CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSFreddie Jackson, the New York R&B Singer Behind You Are My Lady, Dies at 70 After a Career That Began in Harlem Gospel EVENT REVIEWSGorillaz Makes Its First Cleveland Stop at Rocket Arena With a 26-Song the Mountain Tour Set and Appearances From Little Simz and Del the Funky Homosapien FEATURED EVENTSThe Chicks Revisit Taking the Long Way in Chicago, Explain Why They Refused an Apology Song, and Thrill Fans With a First Ever Full Album Performance UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Chicago’s Red-Light Cameras Brought in $47.1 Million in 2025, With Late Fees Making up Nearly Half the Total and Doubling Drivers’ Ticket Costs Lincoln Park Zoo Opens Zoolights Ticket Sales as the Chicago Holiday Tradition Returns Nov. 20 With Hundreds of LED Displays and Festive Experiences Chicago Lottery Player Wins $1 Million on a Lotto Million 1 Ticket Sold at West Beverly’s Armanetti Town Beverage Mart, Prompting a $10,000 Store Bonus White Sox Playoff Ticket Prices Surge for First Home ALDS Game at Rate Field as Chicago Fans Drive the Priciest Divisional Matchup on Major Resale Sites Federal Judge Bars Wrigley View Rooftop From Selling Cubs Game Tickets in a Ruling That Protects Chicago Team Control Over the Decades-Old Rooftop Business VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Lincoln Square Ravenswood Apple Fest Draws Shoulder to Shoulder Crowds on Chicago’s Lincoln Avenue as 39th Annual Fall Celebration Fills the Neighborhood With Apples, Music, and Local Vendors Totally Rad Vintage Fest Brings Vintage Vendors, Rare Style Finds and Fans From Far Away to Indiana State Fairgrounds Stop on Nationwide Tour University of Chicago’s South Side Science Festival Draws Thousands for 130 Hands-On Demos, Helping Kids and Adults Meet Researchers in White Coats Aftershock Festival Set to Return to Sacramento for Its 14th Year With Four Days of Rock, Metal and Punk at Discovery Park This Fall Chicago’s First Week of October Fills Theaters, Clubs and Museums With John Prine Tributes, Vampire Opera, Tap Premieres and Pumpkin Festivals Across the Region VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Freddie Jackson, the New York R&B Singer Behind You Are My Lady, Dies at 70 After a Career That Began in Harlem Gospel Tucson Singer Kayleigh Mathews Brings Her Voice to the Voice Tonight With a Hometown Spotlight on Nbc’s National Stage Tucson Singer Kayleigh Mathews Lands Four-Chair Turn on Nbc’s the Voice After Stunning Coaches With Vince Gill Ballad Former American Idol Singer Caleb Flynn Gets Life Without Parole After Conviction in Wife’s Murder, Closing a Case That Ended His Music Career and Shocked Fans FBI Director Kash Patel and Country Singer Alexis Wilkins Announce Engagement After Three Years Together, Ending a Relationship Watched Closely Because of Her Security Detail VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto VI the Album for November 19, a Companion Release Tying the Blockbuster Video Game Franchise to Music Fans and Collectors Erykah Badu and the Alchemist Release Before the World Blows After a Year of Singles, Bringing a Trippy, Star-Packed Comeback to Fans My Chemical Romance Teases First New Album in Over 15 Years During San Antonio Concert as Gerard Way Says Fans Deserve Another Record Alabama Shakes Return With First Album in 11 Years After a Druid City Brewing Reunion Sparked New Songs, a Tour, and the Band’s Renewed Creative Spark Arco E Tasto’s Once Heard, Long Forgotten Revives Emilie Mayer and Luise Adolpha Le Beau With a Navona Recording Shaped by Milwaukee Musicianship and Romantic Rediscovery VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS Wale Vents About the Music Business in a Raw Twitter Journal Entry, Calling It a Hamster Wheel After Nearly 20 Years and Another Album Cycle Grouper’s Liz Harris Opens up on Helen’s Restorative New Album, Viral Streaming Scams and Why Her Rare Town Hall Shows Feel Like a Hard-Won Reset Kentucky Launches Governor’s Office of Music in Louisville to Connect Artists, Venues and Businesses as Officials Promote the State’s Growing Industry Parent’s Refusal to Fund a ‘music Industry’ Degree Sparks Debate on Reddit About College Costs, Career Security, and Whether Passion Majors Can Pay Off Kentucky Opens New Governor’s Office of Music at Bourbon & Beyond to Back Artists, Venues and Festivals, Making the State Only the Nation’s Second With a Music Office VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS The Chicks Revisit Taking the Long Way in Chicago, Explain Why They Refused an Apology Song, and Thrill Fans With a First Ever Full Album Performance Posted onOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026 0 Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer are celebrating the album that followed backlash with a tour built around every ...FEATURED EVENTS Off Duty Chicago Police Officer Opens Fire After Being Punched on the Southwest Side, Leaving One Man Hospitalized and Another Person Injured in Little Village Posted onOctober 5, 2026October 5, 2026 0 Chicago police and civilian oversight investigators are reviewing a late-night confrontation that left two people hurt after an off-duty officer ...FEATURED EVENTS The Chicks Relive Their 2003 Backlash in Chicago With a 20th Anniversary ‘Taking the Long Way’ Tour Show Built Around Every Album Track Posted onOctober 5, 2026October 5, 2026 0 At the Auditorium Theatre, the trio revisited the fallout that reshaped its career and the album that turned it into ...FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Concertgoers Weigh in on Phone-Free Shows, From Jill Scott at the Chicago Theatre to Jack White’s Pouch-Only Entry at Salt Shed and Radius Posted onOctober 4, 2026October 4, 2026 0 Readers shared how locked pouches, no-photo policies and a few entry headaches changed the feel of live music nights across ... 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