Brian Shamie
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Music notes: Last Fling, North Coast fill the weekend with tunesAug 31, 2016 6:00 am - Pre-fall Fling The '90s are alive and well with the Main Stage headliners at Last Fling, the Naperville Jaycee's last big bash of the summer. At 5 p.m. Saturday, catch R...
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Music notes: Live the 'Glory Days' with Bruce at United CenterAug 23, 2016 10:12 am - Chicago and 'The Boss' Bruce Springsteen, arguably the king of heartland rock, has captured the struggle and spirit of the everyman since taking the stage with his hard-...
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Music notes: Raue Center welcomes Michael W. SmithAug 16, 2016 6:00 am - Christian rock in Crystal Lake Even though he had been performing musically since 1981, Christian rock artist Michael W. Smith took mainstream audiences by surprise with...
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Music notes: Catch 'Summer' with Don HenleyAug 09, 2016 6:15 am - Henley at Ravinia My earliest memory of Don Henley's music was hearing his hit "The Boys of Summer" on a family camping trip. I was only 10 and wasn't yet aware of the G...
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Homegrown music fest Saturday in Lisle even larger for 2016Aug 03, 2016 7:45 am - YouTube BaseCamp Pub Eatery in Lisle is the new home for the fourth annual festival, which is bringing together 20 bands from the suburbs and Chicago, as well as so...
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Music notes: Shawn Mendes brings swoons, tunes to RosemontAug 02, 2016 5:00 am - Teen beats Canadian heartthrob-on-the-rise Shawn Mendes got an inauspicious start as a Vine star, where he posted 6-second snippets of covers of famous tunes on the vide...
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Music notes: Local hot tickets if you're not going to LollapaloozaJul 27, 2016 5:00 am - Lolla alternatives If the hustle and bustle around the four-day Lollapalooza music festival and its official aftershows seems a bit much for you, here are some other opt...
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Music notes: Coldplay under the starsJul 19, 2016 5:45 am - See how they shine for you It's a rare band that can find as much success in being so mellow as Coldplay has. But in their 20 years together, the Grammy Award-winning Br...
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Music notes: Vince Neil joins Arcada rock circusJul 13, 2016 5:00 am - Neil brings Crue to Arcada Best known as the unmistakable voice of Motley Crue, Vince Neil has had a long and storied history with the band. He brings the hits of t...
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Spend 5 minutes with 7 Minutes in HeavenJul 12, 2016 5:00 am - The three rockers in 7 Minutes in Heaven are no strangers to the Vans Warped Tour. But beating out more than 11,000 entries to make the finals of the Ernie Ball Battle o...