Chicago Shows 4/7/94
Andy Lester
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The Chicago Shows List: Ideal for general purpose recording
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NOTE:
Remember how I was going to start a monthly listing of whatever bands you
wanted to have listed, so that you could get all of your favorite band's
shows listed for the month? It's started, and it comes out weekly, but
not from me. It's handled entirely by che...@interaccess.com.
New this week:
Beck / That Dog (live in-store), Reckless Records
Bob Dylan, Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center
Butt Gravy / Stop The Ride, Lounge Ax
Dandelion / Black Market Flowers, Lounge Ax
Incognito, Metro
Judy Tenuta, Cubby Bear
Luna / Low, Metro
Matthew Sweet, Park West
Meat Loaf, World Music Theater
Mercury Players / Godplow / Grither, Empty Bottle
Mono Men / The Mortals / Cowslingers, Empty Bottle
Mothers Day / Strap / Twitch, Empty Bottle
Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson, Riviera Theatre
Peter Himmelman / Kevin Montgomery, The Vic
Sass Jordan, Park West
Schooly D, Elbo Room
Tarnations / National Drag / The Shiv, Lounge Ax
Throw / Flap / Starbilly, Empty Bottle
Tool / Flaming Lips / Failure, Riviera Theatre
Violent Femmes, Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center
Yanni, Arie Crown Theatre
Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway
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Apr 20 Wed 7:30 Pantera / Crowbar (aa)
May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50 Blues Traveler / Soulhat
Arie Crown Theatre
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Jun 17 Fri *Yanni (tix Sun noon)
18 Sat *Yanni (tix Sun noon)
Avalon: 959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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Apr 09 Sat Pere Ubu / Cassius Clay / Birds At The End Of The
Road
20 Wed Jake E. Lee / Jaxx / Crucifix
28 Thu Greg Ginn / Rig / Dyslexic Apaches
30 Sat 9:30 $10 Prong / Course Of Empire (21+)
The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport) / (312) 248-5822
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Apr 07 Thu 7:00 $5 Swiftkick / Flying Luttenbachers / Scissor Girls /
tba
08 Fri 7:00 $5 Gauge / Garden Variety / Braid / Plane Rides For
Five Minute Drives
09 Sat 7:00 $5 The Hedonists / Fagalonious P. Hector / Jolly
Rogers / Catch 22
10 Sun 7:00 $4 G-Men / Mother's Day / tba
30 Sat eMily / Tommyrot / Chemical Blue / tba
Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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Apr 24 Sun Stanley Jordan
May 06 Fri Black Uhuru
07 Sat NRBQ / Rollover
14 Sat *Judy Tenuta
Drum Pad: 48 W. Palatine Rd., Palatine, IL / (708) 934-8768
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Apr 26 Tue 7:00 $5/$7 Kenny Aronoff (It's a drum clinic. It's not at
the store so call the store for info.)
Elbo Room: 2871 N. Lincoln, (312) 549-7700
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Apr 24 Sun *Schooly D
Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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Apr 07 Thu *Mercury Players / Godplow / Grither
08 Fri *Mothers Day / Strap / Twitch
09 Sat *Throw / Flap / Starbilly
15 Fri *Mono Men / The Mortals / Cowslingers
Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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Apr 08 Fri Yo La Tengo / The Sea & Cake / Sleepyhead
09 Sat Wool / Don Caballero / Janitor Joe / Mother's Day
10 Sun Prisonshake / Specula
13 Wed *Tarnations / National Drag / The Shiv
14 Thu *Butt Gravy / Stop The Ride
15 Fri Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mule / Silkworm /
Crain
16 Sat Railroad Jerk / Mother
17 Sun *Dandelion / Black Market Flowers
23 Sat Bailter Space
30 Sat The Silos
May 04 Wed Faust / Gastr Del Sol
COMING: Thax After Dark, Medicine, Loose Diamonds, Lungfish / God & Texas /
Lung, Five Eight, Duckhills, Syd Straw, Sir Douglas Quintet, Cub
Metro: 3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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Apr 08 Fri 7:00 $6 Seaweed / Bivouac / Braniac (aa)
08 Fri 11:30 $6 Quaker Youth Ensemble / Luck Of Eden Hall / Mo
Fuzz (18+)
09 Sat 7:00 $6 Dyslexic Apaches / Brown Betty / Marble (aa)
09 Sat 11:30 $6 Chris Connelly / William Tucker (18+) ("special
acoustic performance")
13 Wed 9:30 $3 Climbing Vines / Rollover / Juggernaut / Shovel
Choir (18+)
15 Fri 7:00 $5 Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Gauge (aa)
15 Fri 11:30 $7 Royal Crescent Mob / NIL8 / Spank Wagon (18+)
16 Sat 9:00 $10 Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret
Cajun Band / Hi Ball Holiday (18+)
20 Wed 9:30 $3 Feeble Landslide / Orange / Juxta (18+)
22 Fri 10:00 $6 Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw (18+)
23 Sat 9:00 $12 Ozric Tentacles (18+)
24 Sun 6:30 $7 Simple Simon / Triple Fast Action / Drag (aa)
25 Mon 7:30 $10 Melvins / The Obsessed (aa)
27 Wed 9:30 $3 Thought Industry / Acumen / Lily Crushers (18+)
28 Thu 7:30 FREE Stabbing Westward / Adamjack (aa) (get tickets at
Evanston or North & Halsted or Ashland Rose
Records)
29 Fri 7:30 $12 Shonen Knife / Dentists (aa)
29 Fri 11:30 $8 Red Red Meat / The Sea & Cake / Dolomite (18+)
30 Sat 10:00 $8 Shudder To Think / The Grifters
May 05 Thu 7:30 Pavement / 3Ds (aa)
05 Thu 11:30 Pavement / 3Ds (18+)
06 Fri 7:00 *Incognito (aa)
06 Fri 11:30 *Luna / Low
28 Sat 7:00 KMFDM / Chemlab / Sister Machine Gun / Acumen (aa)
Oak Theatre: Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088
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Apr 10 Sun 7:00 $10 Carcass / Pitchshifter / Aftermath (aa)
23 Sat 7 Seconds / Sam Black Church / Vic Vacume & The
Attachments / Full
Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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Apr 09 Sat Tortoise
16 Sat Blanket Party / Foo
23 Sat The Geezers / Jimmy The Go-Go Man / Mr. Clean
30 Sat Evething / Hypnogogic Nodscene / Sour Milk
Olde Stratford Hall: call 223-2254 for directions ask for Norah
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Apr 22 Fri 6:00 Lunkhead / Nostrilsaurus / The Smoothies /
Ducksnake
Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage
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Apr 09 Sat 7:30 Laurie Anderson ("An Evening Of Readings from her
new book")
10 Sun 7:30 Michael Hedges / Michael Manring
15 Fri 7:30 The Subdudes / Pat McLaughlin ==SOLD OUT==
20 Wed 7:30 Cece Peniston (aa)
23 Sat 7:30 The Benoit/Freeman Project w/special guest Phil
Perry
24 Sun 7:30 $13.50 King's X (aa)
26 Tue 7:30 *Sass Jordan (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
May 03 Tue 7:30 The Brian Setzer Orchestra
10 Tue 7:30 *Matthew Sweet (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
Poplar Creek: Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59
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Jun 18 Sat $23-50 Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas
19 Sun $23-50 Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas
Jul 17 Sun James Taylor
23 Sat Julio Iglesias
25 Mon Bonnie Raitt / Bruce Hornsby
Aug 20 Sat Chicago
21 Sun Liza Minnelli
22 Mon Mannheim Steamroller
26 Fri Steely Dan
Reckless Records: 3157 N. Broadway / (312) 404-5080
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Apr 09 Sat 4:00 *Beck / That Dog (live in-store)
Rialto Square Theatre: Joliet
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May 01 Sun Victor Borge
Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway)
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Apr 17 Sun 7:30 Bob Dylan ==SOLD OUT==
18 Mon 7:30 Bob Dylan
29 Fri 7:00 $22.50 NKOTB (aa)
30 Sat 9:30 $22.50 Anthrax / Fight
May 06 Fri 7:00 $23 Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell (aa)
07 Sat 7:00 *Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (aa) (tix Sat
10am)
14 Sat 6:00 *Tool / Flaming Lips / Failure (tix Sat 10am)
Rose Records: 924 Davis, Evanston
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Apr 11 Mon 10:30 *Peter Himmelman (live in-store)
Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont
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Jul 20 Wed 8:00 $27-40 Phil Collins ==SOLD OUT==
21 Thu 8:00 $27-40 Phil Collins
Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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Apr 12 Tue John Wesley Harding
13 Wed John Wesley Harding
Soldier Field: Where the Bears play
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Jul 12 Tue 8:30 Pink Floyd ==SOLD OUT==
Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266
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Apr 10 Sun Tom Jones
Jun 18 Sat Kansas / ELO
Jul 01 Fri 8:00 $28 Aretha Franklin
16 Sat 8:00 $28 Hank Williams Jr.
Aug 07 Sun Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Asleep at the
Wheel
28 Sun 7:00 $22 Everly Brothers / Kris Kristofferson
Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand, River Grove / (708) 456-2414
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Apr 23 Sat Nuclear Assault / Halifax Gibbot / Guiltrip
Uic Pavilion: U. Of I. Chicago, 1140 W. Harrison / (312) 413-5740
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May 15 Sun Salt-n-Pepa / R.Kelly / Kid Capri / Xscape
Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center: Valparaiso, IN / (219) 464-5233
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Apr 16 Sat *Bob Dylan (Tix available via TicketMaster)
21 Thu *Violent Femmes (Tix available via TicketMaster)
The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield
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Apr 08 Fri 7:30 The Samples (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
22 Fri 7:30 The Connells / The Indians (aa)
30 Sat 7:30 Sarah McLachlan / The Devlins (aa)
May 05 Thu *Peter Himmelman / Kevin Montgomery
World Music Theater: Tinley Park
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May 28 Sat Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test
Dummies
Jul 09 Sat *Meat Loaf (tix Sat 10am)
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The code list:
* new listing
18+ 18-and-over
21+ 21-and-over
aa all ages
All shows are all ages except where noted.
All information listed is subject to change. Phone First.
Subscriptions: Liz Clayton <lcla...@uhuru.uchicago.edu>
Ask her to add you to the mailing list for the Chicago Shows List.
Be specific; she maintains more than one list.
Everything else: Andy Lester <ale...@farpost.chi.il.us> (preferred) or
or <ale...@mcs.com> (if you must). Send any additions, errors or
whatever else to me.
You can also get it from Far Post BBS, (708) 934-6224
Other shows lists available on the Internet:
Atlanta: ofr...@vader.cc.emory.edu
San Francisco: the-list...@violet.berkeley.edu
Chicago Favorite Bands: che...@interaccess.com
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