The Who have a limited-edition 3-LP, 1-CD album titled Live At Wembley With Orchestra (recorded in 2019) coming out March 31, and it’s now available for pre-order on the band’s official online store. The Who will start their 2023 U.K. Tour in July.
The Chicago Independent Venue League’s CIVL Fest 2023 kicks off at Carol’s Pub on February 8 and will move on to include 15 other locations around the city through February 26. The event funds Venue Staff and Artist Mental Health Programs; Venue Safety Initiatives; and Equal Access And Equity Campaigns. Rosa’s Lounge; Reggies; Beat Kitchen; Lincoln Hall; Berlin; Hideout; Old Town School Of Folk Music; Metro; Annoyance Theatre; Promontory; Sleeping Village; Hungry Brain; Quarry Event Center; Harold Washington Cultural Center; and Patio Theater are the venues joining in. See the official website for a full list of performers.
Get ready for the annual debate across social media as to which acts deserve to be honored and which ones should be scorned. The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame will announce its 2023 Nominees this Wednesday. Here’s a few acts I’m hoping to see on the list: The Monkees, Badfinger, Jethro Tull, The Bangles, The B-52’s, and Kate Bush.
The Blues Week Festival kicks off at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights tomorrow, January 31 and will run through February 5. Performers include the Denmark Allstars; Joanna Connor and Altered Five Blues Band; Chicago Blues Supersession; and Mud Morganfield with Studebaker John.
Popular music lost one of its all-time best composers this past weekend with the death of Barnett Strong. Working at Motown in its earliest days, he co-wrote such hits as “Money (That’s What I Want),” “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” “Just My Imagination,” and “War.” He was 81.
The Rachel Drew Band will be performing at SPACE in Evanston this Wednesday, February 1, along with Tennis Court Oath.
Jagged Little Pill – The Musical, which is based on the Alanis Morissette album, will have a two-week run at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in downtown Chicago April 11 – 23. I met Vivek J. Tiwary, the producer who brought Jagged Little Pill to Broadway, a few years ago at Fest For Beatles Fans Chicago. He was promoting The Fifth Beatle - The Brian Epstein Story, a graphic novel he’d written, with art by Andrew C. Robinson with Kyle Baker. He was very friendly and later gave a talk at that particular Fest about how Epstein’s life inspired him to write the book.
Rhythm and blues legend Mavis Staples will be performing this Saturday, February 4 at the Symphony Center in Chicago, with singer-songwriter Celisse as her opening act. The Symphony Center is located at 220 S. Michigan Avenue.
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