Music
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Concerts Aug. 29 to Sept. 4: My Chemical Romance, Little River Band, Winger, The Lumineers and moreAug 27, 2025 11:46 am - Upcoming concerts this week include My Chemical Romance, The Lumineers, System of A Down and Avenged Sevenfold, Little River Band, Winger, Finn Wolfhard with The Slaps, The Black Keys and more.
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Schaumburg’s Septemberfest returns to a municipal campus in transition this weekendAug 27, 2025 10:03 am - Having already seen Septemberfest compromised twice by the pandemic at the beginning of the decade, Schaumburg officials are determined it won’t be by the more deliberate decision to replace the village hall on the same municipal grounds.
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Folk festival brings music and storytelling to Geneva for Labor Day weekendAug 26, 2025 10:29 pm - The Fox Valley Folklore Society's annual festival features live music, storytelling, workshops, and family activities over Labor Day weekend. The festival showcases local, national, and international talent across six stages, with over 20 featured performers and artists.
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Best Bets: Elmhurst History Museum opens exhibition on Chicago’s World’s FairAug 26, 2025 1:37 pm - “World of Tomorrow” opens at the Elmhurst History Museum, Rosemont’s Rockin’ in the Park hosts its last concert of the summer, and Highwood celebrates country music and Southern fare at the Nashwood Music and Food Fest.
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Nourished by Time isn’t your everyday R&B singer
Aug 26, 2025 6:59 am - Sophomore slumping has plenty of root causes, but the pop music proverb we often use to explain that unlucky dip feels wrong: You have your entire life to make your first...
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What to stream: ‘Thunderbolts*,’ Sabrina Carpenter, Eminem’s ‘Stans,’ Meghan bakes and ‘KPopped’
Aug 25, 2025 12:07 pm - Sabrina Carpenter’s seventh studio album, “Man’s Best Friend,” and Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” starring Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Downtown Palatine Street Fest returns with music, food, drinksAug 22, 2025 3:28 pm - Palatine Street Fest returns this week with live music, family activities, food and drinks.
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Brent Hinds, former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning metal band Mastodon, dies at 51
Aug 21, 2025 1:34 pm - Brent Hinds, the former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, the band and authorities said. He was 51.
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New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall
Aug 21, 2025 12:17 pm - Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print.
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Eurovision, the world’s largest live music event, will take place in Vienna next year
Aug 20, 2025 3:15 pm - The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place in Vienna. Austria’s public broadcaster ORF, which will organize the worlds largest live music event, announced the location Wednesday morning.