CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Former Color Me Badd Singer Kevin Thornton Faces Abuse Allegations From Daughter After Years of Ministry and Silence Around a Strict Religious Home UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Circa Sportsbooks New Bet the Blitz Promotion Sends American Place Bettors to Las Vegas and Into the Chicago Bears Ticket Drawing FEATURED EVENTS Earth, Wind & Fire Postpones San Francisco Concert Minutes Before Showtime After a Band Member Has a Medical Emergency at Chase Center With Lionel Richie UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Circa Sportsbooks New Bet the Blitz Promotion Sends American Place Bettors to Las Vegas and Into the Chicago Bears Ticket Drawing 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 VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS XL Fest Returns to Chicago Next Week With Four Days of Programming Spotlighting BIPOC Creators in Film, Television and Immersive Media at the Obama Presidential Center Chicago’s Busy Aug. 13 to 19 Arts Calendar Packs Sondheim, Buddy Holly and the Return of Fan Expo Into One Crowded Week of Theater, Music and Festivals 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 VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Former Color Me Badd Singer Kevin Thornton Faces Abuse Allegations From Daughter After Years of Ministry and Silence Around a Strict Religious Home Edie Elkan’s Bedside Harp Brings Soothing Live Music to Seven Pennsylvania and New Jersey Hospitals, Giving Patients Hope at the Bedside Federal Prosecutors Say a Typo Wrongly Linked Maoli Singer Glenn Awong to a Drug Case, as Fake AI Videos Spread the False Arrest Claim Across Hawaiʻi Barry Manilow Surprises Catonsville High Music Director Chris Gnagey With $10,000 Award During Final Baltimore Concert at CFG Bank Arena Kennedy Center Ordered to Pay Chuck Redd More Than $252,000 After Judge Backs His Canceled Christmas Eve Concert Over Trump Name Fight VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Akon Opens up About the Sold-Out Nights Like This Tour With Ne Yo, His Detroit Stop at Pine Knob, and the Global Sound of New Album Beautiful Day Joshua Bassett Says His New Album Easier Grew From Nashville Writing Bursts, Open-D Guitar Tuning, and a Story Fans Can Follow From First Crush to Heartbreak Phoebe Bridgers Returns With Lost Weekend, a Six-Year Solo Comeback That Turns Grief, New Love and a Bigger Pop Sound Into Her Most Guarded Album Yet Troye Sivan Sets October 9 Release for She’s the Best and Unveils a Nicole Kidman Starring Video for the Album’s Title Track Devil Master Drop “Death Anthem” and Unveil Bloody Dreams Details as the Philadelphia Band Tees up a September Album Release VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS BMG and Suno Launch a Global AI Music Alliance With Opt in Rights, Compensation and New Fan Experiences for Artists and Songwriters Brainerd High Opens a New Music Production Studio in Chattanooga With Artist Swayyvo Guiding Students Through Recording, Editing and Career Lessons 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 VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Earth, Wind & Fire Postpones San Francisco Concert Minutes Before Showtime After a Band Member Has a Medical Emergency at Chase Center With Lionel Richie Posted onAugust 16, 2026August 16, 2026 0 The R&B legends pulled back from their Aug. 6 Chase Center performance and said ticket holders can use their tickets ... FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Sinfonietta Musicians Secure a One Year Deal as the Orchestra Pauses Performances, With One January Concert Now Tied to Its 40th Anniversary and MLK Day Posted onAugust 15, 2026August 15, 2026 0 The Chicago orchestra and its musicians’ union reached a short-term contract while concerts and education programs remain on hold. FEATURED EVENTS John Mellencamp Halts Phoenix Concert After Severe Weather Alert, as Storms, Wind and Smoke Keep Forcing Outdoor Shows to Pause, Postpone or Cancel Across the Country Posted onAugust 14, 2026August 14, 2026 0 A sudden storm interrupted Mellencamp’s Phoenix set and joined a growing list of outdoor concerts disrupted by weather. FEATURED EVENTS Jill Scott Brings Her to Whom This May Concern Tour to the Chicago Theatre for Three August Shows With Wyatt Waddell and a Phone-Free Audience Posted onAugust 14, 2026August 14, 2026 0 The neo-soul singer plays Chicago on August 20, 22 and 23, with doors at 6 p.m. and a 7:30 p.m. ... 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