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Photo Gallery: Metallica at Soldier Field • Chicago
Metallica Soldier Field Chicago, IL Fri., August 9, 2024 Recap and photos by Edward Spinelli With tickets on sale nearly two years from their dual performance dates in Chicago – you could say Metallica’s Friday show was the most anticipated of the year. Two years after they headlined Lollapalooza, the band brought their massive in-the-round […]
Lollapalooza 2024 • Day One (Part One) • Grant Park • Chicago
Lollapalooza 2024 Thursday, August 1 Day One (Part One) Grant Park Chicago, Il Recap and photos by Curt Baran It’s the time of year in Chicago when the big dog comes and lays on the city’s front lawn. Lollapalooza returned to Grant Park this past weekend and brought with it a performance that will prove […]
Lollapalooza 2024 • Day One (Part Two) • Grant Park • Chicago
Lollapalooza 2024 Thursday, August 1 Day One (Part Two) Grant Park Chicago, Il Recap and photos by Curt Baran It’s the time of year in Chicago when the big dog comes and lays on the city’s front lawn. Lollapalooza returned to Grant Park this past weekend and brought with it a performance that will prove […]
Lollapalooza 2024 • Day Two (Part One) • Grant Park • Chicago
Lollapalooza 2024 Friday, August 2 Day Two (Part One) Grant Park Chicago, Il Recap and photos by Curt Baran Oppressive weather welcomed attendees for the second day of the festival, but so did the unlimited choice of music as well. In between attempts to remain hydrated and shelter in the shade, performances could be had […]
Lollapalooza 2024 • Day Two (Part Two) • Grant Park • Chicago
Lollapalooza 2024 Friday, August 2 Day Two (Part Two) Grant Park Chicago, Il Recap and photos by Curt Baran Oppressive weather welcomed attendees for the second day of the festival, but so did the unlimited choice of music as well. In between attempts to remain hydrated and shelter in the shade, performances could be had […]
Lollapalooza 2024 • Day Three (Part One) • Grant Park • Chicago
Lollapalooza 2024 Saturday, August 3 Day Three (Part One) Grant Park Chicago, Il Recap and photos by Curt Baran The second half of the long weekend presented an opportunity to see two of Chicago’s currently rising musical offerings. Friko and Brigitte Calls Me Baby played back-to-back sets on another scalding hot day. They were also […]
Lollapalooza 2024 • Day Three (Part Two) • Grant Park • Chicago
Lollapalooza 2024 Saturday, August 3 Day Three (Part Two) Grant Park Chicago, Il Recap and photos by Curt Baran The second half of the long weekend presented an opportunity to see two of Chicago’s currently rising musical offerings. Friko and Brigitte Calls Me Baby played back-to-back sets on another scalding hot day. They were also […]
Lollapalooza 2024 • Day Four (Part One) • Grant Park • Chicago
Lollapalooza 2024 Saturday, August 3 Day Four (Part One) Grant Park Chicago, Il Recap and photos by Curt Baran Even by the fourth day, Lolla still had plenty to offer music fans. The final stretch included performances from Kyle Dion, Scarlet Demore, Hanabie, Valencia Grace, Nico Vega, Mimi Webb, Kaitlin Butts, Tezzo Touchdown, Teddy Swims, […]
Lollapalooza 2024 • Day Four (Part Two) • Grant Park • Chicago
Lollapalooza 2024 Sunday, August 4 Day Four (Part Two) Grant Park Chicago, Il Even by the fourth day, Lolla still had plenty to offer music fans. The final stretch included performances from Kyle Dion, Scarlet Demore, Hanabie, Valencia Grace, Nico Vega, Mimi Webb, Kaitlin Butts, Tezzo Touchdown, Teddy Swims, The Last Dinner Party, Cults, Pierce […]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2024 • Day One
Pitchfork Music Festival Union Park Friday, July 19 Chicago, IL Recap and photos by Curt Baran The Pitchfork Music Festival has secured itself a reputation as being the “farm league” of fests, to borrow a baseball term. They cultivate the newest talent, and then those bands or artists move onto the larger stages. Some even […]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2024 • Day Three
Pitchfork Music Festival Union Park Sunday, July 21 Chicago, IL Recap and photos by Curt Baran Arguably, the third day of P4K features some of the weekend’s highlight performances Model/ Actriz annihilated the fourth wall during their set, and Mannequin Pussy continued to prove that they are simply one of the best live bands on […]
Photo Gallery: Def Leppard, Journey and Steve Miller Band at Wrigley Field • Chicago
Def Leppard Journey The Steve Miller Band Wrigley Field Chicago, IL July 15, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran The Northside’s shining diamond turned itself into a Wayback machine. To see the names Def Leppard, Journey, and The Steve Miller Band on the marquee would’ve had one believing it was a “World Series of […]
Photo Gallery: Santana with Counting Crows • Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre • Tinley Park
Santana with Counting Crows Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre Tinley Park Saturday, June 29, 2024 Recap and gallery by Curt Baran Two titans of the San Francisco Bay Music scene touched down in suburban Tinley Park this past weekend. ‘60’s legend Carlos Santana, who, at age 76, may have spent the majority of his set playing […]
Photo Gallery: Sarah McLachlan • Huntington Bank Pavilion • Chicago
Sarah McLachlan Huntington Bank Pavilion Chicago, IL June 11, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran If you closed your eyes, it was as if you’d been transported back to 1994. Sarah McLachlan began singing “Possession” from her Fumbling Toward Ecstasy album from that year and it sounded as if her voice had been cryogenically […]
Photo Gallery: Khruangbin • June 7 • Chicago
Khruangbin The Salt Shed Chicago, IL June 7, 2024 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Few celebrate summer like Chicago. It seemingly takes forever to arrive and vanishes in an eye blink. So, when an evening presents itself as the perfect combination of weather and soundtrack, it feels like an absolute victory. Such was the […]
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