Pearl Jam at Wrigley Field review: A rousing set list full of classics, deep cuts
With deep cuts to satisfy the die-hards, warhorses waiting to rouse the wallflowers, and players ready and able to shift gears at the drop of a hat, a Pearl Jam...
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Paramore delivers hits and catharsis at Northerly Island
The first words you hear on Paramore’s fifth and best album “After Laughter” are hardly the stuff of pick-me-up pop. Quite the contrary. “All that I want is to wake...
David Byrne wiggles, spirals through his warm Auditorium show
David Byrne, clad in a gray suit yet strangely barefoot, sat at a small table, lit starkly by a single spotlight. Singing “Here,” from his newest album, “American Utopia,” he...
Taylor Swift and Backstreet Boys defy fest formula at Jingle Bash
Flanked by a quartet of fellow singers, Taylor Swift was, as usual, preternaturally poised as she took the stage at the B96 & Pepsi Jingle Bash on Thursday night. With...
Arcade Fire is all about the show, which worked like a charm at the United Center
There’s really no way around it: Arcade Fire’s fifth album “Everything Now” is pretty half-baked, and a high-concept marketing campaign that smugly skewered consumerism didn’t help. But Arcade Fire has...
Janet Jackson masterful in shifting moods and themes at Allstate Arena
“Are you ready to party?” asked Janet Jackson at the Allstate Arena on Thursday night, but the deadly serious look on her face implied anything but fun was in store....
Kesha swings back with a swagger at the Aragon
We often assume the worst about our pop stars. That they're fake. That they're manufactured frauds. That they're puppets. What sometimes gets lost in the shuffle is that they're human...
SZA bares her soul through smiles at Concord Music Hall
Had SZA decided to sit out a song at the Concord Music Hall on Thursday night, any number of women in the sold-out crowd could likely have hopped up on...
Depeche Mode goes bigger, not always better, in Tinley Park
Back in the '80s, when Depeche Mode was just a group of skinny Brits stationed behind rinky-dink synthesizers, the group proved you didn't need to play rock music to be...
Roger Waters amps up his anger, sadness at United Center
No one would ever accuse Roger Waters of subtlety. At the United Center on Saturday night, the first of three shows, a giant swine tagged "piggy bank of war" flew...