Tag: Aragon Ballroom

Live Review: Trivium with Bullet For My Valentine • Aragon Ballroom • Chicago

Brassneck | May 1, 2025 | 0 Comments

Trivium/Bullet For My Valentine Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL April 26, 2025 Live Review by Ashley Perez Hollingsworth Metal titans Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine delivered a night of chaos, nostalgia, and good fucking music to a sold-out Aragon Ballroom on Saturday night (April 26). Their co-headlining “The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour” celebrates two landmark albums, […]

Stage Buzz: The Soft Moon, Jack White, The 1975

Brassneck | December 7, 2022

Luis Vasquez’s project, The Soft Moon, started as an outlet for him to work through personal issues and learn more about himself, which never meant seeing the light of day. 12 years later, his music connects millions of people around the world. Touring in support of his latest album, Exister, The Soft Moon will […]

Photo Gallery: Chvrches at Aragon Ballroom • Chicago

Brassneck | November 20, 2021 | 0 Comments

CHVRCHES Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL November 19th, 2021 Recap and photos by Curt Baran Glasgow’s Chvrches brought their Screen Violence to Uptown Friday, including a phalanx of video screens, strobe lights, and fog machines that added a sensory overload to a synth-y, electro-beat-laden soundtrack. Lead singer Lauren Mayberry was hypnotic as ever, effortlessly pirouetting one […]

Live Review and Photo Gallery: LANY at Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom • Chicago

Brassneck | October 18, 2021 | 0 Comments

LANY Saturday, October 16 Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL Review and photos by Andy Argyrakis A major slice of the three years since LANY brought Malibu Nights to both Lollapalooza and the Riviera may have been spent with the entire world stopped, but that doesn’t mean the ascending indie-pop players wasted a single second. The […]

Stage Buzz: Suicideboys at Aragon Ballroom

Brassneck | August 13, 2019 | 0 Comments

NOLA’s Suicideboys are the bad boys of underground metal/hip-hop – making a name for themselves on SoundCloud and YouTube in 2015. While the majority of acts don’t break out from these platforms, Ruby da Cherry and Scrim have defied the odds with an impressive following with a slew of sold-out shows. Tackling subjects unknown in […]

Photo Gallery: Metric/Zoe at Aragon Ballroom

Brassneck | March 24, 2019 | 0 Comments

A huge portion of North America was represented this past Friday night in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, and the good ole’ U.S. of A. was not on the bill. The historic Aragon Ballroom played host to the co-headlining tour “Metric & Zoe,” which is comprised of the Canadian indie-rock band and the psychedelic rock band from […]

Cover Story: Børns

Brassneck | July 31, 2018 | 0 Comments

Today Garrett Borns might be the foppish baroque-pop trendsetter who records as simply Børns, with three adventurous albums to his credit, including the new Blue Madonna, his second for Interscope. But there was a time not so long ago when the Michigan native was at the mercy of a pack of marauding masked bandits after […]

Photo Gallery – Sting at Aragon Ballroom

ilentertainer | March 7, 2017 | 0 Comments

Police bassist Sting returned to his roots Friday, supporting his new album 57th and 9th with a tour at the legendary Aragon Ballroom. Looking 20 years younger than his 65 years, the bellboy from Quadrophenia defied time visually and vocally – splitting his set between Police classics and music from his new album. We’ll have […]

Photo Gallery: Green Day at Aragon Ballroom

ilentertainer | October 26, 2016 | 0 Comments

Powered behind their best-selling, #1 Billboard charting album Revolution Radio, Green Day‘s rescheduled show at the Aragon Ballroom proved to be worth the wait. Acclaimed Chicago-based photographer Katie Hovland captured the pop-punk legends at Broadway and Lawrence for IE.