Chicagoland Concert Guide

July & August 2003

                                                 compiled by Julie Lounges  

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July 2003  

5    SANTANA w/ Angelique Kidjo

       Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)

6-7   HOOTIE & THE BLOW FISH

         House Of Blues  (Chicago, IL)

7-8   TAPROOT 

        House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

8      NORAH JONES

         Ravinia  (Highland Park, IL)

8-9   Nickle Creek

        Abbey Road (Chicago, IL)

9      ARETHA FRANKLIN

        Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)

        DAVID LEE ROTH

         House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

        AMERICAN IDOLS

        United Center (Chicago, IL)

        THE JAYHAWKS w/ Thorns 

        Vic (Chicago, IL)

10    REEL BIG FISH 

       House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

10-11   TRAIN 

           Skyline Stage (Chicago, IL)

11    X  w/ The Drapes & The Trip Daddies

        House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

       BON JOVI w/ Goo Goo Dolls

        Tweeter Center (Chicago, IL)

LES CLAYPOOL & THE FROG BRIGADE

        Vic (Chicago, IL)

THE OUTFIELD 

        Joe’s Sports Bar  (Chicago, IL)

        B2K 

        Vic (Chicago, IL)

12   GOO GOO DOLLS

        Metro (Chicago, IL)

        LOLLAPALOOZA

        w/ Jane’s Addiction, Incubus, Audioslave,   

        Queens Of The Stone Age & many others

        Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)

        HOLLAND  w/ Point One O

        The Brat Stop  (Kenosha,  WI)

13   ANGELA BOFILL w/ Tom Browne & Others  

        Skyline Stage / Navy Pier  (Chicago, IL)

14    BLUR 

        Congress Theatre (Chicago, IL)

15   THE CHIEFTAINS w/ Del McCoury Band

       Ravinia (Chicago, IL)

15-16   MODEST MOUSE  w/ Radar Brothers

            House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

16    BLUES TRAVELER

        Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)

        JAY-Z & 50 Cent w/ Snoop Dog & others

        Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)

17    AVERAGE WHITE BAND

        House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

        MOLLY HATCHET 

        Joe’s Sports Bar  (Chicago, IL)

        ELIZA GILKYSON

        Fitzgeralds (Berwyn, IL)

        FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE

        Metro (Chicago, IL)

18    BRUCE COCKBURN

        House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

        SEVEN MARY THREE

        Chicago City Limits  (Schaumburg, IL)

        STEPHEN PEARCY’s RATT 

        The Otherside  (South Elgin, IL)

        JOE COCKER

        Skyline Stage / Navy Pier  (Chicago, IL)

       JOURNEY, SAMMY HAGAR & .38 SPECIAL

       Tweeter Center (Tinley Park IL)

18-19   PHISH

           Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI)

19     QUEENSRYCHE & DREAM THEATER w/ Fates Warning

         Aragon Ballroom (Chicago, IL)

         JOHN SCOFIELD BAND

         Park West (Chicago, IL)

         REO SPEEDWAGON, HEART, STYX & NIGHT RANGER          

         Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)

         ALIEN ANT FARM w/ Die Trying & Strata

         Metro  (Chicago, IL)

         BLUE MAN GROUP w/ Tracy Bonham 

         Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL)

         GORD DOWNIE & COUNTRY OF MIRACLES

         House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

         VULGAR BOATMEN 

         Schubas (Chicago, IL)

         HOLLAND  w/ Jambouy & Overtone

         Penny Road Pub  (South Barrington, IL)

         SLAVES ON DOPE 

         Challenge Park Xtreme  (Joliet, IL)

         SEVEN MARY THREE  w/ Quickchange

          Sean Kaley’s  (Chicago, IL)

20                    “OZZ FEST  2003” w/ OZZY OSBOURNE,

             MARILYN MANSON, DISTURBED, KORN, CHEVELLE,

             HOTWIRE, ENDO & Others

             Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)

22     JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & CHRISTINA AGUILERA 

         Allstate Arena (Chicago, IL)

         ALICE COOPER

         Skyline Stage/Navy Pier  (Chicago, IL)

         THE ISLEY BROTHERS

         Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL)

         LYLE LOVETT

         Ravinia (Chicago, IL)

23    JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & CHRISTINA AGUILERA 

         United Center (Chicago, IL)

        THE EELS 

         Metro (Chicago, IL)

        DAVE MASON 

        Fitzgerald’s Pub  (Berwyn, IL)

24   MARS VOLTA w/Saul William 

       Metro  (Chicago, IL)

        RHETT MILLER 

        Park West (Chicago, IL)

25    THE CIRCLE JERKS w/ GHB

        House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)

        OPETH 

        Vic (Chicago, IL)

        O’JAYS, FOUR TOPS, THE TEMPTATIONS

        & THE WHISPERS

         Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL)       

        POI DOG PONDERING 

        Ridgefest  (Chicago Ridge, IL)

        SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES 

         Joe’s Sports Bar  (Chicago, IL)

        “Midwest BEAT’s Battle Of The Backdoor”

         w/  COMA, ORCHESTRATED CHAOS,

         3rd SHIFT & CHEMICAL IMBALANCE

         Backdoor Lounge  (Griffith, IN)

 26   “SUMMER SANITARIUM 2003”

         w/METALLICA, LIMP BIZKIT, DEFTONES, MUDVAYNE

         & LINKIN PARK

         Hawthorne Racetrack  (Chicago, IL)

         WEIRD AL YANKOVIC

          Skyline Stage / Navy Pier (Chicago, IL)

         STEVE FORBERT 

          Schubas (Chicago, IL)

        “Midwest BEAT’s Mid-Summer Bash!”

         w THE BONES, TAMALLICKA & Others

         Second Dimensions (Schererville, IN)

         LIL’ KIM & DA BRAT

          Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)

27     PAT BENATAR  

          Ridgefest 2003  (Chicago Ridge, IL)

28     CYPRESS HILL 

          Metro  (Chicago, IL)

29     MARIAH CAREY

          United Center (Chicago, IL)

 29 & 30   THE ALLMAN BROTHERS

               w/ Karl Denizen’s Tiny Universe

               Chicago Theatre  (Chicago, IL)

 31   THE B-52s  w/ National Trust

         House of Blues  (Chicago, IL)

         ROXY MUSIC 

         Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)

August 2003 

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1      SUPER DIAMOND

        House of Blues  (Chicago, IL)

        THE COMMITMENTS 

        Joe’s Sports Bar  (Chicago, IL)

1-2    SUPERGRASS

         Metro  (Chicago, IL)

1-3    SUMMER ON SOUTHPORT FEST

         LOCAL H & others

         Schubas  (Chicago, IL)

2      THE OUTFIELD w/ 7th Heaven

        Sean Kaley’s  (Chicago, IL)

        THE DEAD & BOB DYLAN

        Route 66 Raceway  (Joliet, IL)

        TOBY KEITH & BLAKE SHELTON

        Tweeter  (Tinley Park,IL)

5       PETER FRAMPTON

         Ravinia  (Chicago, IL)

 6     CROSBY, STILLS & NASH

        Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL)

        TYPE O’NEGATIVE

        Metro  (Chicago, IL)

 7      ROD ARGENT & COLIN BLUNSTONE

         Abbey Road  (Chicago, IL)

         BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES

         Symphony Center  (Chicago, IL)

8     WHITESNAKE w/ Warrant, Kip Winger, Slaughter

        Tweeter Center  (Tinley Park, IL)

AIMEE MANN

        Skyline Stage/Navy Pier  (Chicago, IL)

        STEELY DAN

        United Center  (Chicago, IL)

        THREE DOORS DOWN w/Our Lady Peace 

        New City YMCA  (Chicago, IL)

 9    JOHN MAYER & COUNTING CROWS

       Tweeter Center  (Tinley Park, IL)

       THE MISFITS & THE DAMNED w/ The Dickies

       Vic  (Chicago, IL)

       LILLIAN AXE & BRAND NEW SIN

       Penny Road Pub  (South Barrington, IL)

 10    TORI AMOS & BEN FOLDS

        Auditorium  (Chicago, IL)

CHICAGO

        Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL)

        IRON MAIDEN, DIO & MOTORHEAD

        Tweeter Center  (Tinley Park, IL)

12     RINGO STARR & THE ALL-STARR BAND

         Rosemont Theatre  (Rosemon, IL)

13-14    SISTER HAZEL

            House of Blues  (Chicago, IL)

14     JAMES TAYLOR

         Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)

15     SUSAN TEDESCHI & KOKO TAYLOR

         Ravinia  (Chicago, IL)

         JAMES BROWN

         House of Blues  (Chicago, IL)

         GALLAGHER

         Navy Pier / Skyline Stage  (Chicago, IL)

         GYPSY KINGS

         Chicago Theatre  (Chicago, IL)

16     “THE ELVIS SPECTACULAR”

         Skyline Stage @ Navy Pier  (Chicago, IL)

          K.D. LANG

          Ravinia (Chicago, IL) 

       “Midwest BEAT’s So-Long To Summer Bash”

         w/ EAT A PEACH, DAYNA MALOW, DOG & BUTTERFLY,

         MACK CREEK BAND & THE HEAVIES

         The Sandbox  (Demotte, IN)

17     EARL SCRUGGS

         Old Town School Of Folk Music  (Chicago, IL)

17-21   30 ODD FOOT OF GRUNTS

             House of Blues  (Chicago, IL)

19     KENNY LOGGINS  w/ HALL & OATES 

         Chicago Theatre  (Chicago, IL)

21     JIMMY BUFFETT

         Tweeter Center  (Tinley Park, IL)

22     RASCAL FLATTS & JIMMY WAYNE

         Star Plaza Theatre  (Merrillville, IN)

23     JIMMY BUFFETT

         Tweeter Center  (Tinley Park, IL)

         THE MAVERICKS 

         Schubas (Chicago, IL)

        RADIOHEAD w/ Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

          Alpine Valley  (East Troy, WI)

        “A.B.A.T.E of Indiana” presents

         BLUE OYSTER CULT  (MDA Benefit)

         Porter County Fairgrounds  (Valparaiso, IN)

24-25   WILLIE NELSON

           House of Blues  (Chicago, IL)

26     BILLY IDOL

         House of Blues  (Chicago, IL)

         B.B. KING & JEFF BECK

         Arie Crown Theatre  (Chicago, IL)

29     WXRD/X-Rock & Midwest BEAT present

         LYNYRD SKYNYRD w/guests

         Lake County Fairgrounds  (Crown Point, IN)

30 & 31     TONY BENNETT

                Ravinina  (Highland Park, IL)

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