The Hollies 2022 60th Anniversary Tour now includes concerts in Germany, which prompts the question as to whether some U.S. dates will also be added. We can certainly hope. In other Hollies news, drummer and (almost) founding member Bobby Elliott has a solo event titled An Evening With Hollies Drumming Legend Bobby Elliott coming up on November 13 at the Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford, Nelson in England. All proceeds (tickets are £15) will go toward maintaining the Pendle Heritage Centre.
Congratulations to the God Is In The TV Zine website on raising £5000 with its A Carnival Of Sorts R.E.M. tribute on Bandcamp. The money will go to the Help Musicians fundraising organization. The compilation has a lot inventive takes on classic R.E.M. material and is still available on Bandcamp for £5. I highly recommend it.
Dropping by Martyrs’ on Lincoln Avenue last night proved to be a fab way to wrap up the work week. I caught the first two sets of singer-guitarist Phil Angotti’s ambitious 81 Songs For 81 Years: John Lennon Birthday Bash, and found it to be one of his most impressive tribute shows. And he’s done a lot of good ones. Working with a rotating ensemble of local musicians, Angotti started with Lennon compositions from the earliest Beatles albums, and moved on to his solo material.
The musicians on stage would definitely be familiar to fans of Chicago’s north side club scene; Casey McDonough, John San Juan, Ellis Clark, Eric Howell, Tony Richards, John Perrin, Blair Holmes, Tom Ryan, and Mike Zelenko. The first two sets were filled with impeccable harmony vocals and superb musicianship, and I’m sure those standards were upheld through to 81st and final Lennon song of the evening.
The Logan Center Blues Fest takes place next weekend, October 15 – 17 at the Logan Center for the Arts. Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks; Bobby Rush with Jontavious Willis and avery r. young with Melody Angel are the headline acts, and the Fest will include Paul Natkin’s Wall Of Blues photo exhibit. In addition to the concerts, there will be conversations and special activities. All programs will be livestreamed for free; see website regarding ticket prices for in-person events. The Logan Center for the Arts is located at 915 E. 60th in Chicago.
By November 8, it will be too late, baby. Tickets are now on sale for Beautiful - The Carole King Musical’s one-week only (November 2 – 7) run at the CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe in downtown Chicago.
Daryl Cloran’s swinging London interpretation of As You Like opened this week and will run through November 21 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. The production will feature several Beatles songs.
Theatre Nebula’s production of Something Rotten! - A Very New Musical continues its run at the Cutting Hall venue in Palatine. Tickets are available from the Cutting Hall box office online.
Tickets are still available for the premiere of director Balin Schneider’s Out Of Time: The Material Issue Story at Lincoln Hall on Chicago’s north side on December 2. The film will be screened in Minneapolis at some point in November, but the date has been revealed yet.
Award-winning director Mary Wharton’s new film Tom Petty - Somewhere You Feel Free - The Making Of Wildflowers will have its global premiere on October 20. That’s also Petty’s birthday, so the event is being promoted as a celebration of the late rock rock star’s legacy. Some of the theaters participating in Illinois include AMC River East 21 at 322 Illinois Street in Chicago; AMC Streets Of Woodfield in Schaumburg, and Regal Lincolnshire and IMAX in Lincolnshire. Tickets and information are available at the film’s website https://tompettyfilm.com
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