukers / Casualties / Urbn DK / Jinx 19 Sat Mealticket / Shotwell Coho / Letterbombs 23 Wed Stress Magnets / Blank 24 Thu Chubbies / I Love Rich 25 Fri U.S. Bombs / 30 Foot Fall // 7:00 25 Fri Thumbnail // 10:00 26 Sat Blount / More Fire For Burning People / Remission 27 Sun Isaac Green & The Scholars // 5:00 30 Wed Regatta 69 May 1 Thu UK Subs 3 Sat The Peechees / The Drags 9 Fri One Hit Wonder / Joystick 10 Sat Automatics / Lizards --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FitzGerald's: 6615 Roosevelt / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2118 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Cathy Richardson Band // 10:00, $6 15 Sat Brother Brother // $6 21 Fri Iguanas / Jumpin' Johnny Sansone // 10:00, $12, TM 22 Sat Iguanas / Jumpin' Johnny Sansone // 10:00, $12, TM 28 Fri Boozoo Chavis April 19 Sat Howard & The White Boys 26 Sat Bad Examples --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hemmens Auditorium: 150 Dexter / Elgin, IL / (708) 931-5900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 16 Fri George Jones --------------------------------------------------------------------------- House Of Blues (21+): 329 N. Dearborn / Chicago, IL / (312) 527-2583 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Zuba / Citrus / Common Faces // 18+ 15 Sat The Drovers / Ekoostic Hookah // 7:30, 18+ 15 Sat The Drovers / Triple Fast Action // 11:30, 21+ 18 Tue Willie Nelson 19 Wed Willie Nelson 20 Thu Sammy Kershaw 21 Fri De La Soul / Sovoroy / Cassius Clay 22 Sat Nuno Bettencourt // 18+ 24 Mon 24-7 Spyz / Wesley Willis Fiasco // 18+ 25 Tue Chick Corea Band 26 Wed Michael McDermott 27 Thu Shinehead / J. Davis Trio 28 Fri The Blasters / Ronnie Earl 29 Sat Acoustic Junction // 18+ April 1 Tue Dick Dale 2 Wed The Yellowjackets 4 Fri Willie Porter / Webb Wilder 5 Sat Aretha Franklin // =SOLD OUT= 9 Wed Merle Haggard & The Strangers 10 Thu Morris Day & The Time / Eric Benet 11 Fri Jackopierce // 18+ 12 Sat Average White Band 18 Fri *Syl Johnson / Paul Cebar & The Milwaukeeans 19 Sat Jerry Garcia Band / Jefferson Starship // =SOLD OUT= 20 Sun Jerry Garcia Band / Jefferson Starship 24 Thu Etta James 25 Fri *Shonen Knife / Pluto / Splitsville // "early" 25 Fri Delbert McClinton // "late" May 10 Sat *Bobby Blue Bland 15 Thu *Merl Saunders & The Rainforest Band // tix Sat 10am 16 Fri *Luther Allison 23 Fri Johnny Cash 29 Thu Dr. John June 20 Fri War 23 Mon *Chaka Khan // tix Sat 10am --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illini Union Courtyard Cafe: 1401 W. Green St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 333-3660 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Mustard Plug / Roscoe P. Soultrane / Skali Baba // all ages April 3 Thu Skapone / Skagina / Skali Baba // 9:00, all ages 4 Fri Pegboy / Spelunkers / The Tupacs // 9:00, all ages, $5, ($4 w/ UIUC ID) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois Disciples Foundation: 610 E. Springfield / Champaign, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15 Sat J Church / Pee / The Henchmen / Wolfie // 8:00, all ages, $5 April 4 Fri Dillinger 4 / Hand to Mouth / Dr. Manette / Plug // 8:00, all ages, $4 10 Thu Zoinks! / The Traitors / Ed Temple / The Tupacs // 8:00, all ages, $5 18 Fri Mealticket / Shotwell Coho / The Articles / Roscoe P. Soultrane // 8:00, all ages, $5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.J. Kelley's: 2455 Bernice Rd. / Lansing, IL / (708) 474-9977 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 21 Fri Bay City Rollers / Kevin Lee Band / Desdinova // $10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackhammer (formerly Toto's): 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 22 Sat Bay City Rollers / Moe's Dream Police // TM April 4 Fri Great White 11 Fri Ronnie James Dio / Radakka // 7:00, TM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knights of Columbus Hall: 15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri *Fifth Circle / 7 Day Wait / Nocando / Max Capacity // 6:00, $4 28 Fri The Hippos / The Monsignors / The Skallops / tba // 7:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (773) 525-6620 / LoungeAx@aol.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri David Thomas / Papas Fritas / Ditch Croaker // $7 15 Sat Six Finger Satellite / Arcwelder / Thee Hydrogen Terrors // $7 16 Sun Heron / Big Heifer // $5 17 Mon Beer Nuts / Teen Alien / Five Horse Johnson // $7 18 Tue Alkaloid / The Permanents / Boy Wonder Jinx // $5 19 Wed The Autumn Teen Sound / Cerberus Shoal // $5 20 Thu *Chicago Underground Orchestra / Isotope // $5 21 Fri P.W. Long / Ida / Beekeeper // $6 22 Sat *Music from the soundtrack of "Dutch Harbor": Jim O'Rourke / Doug McCombs / Rick Rizzo / Dave Pakvovic / Michael Krassner / Charles Kim / Joseph Ferguson 26 Wed *Long Hind Legs / The Thrones // $5 28 Fri *Blue Mountain / Spoon / The Velmas // $7 29 Sat *Pulsars / Servotron / Aluminum Group // $8 31 Mon *Joe Christmas / Kingsize // $5 April 1 Tue *Caramel / Plastic Princess / Gandhi Bondage 4 Fri Old 97s / Whiskeytown / The Picketts / Hazeldine 5 Sat Will Oldham / Run On 6 Sun Guitar Wolf --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15 Sat Uncle John's Band 17 Mon Subduing Mara / Third Stone / Autumn Lord 18 Tue +Low and Sweet Orchestra / Phil Cody // =CANCELED= 19 Wed +Mighty Blue Kings / Atomic Fireballs / Stone of Ulele 21 Fri Mother Crush / Section 8 / Taxi War Dance 22 Sat Box-O-Car (formerly Charming Beggars) 28 Fri Short Bus / Hate Choir / Rebels Without Applause 29 Sat V-Shaped Minds / Zeamays April 4 Fri +Cowslingers / Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise / Crackpot 11 Fri Moxy Fruvous 17 Thu Johnny Socko / Fambooey 18 Fri *The Drovers 19 Sat Shag 26 Sat *Acumen Nation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mandel Hall: University of Chicago / 57th & University / (773) 702-7300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 11 Fri *Beck // tix 4/1, $12 students, $15 staff/faculty 12 Sat *Beck --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martyr's: 3855 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Rollover / Spelunkers / Voodoo Kings 15 Sat Chicago Samba School / Malukosamba 17 Mon The Orphans 19 Wed The Saltines 21 Fri Scared Of Heights / Eggs At 8:14 / Popgun 22 Sat Citrus 26 Wed Paul Switch 28 Fri Tarika April 4 Fri *Slink Moss 17 Thu *Moxy Fruvous May 3 Sat *Lowen & Navarro // tix Sat noon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) / http://www.metrochicago.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Red Red Meat / Jeremy Enigk / Plastics Hi-Fi // 10:00 15 Sat Local H / Failure // 7:00, all ages, =SOLD OUT= 16 Sun Local H / Failure // 7:00, all ages, =SOLD OUT= 20 Thu KRS-One // 9:00, 18+ 21 Fri Mustard Plug / Parka Kings / The Insyderz / Hot Stove Jimmy // 6:30, all ages 22 Sat The Cranes // 7:00, all ages 22 Sat Peat Moss / Voodoo Buss / 9 Day Wonder // 11:30 24 Mon Cake | Babe The Blue Ox // 7:00, all ages 25 Tue The Presidents Of The United States Of America / Redd Kross // 7:00, all ages 28 Fri Sick Of It All / Snapcase / A.F.I. // 6:30, all ages 28 Fri Spring Heel Jack // 11:30, 18+ 29 Sat The Mighty Blue Kings // 10:00, 18+ April 1 Tue D Generation / Fluffy / Acumen / The Pugs // 6:30 5 Sat The Cardigans / Papas Fritas // 7:00, all ages, =SOLD OUT= 8 Tue 13MG / Jane Jensen // 7:00, all ages 9 Wed *Cheap Trick // 7:30, all ages, tix sat noon 11 Fri Toasters / New Bomb Turks // 6:30, all ages 12 Sat Kula Shaker / Headswim // 7:00, all ages 12 Sat Seam / Versus / Hell Kitty // 11:30, 18+ 13 Sun Tribute to Jack Kerouac: Allen Ginsberg / Kurt Elling / Laurence Hobgood Trio / Kahil El 'Zabar / Paul Wertico // 4:00, all ages 13 Sun Tribute to Jack Kerouac: Allen Ginsberg / Kurt Elling / Laurence Hobgood Trio / Kahil El 'Zabar / Paul Wertico // 8:30, all ages 14 Mon Prodigy // 9:00, 18+, =SOLD OUT= 19 Sat *The Gray Boy Allstars // 11:30, 18+, tix Sat noon 22 Tue *Fountains Of Wayne // 7:00, all ages, tix Sat noon 29 Tue *They Might Be Giants / Cub // 7:00, all ages, tix Sat noon 30 Wed *They Might Be Giants / Cub // 7:00, all ages, tix Sat noon May 22 Thu *Built To Spill / Satisfact --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The New Loft: 112 N. Fairchild / Madison, WI / (608) 251-7175 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Grrrl Club Benefit: Rhoda / Mullions / Ladykink / Heave / tba 15 Sat MIJ / Prisoners of Happenstance / Compound Red 22 Sat Lynyrds Innards / Snarkouts / Gargamel / Chanticleer April 12 Sat Sidekick Kato / V. Reverse / Tuesday / Galbrieth 26 Sat Battle Of The Bands // Round 1 May 2 Fri Battle Of The Bands // Round 2 3 Sat Battle Of The Bands // Round 3 16 Fri Battle Of The Bands // World Series --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New World Music Theater: Tinley Park, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 28 Sat Tina Turner / Cyndi Lauper July 3 Thu No Doubt / Weezer / Face To Face --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15 Sat Traitors / Tuesday / Disfunctionals / Jerrypostholedigger 22 Sat Four On The Floor / Skagina / The Tardies 29 Sat Techno-cydic Experimentatin League / Sirens Entranced --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Town School Of Folk Music: 909 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-7793 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 21 Fri McGarrigle Sisters / Small Potatoes // 7:00 21 Fri McGarrigle Sisters / Small Potatoes // 10:00 22 Sat Patty Larkin / Michael Johnson // 7:00 22 Sat Patty Larkin / Michael Johnson // 10:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orchestra Hall: 220 S. Michigan Ave. / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 30 Sun Ravi Shankar --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paramount Arts Centre: 23 E. Galena / Aurora, IL / (708) 896-6666 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 22 Sat Temptations April 26 Sat The Righteous Brothers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 16 Sun Donovan // 7:30 20 Thu Zucchero // 7:30, all ages 21 Fri Vic Chesnutt / Scud Mountain Boys // 7:30, all ages 22 Sat Erasure // 10:00, 21+, =SOLD OUT= 25 Tue Duncan Sheik / Jill Sobule // 7:30, all ages 26 Wed Storyville // 7:30, all ages 29 Sat Fiona Apple / Morcheeba // 7:30, all ages April 4 Fri *Kenny Lattimore // 7:30, all ages 13 Sun DJ Shadow / Jeru The Damaja // 8:00, 18+ 14 Mon Squirrel Nut Zippers / Cigar Store Indians // 9:00, 18+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phyllis Musical Inn: 1800 W. Division / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15 Sat Adequate Brothers / John Huss Moderate Combo --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quaker Goes Deaf: 1937 W. North / Chicago, IL / (312) 252-9334 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 5 Sat *Run On --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Sheryl Crow / Dishwalla // 8:00 19 Wed The Wallflowers / Polara // 8:00 20 Thu Korn / Helmet / Limp Bizkit // 8:00 21 Fri Nuno Bettencourt // 8:00 22 Sat Compound Red / Ida / Beekeeper // 8:00 28 Fri Fiona Apple // 8:00 29 Sat Cake / Victor DeLorenzo // 8:00 30 Sun Gene Loves Jezebel / Cherry Pop Valentine // 8:00 April 4 Fri Dick Dale // 8:00 5 Sat James Brown // 8:00 6 Sun Royal Crown Revue // 8:00 9 Wed Throwing Muses // 8:00 12 Sat Ani DiFranco // $17.50 12 Sat Ani DiFranco / Dan Bern // 8:30 17 Thu Ronnie James Dio / Sludgehead // 8:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reckless Records: 3157 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-5080 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15 Sat Red Red Meat // 4:00, free in-store performance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rialto Square Theatre: Joliet, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 2 Fri Anne Murray 3 Sat Anne Murray --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Wallflowers 15 Sat Blur / Assembly Line People Program // 7:00, all ages April 11 Fri Morphine // 7:30, all ages June 7 Sat Mighty Mighty Bosstones --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Steven Curtis Chapman / Audio Adrenaline / Carolyn Arends April 6 Sun Phil Collins 24 Thu *Bush / Veruca Salt // tix Sat 10am May 16 Fri Tom Jones 17 Sat Tom Jones 31 Sat Enrique Iglesias --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosemont Theatre: 5400 N. River Rd. / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 22 Tue John Mellencamp / The Why Store / Amanda Marshall // =SOLD OUT= 23 Wed John Mellencamp / The Why Store / Amanda Marshall // =SOLD OUT= 24 Thu John Mellencamp / The Why Store / Amanda Marshall // =SOLD OUT= 25 Fri The Chieftains 26 Sat Steve Miller Band / Kenny Neal May 25 Sun Electric Light Orchestra w/Chicago Symphony Orchestra 30 Fri Barry Manilow 31 Sat Barry Manilow June 6 Fri Julio Iglesias 7 Sat Julio Iglesias --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schubas Tavern (21+): 3159 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Dolly Varden 15 Sat Susan Werner // 8:00, $10 15 Sat The Dogs O'Brian // 10:30, $6 19 Wed The Folk Implosion // 8:00, $10 at the door only. First come, first serve. 19 Wed The Folk Implosion // 10:30 20 Thu Carrie Newcomer 23 Sun Wayne Hancock April 8 Tue Jimmie Dale Gilmore // 8:00 9 Wed Jimmie Dale Gilmore // 8:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shirk Center: Illinois Wesleyan Univ. / 302 E. Emerson / Bloomington, IL / (309) 556-2638 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 20 Sun Big Head Todd and the Monsters / They Might Be Giants // $20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smiler Coogan's: 5637 W. Grand / Chicago, IL / (312) 889-1741 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 23 Sun *Ember / Ezurate / Bind // 7:00, $5, all ages --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soldier Field: Where the Bears play on Lake Shore Drive / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 27 Fri U2 // =SOLD OUT= 28 Sat U2 // =SOLD OUT= --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thurston's: 1248 W. George / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-6900 / thurstonz@aol.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 21 Fri *Vic Vacume & The Attachments / Spirit Engine / Hatewave // (Special "Darth Vacume" show) 30 Sun Macabre / Bludgeon / Forest Of The Impaled // all ages --------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 14 Fri Kenny G / Toni Braxton May 12 Mon Placido Domingo w/the Chicago Symphony Orchestra // $35-175 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valparaiso University: The Great Hall on campus / Valparaiso, IN / info: Kurt (219) 464-6420 or KAG6306@exodus.valpo.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 4 Fri The Mighty Blue Kings / Mustard Plug / Raceskar // 8:00, $6, all ages 12 Sat Throwing Muses / Beezus / The Prescriptions // 8:00, $10, all ages, KAG6306@EXODUS.VALPO.EDU for ticket info --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valparaiso University: WVUR back lot / 816 Union St. / Valparaiso, IN / info: Kurt (219) 464-6420 or KAG6306@exodus.valpo.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 26 Sat Punk Picnic: No Empathy / Oblivion / V. Reverse / InSpiteofYou // 7:00, Picnic starts at 5pm and is $1, Show is $4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15 Sat Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Doo Rag / The Blue Rags // 7:00, all ages April 23 Wed *The Samples // 7:30, tix Sat noon May 11 Sun +Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Pietasters / Swingin' Utters // (unconfirmed) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Virginia Theatre: 201 W. Park Ave. / Champaign, IL / (217) 359-1483 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 10 Thu Ani DiFranco / Dan Bern // $17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WZRD: WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL / (312) 794-2861 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 20 Thu The Sweeties // 10:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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