Music
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Chicago’s original drummer, Cinderella’s Tom Kiefer and Sister Hazel to play Schaumburg’s SeptemberfestMay 19, 2025 2:58 pm - Danny Seraphine & CTA, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer and Sister Hazel will headline the main stage at Schaumburg’s Septemberfest over Labor Day weekend from Saturday, Aug. 30 through Monday, Sept. 1.
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Things to do May 23-29: Memorial Day events, Prairie Arts Festival, Gilberts Community Days and moreMay 19, 2025 1:07 pm - Mark your calendar for Memorial Day events throughout the suburbs, Barrington Art Festival, Bluesmobile Cruise Nights, Antioch Taste of Summer, Gilberts Community Days and more happening this week.
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What to stream: Krasinski and Portman search for ‘Fountain of Youth,’ and Joe Jonas’ album
May 19, 2025 5:30 am - Joe Jonas’ sophomore solo album, “Work It Out,” and John Krasinski and Natalie Portman searching for immortality in Guy Ritchie’s adventure movie “Fountain of Youth” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Austria welcomes home JJ after he wins Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Wasted Love’
May 18, 2025 9:45 am - Austrian fans enthusiastically welcomed classically trained singer JJ back home at Vienna airport on Sunday after he won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with “Wasted Love.”
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The Weeknd’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ is a surrealist vanity project
May 16, 2025 9:19 am - In “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” the tedium of an incoherent first act paints charismatic performer The Weeknd — one of the last few decades’ most popular — as an unempathetic protagonist in a nonlinear and nonsensical world.
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Bono: ‘The world has never been closer to a world war in my lifetime’
May 15, 2025 4:34 pm - Cannes is a short trip from Bono’s seaside villa in Eze-sur-Mer. But that doesn’t mean the Cannes Film Festival is a particularly familiar experience for the U2 frontman. He’s here to premiere the Apple TV+ documentary “Bono: Stories of Surrender.”
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Hear historic 1698 organ at Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour concert May 18May 14, 2025 1:30 pm - Historic 1698 Harttman/Kurtz pipe organ, the oldest in North America, to be featured in free May 18 concert at Church of the Brethren headquarters in Elgin.
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10 acts win a place in the Eurovision final but 5 are sent home as the music contest heats up
May 14, 2025 7:01 am - Competition in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday, with sauna-loving Swedish entry KAJ gaining a place in the final and five countries going home after the first of two semifinals of the pan-continental music extravaganza.
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Concerts May 16-22: Beyoncé, Coco Jones, 7th heaven, Little Feat and moreMay 13, 2025 3:00 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Beyoncé, Coco Jones, Mary Fahl, Little Feat, 7th heaven and more.
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Maren Morris’ ‘Dreamsicle’ album invites healing as she embraces her new life
May 13, 2025 8:33 am - When country star Maren Morris would voice support for the LBGTQ community, she thought she was doing it as an ally. She didn’t realize it at the time, but she was also speaking up for herself, too. She explores those themes on her new album, “Dreamsicle.”