10 hot tickets: Gabriel Iglesias plays United Center; the Gin Blossoms tour to Waukegan's Genesee Theatre
Gin Blossoms - "New Miserable Experience Live": 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan: rock/pop. $30-$75. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com.
Lewis Black - "It Gets Better Every Day Tour": 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N Main St., Rockford: comedy. Ticket prices not available at press time. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (815) 968-5222 or coronadopac.org; also at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $25-$70. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com; also at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn: $65-$78. On sale noon Friday, Nov. 1. (630) 942-4000 or atthemac.org.
"Once on this Island": 16 performances from Tuesday, Jan. 21, to Sunday, Feb. 2, at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph Drive, Chicago: A national tour of the 2017 Tony Award-winning revival of the 1990 Broadway musical about a Caribbean young woman who falls in love with a man of a different class. $25-$99.50. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (800) 775-2000 or broadwayinchicago.com.
The Manhattan Transfer: 5 and 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St., Chicago: pop/rock. $45-$62. On sale noon Friday, Nov. 1. (312) 733-9463 or citywinery.com.
"The Hip-Hop Kickback Concert" featuring Featuring Rakim, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane and Talib Kweli: 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago: hip-hop. $79.50-$129.50. On sale 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (800) 745-3000 or thechicagotheatre.com.
Railroad Earth: 8 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago: bluegrass. $27.50. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (877) 987-6487 or jamusa.com.
Gabriel Iglesias - "Beyond The Fluffy World Tour - Go Big Or Go Home": 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago: comedy. Ticket prices not available at press time. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (800) 745-3000 or unitedcenter.com.
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives: 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Old Town School of Music Maurer Concert Hall, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago: country. $43-$45. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (773) 728-6000 or oldtownschool.org/concerts.
The Driver Era: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago: alternative rock. $29.50. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (877) 987-6487 or jamusa.com.
Louis Tomlinson - "World Tour": 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, at Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago: singer-songwriter/pop. Ticket prices not available at press time. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1. (800) 745-3000 or thechicagotheatre.com.
- Scott C. Morgan