INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS Jazz Is Dead and TBWA Chiat Day LA Launch Played by Humans Stamp as Listeners Struggle to Spot AI Made Songs in Streaming Catalogs FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Garth Brooks Adds a Fourth Chicago Date to His Blame It All on My Roots Arena Tour, With Allstate Arena Hosting Four Nights After Overwhelming Demand FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Bend Fall Festival Returns Downtown October 2 to 4 With a New Harvest Bake-Off, Fleetwood Mask Tribute Set, and Free Admission for Central Oregon Crowds UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS White Sox Promise Fans Future Tickets After Ja Rule Skips Rate Field Concert, Leaving Chicago Crowd With a Canceled Postgame Show and Another Loss BINI and SB19 Sell Out Graton Resort and Casino in Back-To-Back Bay Area Shows as the Filipino Pop Acts Draw Crossover Crowds and Festival Momentum ABC7 Airs Chicago’s Bud Billiken Parade as Lisaraye Mccoy Leads 97th Celebration of the City’s Back-To-School Tradition Yeonjun Draws Hundreds to Central Park for First Solo GMA Summer Concert Series Performance in New York City Tate Mcrae, MUNA and Wunderhorse Cap Lollapalooza 2026 in Chicago With Rain, Riffs and a Huge Finale VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Garth Brooks Adds a Fourth Chicago Date to His Blame It All on My Roots Arena Tour, With Allstate Arena Hosting Four Nights After Overwhelming Demand Bend Fall Festival Returns Downtown October 2 to 4 With a New Harvest Bake-Off, Fleetwood Mask Tribute Set, and Free Admission for Central Oregon Crowds Chicago Adds Three November Stops to Its 2026 Windy Cities Tour, Extending a Busy Year After Las Vegas Residency and Summer Dates With Styx Grant Park Music Festival Lines up a Blockbuster 2026 Finale in Chicago With Beethoven’s Ninth and Other Classics Lollapalooza 2026 After Dark Spotlighted Snow Strippers, Six Sex, Ninajirachi and Aespa in a Neon-Heavy Festival Shift VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Morgan Freeman Launches a Surprise Blues EP at 89, Releasing Symphonic Blues Experience Through Decca With Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ and the Chineke! Orchestra Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean Fuel Fugees Reunion Hopes as 30th Anniversary of the Score Nears BTS Brings the Arirang World Tour to Metlife Stadium, Giving U.S. Fans a New Look at the Group’s Live Momentum Denver Artist Betsy Shepardson Brings Her Picture Book Magic to Central City With a Signing at Gilpin Arts Gallery Cardi B’s Surprise “AH HA” Drop Extends Her Hot Streak as Fans Wait for Her Next Full Era to Arrive VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Devil Master Drop “Death Anthem” and Unveil Bloody Dreams Details as the Philadelphia Band Tees up a September Album Release UNC Reveals 2026 Chapel Thrill Concert Series With Shaquille O’neal’s DJ Diesel Set Leading Chapel Hill Game Day Lineup Yard Act’s ‘You’re Gonna Need a Little Music’ Tightens the Band’s Genre Mix and Turns Their Leeds Studio Era Into a Bigger Statement Charli Xcx’s ‘Music. Fashion. Film.’ Eyes a Strong First Week as Fans Wait for a Breakout Single to Catch On Tom Morello Sets September Solo Album Everyone Gets Everything They Want With New Single Date Night and Guest Spots From Serj Tankian VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS Jazz Is Dead and TBWA Chiat Day LA Launch Played by Humans Stamp as Listeners Struggle to Spot AI Made Songs in Streaming Catalogs Suno Plans Vinyl Pressings for AI Songs as the Format’s Comeback Gives the Music Startup a New Fan-Facing Product Blackrock’s ETHB Bucks the Ethereum ETF Slump With Fresh Inflows as Rival Funds Post Outflows Costco Posts Its Strongest Sales Growth in Nearly Four Years as Protein Products and Fuel Traffic Lift Results Barbara Mason’s Tiktok Revival Sends Philly Soul Classic ‘Forever’ Back to Streaming With Rare 1960s Songs VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Brings Its Horn Driven Rock to Columbus for a Mershon Auditorium Concert Nov. 17, With Tickets on Sale Friday Morning Posted onAugust 11, 2026August 11, 2026 0 The Grammy-winning Rock Hall band will play Columbus this fall as part of a November date at Mershon Auditorium. FEATURED EVENTS Broadway in Chicago’s Free Summer Concert Returns to Millennium Park With 13 Show Previews, Hosea Sanders and Val Warner Hosting Monday Night Posted onAugust 10, 2026August 10, 2026 0 The annual showcase brings songs from 13 productions to Pritzker Pavilion, with free admission and an early evening start. FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Weekend Lineup Mixes Free Festivals, Navy Pier Fireworks and Live Music Across Parks, Museums and Lakefront Stages Posted onAugust 9, 2026August 9, 2026 0 From Grant Park concerts to Northalsted Market Days, the city’s late-summer calendar is packed with free and low-cost events. FEATURED EVENTS White Sox Cancel Ja Rule Postgame Concert After Ninth Inning Announcement Leaves Fans Furious at Guaranteed Rate Field Posted onAugust 9, 2026August 9, 2026 0 The team said travel problems kept the rapper from performing after Friday night’s loss to Cleveland, and ticket holders will ... VIEW ALL
