Music
-
Chappell Roan drops talent agent in latest Epstein fallout
Feb 10, 2026 10:39 am - Singer-songwriter Chappell Roan announced her departure from Casey Wasserman’s talent agency on Monday, the highest-profile blowback faced by the agency to date after flirtatious correspondence between its founder and Ghislaine Maxwell were uncovered in the latest Epstein files.
-
Why the long break? ‘I needed to do some growing,’ Miguel says ahead of upcoming ‘CAOS’ tour stop in Chicago
Feb 10, 2026 7:52 am - If you wondered why Miguel didn’t release a studio album for nearly a decade, his response is simple: life. “I needed to do some growing.” He’s bringing his “CAOS” tour to the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on Saturday, Feb. 28.
-
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show sparks global streaming surge, Apple Music data shows
Feb 09, 2026 2:45 pm - Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance translated into an immediate surge in global listening, with new data from Apple Music showing sharp gains across streaming charts, playlists and music discovery platforms in the hours following the show.
-
Things to do Feb. 13-19: George Lopez, Russell Peters, Jim Gaffigan, Valentine’s Day events, Dinosaur Adventure and moreFeb 09, 2026 1:11 pm - Make plans for George Lopez at the Genesee Theatre, Russell Peters at Schaumburg’s Chicago Improv, Valentine’s Day events, Dinosaur Adventure at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Jim Gaffigan at the Chicago Theatre and more.
-
Breaking down the symbolism in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
Feb 09, 2026 12:59 pm - For his Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny transported the field in Northern California around 3,500 miles, transforming it into the fields of Puerto Rico. Even before he launched into “Tití Me Preguntó,” the Puerto Rican superstar had suffused the set with symbols of the island — and a sense of wider Pan-Americanism.
-
What to stream: ‘Marty Supreme,’ Ethan Hawke, Charli xcx, ‘Cross’ and Mario Tennis Fever
Feb 09, 2026 5:15 am - Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in “Marty Supreme” and Charli xcx’s soundtrack to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
-
Excelling in the arts is a family affair for the HuntsFeb 09, 2026 12:14 am - Leslie Hunt named to Class of 2026 Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame; uncle Jeff Hunt inducted in 2020 St. Charles native Leslie Hunt — singer, songwriter, and multi-ins...
-
Review: Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to a revolutionary Super Bowl show
Feb 08, 2026 8:32 pm - From a small Caribbean island with a complicated colonial history, to the world: The artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio brought Puerto Rican culture to the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show in what was always going to be a landmark moment for Latinos.
-
Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dies at 47
Feb 08, 2026 2:40 pm - Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47.
-
Ireland’s Paddy Homan and The Noble Call and local Irish dancers are coming to Huntley March 1Feb 06, 2026 11:24 am - A free St. Patrick's Day-themed concert featuring Paddy Homan and The Noble Call with the Rebecca McCarthy McDance Company will take place on March 1 at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley.