Articles filed under Music
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Music notes: Incendiary Waco Brothers play post-Christmas showDec 24, 2014 5:00 am - Live Wacos The Waco Brothers, a country-punk band with roots in the suburbs, is one of the most fantastic live acts around. If you're looking for a way to burn off ...
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The Merry Makers spread holiday cheer in Vernon HillsDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - Snow fell softly Wednesday around 6-year-old Nika Titova and Merry Maker Kaitlin Fleharty inside Westfield Hawthorn Mall, giving a sense of the awe and wonder of the sea...
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Weekend picks: It's time to light the lightsDec 22, 2014 4:05 pm - FRIDAY Symphony in Lights See 250,000 colorful LED lights that are part of the annual Symphony in Lights holiday show at The Promenade Bolingbrook, 631 E. Boug...
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Smashing Pumpkins' Corgan looks ahead, not backDec 22, 2014 5:01 am - LONDON - The Smashing Pumpkins are dead. Long live the Smashing Pumpkins. It's fair to say lead singer Billy Corgan, who grew up in Glendale Heights, has an ambivalent r...
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Rauner concert: Toby Keith, Buddy Guy, trio of politiciansDec 22, 2014 12:01 am - A trio of Illinois state lawmakers and their Jimmy Buffett-inspired band will open a concert for country superstar Toby Keith and blues legend Buddy Guy next month at Re...
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Soulful singer Joe Cocker dies at 70Dec 22, 2014 12:01 am - Joe Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer known for his frenzied cover of "With a Little Help From My Friends," the teary ballad "You Are So Beautiful" and a contorted...
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McCartney reflects on yesterday, today and tomorrowDec 21, 2014 6:15 am - NEW YORK - Sir Paul McCartney is 72, and only the wrinkles give his years away. Interviewed recently at his midtown Manhattan office suite, he seems as boyish and light-...
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Sunday picks: Frozemont welcomes all skatersDec 21, 2014 6:00 am - Frozemont Step onto the ice at the NHL-sized outdoor Frozemont ice rink at MB Financial Park at Rosemont, 5501 Park Place, Rosemont. Skating runs through Sunday, Ma...
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Nicki Minaj keeps us talking, but to what end?Dec 21, 2014 5:00 am - Staying up on today's pop music requires us to care about too many tempests in too many teapots. Any superstar worth their weight in Twitter followers has an assortment ...
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Elton John, David Furnish marry in EnglandDec 21, 2014 12:01 am - LONDON - Entertainer Elton John and longtime mate David Furnish officially married Sunday on the ninth anniversary of the day they entered into a civil partnership. The ...