Monday, July 28, 2025

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Graphic from Lollapalooza Official Facebook page.

Lollapalooza returns to Grant Park this Thursday and will run through Sunday with headliners that include Tyler, The Creator; Olivia Rodrigo; Korn; and Sabrina Carpenter. Other notable acts would be Cage The Elephant; Ratboys; Foster The People, and Chicago Youth Symphony. Yesterday’s edition of the Chicago Tribune offers several Lollapalooza recommendations from staff writer Britt Julious in the paper’s A+E section.

Over The Rhine, the critically acclaimed Americana band led by Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler, will perform this Sunday in their home state of Ohio at the Lincoln Theatre in Columbus.

International Pop Overthrow returns to Los Angeles—the city of its birth—for the 26th time this Friday. The festival will feature over 60 acts and run through August 10 at the Redwood Bar; with one showcase being held at the Escondido venue on August 8. IPO founder David Bash has posted descriptions for all the acts on the festival’s official website.

Something tells me he’s still into something good. Fans of the 1960s British Invasion can relive the fun of those days by venturing out to suburban Des Plaines, IL this Sunday afternoon for the 3:00 pm Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone show.

City Winery Chicago has a Prince tribute coming on August 17 with The Purple Madness. Vocalist-guitarist Bobby Miller leads The Prince Tribute Band, which also features dancers. The music starts at 7:00 pm.

Emmylou Harris will share a double bill with Graham Nash at the Tanglewood venue in Lenox, MA tomorrow night, as well as at the Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts in Vienna, VA on Thursday.

The Color Purple - The Musical will wrap up its successful, critically acclaimed run at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago this Sunday. The production is directed by Lili-Anne Brown, with book by Marsha Norman, and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Alee Willis, and Stephen Bray.

Steven Delisi, a founding member of the Chicago-based power pop band The Thin Cherries, has a new single coming this Friday. The catchy indie rocker “When You Say” will be available on his Bandcamp page, and finds Delisi once again getting solid support from local musicians John Abbey, Gerald Dowd, and Mike Hagler.

McLuhan, the adventurous seven-piece Chicago band inspired by philosopher Marshall McLuhan, will share an afternoon double bill with Esmeralda’s Boys this Sunday at Montrose Saloon. The music starts at 2:00 pm. You can now purchase CD copies of McLuhan’s ground-breaking and recently re-released album Anomaly via Think Like A Key Music at gigs.

Congratulations to vocalist Gerald McClendon, who’ll receive the Bobby Blue Bland Award when the 25th Annual Jus’ Blues Foundation holds its Night Of The Living Legends event this Thursday in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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