Music
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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.
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Dave Koz and his band were in flight delay. So they picked up their instruments.
Aug 20, 2025 3:06 pm - Passengers on a flight from St. Louis to Seattle got an unexpected pick-me-up when jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam session in the aisle while the plane was stuck on the tarmac hundreds of miles from their final destination.
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Concerts Aug. 22-28: Maren Morris, Benson Boone, John Legend, Lil Wayne and moreAug 20, 2025 11:56 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Maren Morris, Styx, John Legend, Benson Boone, Lil Wayne, Al Jardine and The Pet Sounds Band, Neil Young and more.
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Star pupil: Conan Gray’s ‘Wishbone’ further confirms his place as a tastemaker of Gen Z pop
Aug 19, 2025 3:43 pm - Rejection serves as inspiration for angst and contemplation on pop singer Conan Gray’s wistful fourth album, “Wishbone.” It is a return to form for Gray, who headlines Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14.