The summer music festival puzzle added a few more pieces Tuesday morning. Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival announced its preliminary lineup via Spotify Tuesday morning, and headliners include Radiohead, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish and the Beach...
A third spring semester concert is coming to the Convocation Center. Rapper J. Cole will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 18 at the Convocation Center as part of the Campus Consciousness Tour. North Carolina native Jeremy Cole earned recognition during last...
Chicago's summer music schedule may get a little more crowded.Live Music Blog writer Nick Isasi reported Monday that electronic artists Skrillex, Daft Punk, and Afrojack may be performing in Chicago as part of the brand new Spring Awakening Festival.Isasi...
It was glitz, glamour and guest appearances that defined the Bridgestone Halftime Show during Sunday's Super Bowl.The show was a microcosm of Madonna's career: grandiose, fast-paced, with maybe of hint of studio magic.Madonna was able to channel her inner...
From Woodstock in 1969 to the annual gathering of the masses in Grant Park for Lollapalooza, music festivals are nothing new. Still, it seems the music festival is something music fans can be hesitant to attend. Between the costly ticket prices, lack...
The Convocation Center's spring concert schedule just got a little bit fuller.Former American Idol standout and RCA recording artist Chris Daughtry will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 7 at the Convocation Center, 1525 Lincoln Highway.The North Carolinian...
Four-and-a-half years ago, hip-hop band Legend Haz It was born in a 15x11 room on the east side of campus. Inside of a Neptune North dorm room ("Neptune Deuce" as they call it), new friends Dan Pratt and Keith Winford sat huddled around a snare drum,...
Homecoming normally celebrates Northern Illinois; but this year, it's all about Kansas.The legendary rock group will perform with the NIU Philharmonic Orchestra as part of its Collegiate Symphony Tour 8 p.m. Saturday at the Convocation Center, 1525 W....
"For a tour based on an album named Lasers, I was just hoping the light show would be a little more creative than colored spotlights and a series of blinding strobe lights."That's what my fellow Scene columnist Aurora Schnorr wrote in review of the Lupe...
Just over one month after Sept. 11, Madison Square Garden hosted the "Concert for New York City" to raise money for the Robin Hood Relief Fund and honor the first responders to the World Trade Center.The benefit concert raised over $35 million and featured...
Amidst the dozens of bands playing Middlewest Fest this weekend, one man will take the stage with no instrument at all. With just a microphone and a slew of jokes in tow, comedian Brian Posehn will perform at Otto's Nightclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway,...
Amidst the dozens of bands playing Middlewest Fest this weekend, one man will take the stage with no instrument at all. With just a microphone and a slew of jokes in tow, comedian Brian Posehn will perform at Otto's Nightclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway,...
