Dead and Company wow audiences with performance and visuals. Dead and Company are the third musical act to take up residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas. The 18,600-seat auditorium is being marketed for its immersive video and audio capabilities, which include a 16K resolution wraparound interior LED screen, and speakers with technology to give…
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Live music soared in 2023. In a departure from our usual best of list, we asked lots of fans to give us their choices for their favorite concerts of the year. DJ Kaigem: King Gizzard at The Salt Shed, Chicago – June 11, 2023 The strangest and most fascinating live acts in the world took…
One of a kind cannabis-friendly concert rocks. Ask the fans on any Grateful Dead forum who their favorite Dead cover band is. The responses will include Dark Star Orchestra, Uncle John’s Band, Better Off Dead, and the one name that is always mentioned–Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. JRAD hails from Brooklyn, New York and was started…
A three-night psyche-rock extravaganza on the Chicago riverside venue. After finishing a monstrous North America tour last fall, King Gizzard announced a new, conceptual tour, dubbed The Residency Tour, in which they would play several days in single locations without repeating songs between sets. Shows were set for The Caverns in Tennessee, Red Rocks in…
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The venerable old performance venue did not suddenly start to host a sporting event. The band Tennis, a Colorado-based indie-pop duo performed a well-received show on Friday night in support of their new album Pollen. Alaina Moore, whose high-pitched vocals reminded me of Bjork or Kate Bush told the enthusiastic crowd that the last time…
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Eric Leventhal also contributed to this story. New Zealand quartet The Beths played two sold-out shows at Chicago’s Thalia Hall this weekend. The second show was added due to overwhelming demand. We arrived at the venue shortly before doors opened, and the line was around the block. The Beths are comprised of Elizabeth Stokes on…
courtesy: JohnFogerty.com The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman is doing what a a number of popular musicians have been doing lately, that is headline a residency in one of the many performance venues in Las Vegas. That was what led to an opportunity to interview Fogerty. The offer was too good to pass up, and…
Five years ago I saw these guys as part of a double bill with Terrapin Flyer, one of the Chicago area Grateful Dead cover bands. The various musicians who make up 40,000 Headmen are part of numerous Chicago area jam bands. Packy Lundholm – Keys, Guitar and Vocals; Scott Tipping – Guitar, Organ and Vocals;…
