Music
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Pianist Lang Lang steps out of comfort zone with new CD
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - During his musical career, classical pianist Lang Lang has tackled some musical titans like Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Now he...
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Weekend picks: Tom Clark cracks jokes at ZaniesOct 05, 2016 6:00 am - Standup sets Comedian Tom Clark (NBC's "Outsourced," Comedy Central's "Premium Blend") returns to perform a series of standup gigs starting Wednesday at Zanies at MB Fin...
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Micky Dolenz, Lettermen among new Arcada showsOct 05, 2016 1:00 am - New shows celebrating the holidays and popular bands of the past are coming to the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. • Bret Michaels, the frontman of the metal band Poison,...
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Ho hey! Lumineers playing Allstate in JanuaryOct 05, 2016 1:00 am - The Lumineers' "Cleopatra World Tour" plays Rosemont's Allstate Arena at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20. The tour suppports the folk rockers' second studio album, "Cleopatra," ...
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Bethlehem Brass, Cor Corps will perform at Lazarus House benefit concertOct 04, 2016 11:00 pm - Enjoy a brass and organ concert to benefit Lazarus House at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1145 N. Fifth Ave. (Route 25), St. Charles. The program...
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Music notes: Kanye West brings 'Pablo' to Rosemont, ChicagoOct 04, 2016 1:30 pm - Kanye's coming Innovative and controversial rapper Kanye West returns to his roots for two shows in the Chicago area. The Grammy award winner's “Saint Pablo Tour” - feat...
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Drive-By Truckers' latest tackles race, culture and Southern identityOct 04, 2016 6:00 am - Two shootings nearly 85 years apart drove the creation of the Drive-By Truckers' pointed new music. Patterson Hood was inspired by Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Mis...
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Ugandan chess player's story inspires Alicia Keys songOct 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Alicia Keys has always been a supporter of female empowerment, so when the singer watched the new film "Queen of Katwe" and saw its female lead, Phiona Mutesi...
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New Lyric 'Rheingold' filled with imaginative flourishesOct 04, 2016 5:30 am - The Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its 62nd season Saturday with a new production of “Das Rheingold.” But it's essentially a preview. “Das Rheingold” is the first of fou...
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Kanye reschedules tour dates; Chicago shows still onOct 03, 2016 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Kanye West has canceled and rescheduled two tour dates after his wife, Kim Kardashian West, was robbed at gunpoint in Paris. LiveNation, promoter of West's...