CHICAGO CONCERT GUIDE / JULY & AUGUST
compiled by Julie Lounges
JULY 2001
1 JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
2 BARBARITO TORRES
House Of Blues (Chi cago, IL)
3 “Glam Slam Metal Jam” starring... POISON w/ Enuff
Znuff, Quiet Riot &
Warrant
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
PANTERA & SLAYER w/Static-X,
Skrape & Morbid Angel
Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)
FISHBONE
Cubby Bear (Chicago, IL)
FRANKIE KNUCKLES
House of Blues (Chicago, IL)
5 AEROSMITH w/ Fuel
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
6 DIDO & TRAVIS
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
THE OUTFIELD
Joe’s (Chicago, IL)
6-7 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND w/ Macy Gray
Solldiers Field (Chicago, IL)
TESLA
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
7 THE WALLFLOWERS w/ Eat A Peach
Star Plaza (Merrillville, IN)
AEROSMITH w/ Fuel
Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI)
SPACEHOG
Joe’s (Chicago, IL)
BILL COSBY
Skyline Stage/Navy Pier (Chicago, IL)
BLINK 182 w/ New Found Glory & Alkaline
Trio
Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)
9 JERRY CANTRELL
House Of Blues (Chicago,
IL)
10 3G’s – JOE SATRIANI, STEVE VAI & JOHN PETRUCI
Riviera Theatre (Chicago, IL)
STEVIE NICKS w/Sheryl Crow
Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)
11 THE COWBOY JUNKIES
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
12 DEREK TRUCKS BAND
Martyrs’ (Chicago, IL)
VINCE NEIL, RATT, SLAUGHTER & VIXEN
Oasis 160 (Chicago Heights, IL)
13 BLESSED UNION OF SOULS
Joe’s (Chicago, IL)
BON JOVI
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
IRISH TENORS w/Ronan Tynan, Anthony Kearns
& Finbar Wright
Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL)
BROOKS & DUNN
Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)
13-14 STEEL PULSE
House Of
Blues (Chicago, IL)
POSIES
Double Door
(Chicago, IL)
14 BAD COMPANY w/ Billy Squire & Styx
Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)
PHIL LESH & FRIENDS w/ String
Cheese Incident
Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI)
15 “VAN’S WARPED TOUR” w/ Less Than Jake, Me First, Rancid,
The Ataris,
The Gimmies, The Vandals, 311, &
H20
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
17 NEVILLE BROTHERS w/Angelique Kidjo
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
PAT BENATAR
Skyline Stage/Navy Pier
(Chicago, IL)
JILL SCOTT
Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL)
18 THE ALARM 2000 featuring MIKE PETERS
J. J. Kelley’s (Lansing, IL)
MARK EITZEL w/David Garza
Metro (Chicago, IL)
CECE PENISTON
Metro (Chicago, IL)
19 WILLY PORTER
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
NINA SIMONE
Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL)
ROD STEWART
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
20 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS w/Jackson Browne
Tweeter (Tinley Park IL)
TRISHA YEARWOOD
Star Plaza (Merrillville, IN)
IAN MOORE
Martyrs’ (Chicago, IL)
NAJEE
Skyline Stage/Navy Pier (Chicago, IL)
21 TESLA
Star Plaza (Merrillville, IN)
THE BACKSTREET BOYS
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
JETHRO TULL
Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL)
21 PETER FRAMPTON & JOURNEY with John Waite
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
22 & 23 MUDHONEY
Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL)
24 TIM McGRAW
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
24-25 ERIC CLAPTON
United
Center (Chicago, IL)
25 “AREA ONE” w/ Moby, Outkast, The Roots, Incubus, Nelly
Furtado, The
Orb
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
26-28 JANET JACKSON
United Center
(Chicago, IL)
27 AL JARREAU w/ Rachelle Farrell & George Duke
Arie Crown (Chicago, IL)
SKID ROW w/ INZANE & Bag Lady
Silver Bullet (South Haven, IN)
RICHARD MARX
Skyline Stage / Navy Pier (Chicago, IL)
RAMMSTEIN w/Godhead & Crossbread
Star Plaza (Merrillville, IN )
28 THE STEEPWATER BAND
Double Door (Chicago, IL)
"Beat Magazine's Blue Collar
Bash"
w/ KPC, Jump In The Dumpster & Reality
Check
The Edge (Hammond, IN)
BRIAN SETZER & THE ‘68 COMEBACK
SPECIAL
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
REEL BIG FISH w/Goldfinger
Congress Theatre (Chicago, IL)
GHOSTFACE KILLAH & RAEKWON THE
CHEF
Metro (Chicago, IL)
30 ROXY MUSIC
Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)
29 PET SHOP BOYS w/Soft Cell, Magnetic Fields & Rufus Wainwright
Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)
CRADLE OF FILTH
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
GLEN PHILLIPS (ex-Toad The Wet Sprocket)
Lincoln Park Fest (Chicago, IL)
30 CHARLATANS UK
Double Door (Chicago, IL)
31 LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
AUGUST 2001
1 RADIOHEAD w/Beta Band
Arvey Field (Chicago, IL)
2 SUGAR RAY w/ Unkle Kraker
THE Odeum (Chicago, IL)
2-3 RAY CHARLES
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
3 MATCHBOX 20
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
THE CHURCHILLS
Schubas (Chicago, IL)
3-4 JAMES TAYLOR
Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL)
4 BLUE OYSTER CULT
Skyline Stage / Navy Pier (Chicago,
IL)
FRANKIE BEVERLY & MAZE
Arie Crown (Chicago, IL)
5&7 SADE
Allstate Arena (Rosemont,
IL)
7 MARY BLACK w/Kathy Mattea
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
7-8 ALLMAN BROTHERS
Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL)
8 LOS LOBOS
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
YES (with Full Symphony Orchestra)
Arie Crown (Chicago, IL)
10 GISELLE
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
HANK WILLIAMS III
Metro (Chicago, IL)
REBA McENTIRE w/Martina McBride & More
United Center (Chicago, IL)
10-11 TONY BENNETT
United Center
(Chicago, IL)
11 TAJ MAHAL
House Of Blue (Chicago, IL)
R. KELLY
Tweeter (Tinley Park, IL)
RICK SPRINGFIELD
Skyline Stage / Navy Pier (Chicago, IL)
12 RICK SPRINGFIELD
Star Plaza (Chicago, IL)
14 GEORGE BENSON w/Nena Freelon
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL)
16 FRANK MARINO & MAHOGANY RUSH
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
FOUR TOPS & THE TEMPTATIONS
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
17 CHEAP TRICK
Skyline Stage / Navy Pier (Chicago, IL)
JONATHA BROOKE
Park West (Chicago, IL)
SQUAREPUSHERS
Metro (Chicago, IL)
BRUCE HORNSBY
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
18 BUSINESS w/Agnostic Front
Metro (Chicago, IL)
TOWER OF POWER
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
PETER, PAUL & MARY
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
JOHN MELLENCAMP & THE WALLFLOWERS
Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)
GODSMACK w/The Deftones
Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI)
DAVID CASSIDY
Rialto Theatre (Chicago, IL)
19 POI DOG PONDERING
Skyline Stage (Chicago, IL)
21 B.B. KING w/Tommy Castro & John Hiatt & The Goners
Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL)
SHAWN COLVIN w/Emmylou Harris & Spyboy
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
22 RINGO STARR
Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL)
23 LUKA BLOOM w/Bohola
Old Town School Of Music (Chicago,
IL)
24 MICK TAYLOR
Cubby Bear (Chicago, IL)
RATDOG w/Rusted Root & Others
Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI)
BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES w/Keb 'Mo
Chicago Theatre (Chicago, IL)
BARENAKED LADIES w/Proclaimers
Tweeter Center (Chicago, IL)
25 ETTA JAMES
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
GREAT BIG SEA w/Natalie MacMaster & Michael
McDermott
Ravinia (Highland Park, IL)
26 ERYKAH BADU
Arie Crown (Chicago, IL)
28-29 MADONNA
United Center
(Chicago, IL)
29 GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS
House Of Blues (Chicago, IL)
31 HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
Star Plaza Theatre (Merrillville, IN)