Comprehensive list of upcoming 2008 Chicago music peformances!

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On April 1, 2008, we received from a publicist the following comprehensive list of upcoming Chicago music events.

** new listing or change

MORCHEEBA
Federico Aubele
Tuesday, April 1, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 8:30 P.M./ $28.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

93XRT Show
RAY DAVIES
Dana Fuchs
Tuesday, April 1, 2008”
The Chicago Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $78.00 / 48.00 / 38.00 / RESV

THE FRESH AIRE MUSIC OF
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER
Saturday, April 5, 2008”
Genesee Theatre / Waukegan, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $53.00 / 43.00 / 33.00 / RESV

93XRT Show
KATHLEEN EDWARDS
Luke Doucet
Saturday, April 5, 2008”
Metro / Chicago, IL / 9:00 P.M./ $18.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

STEPHEN KELLOGG & THE SIXERS Sold Out!
Alexa Wilkinson
Sunday, April 6, 2008”
Beat Kitchen / Chicago, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $17.50 / GA -All Ages”

93XRT Show
EELS Sold Out!
Sunday, April 6, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $25.00 / GA - All Ages”

BEN JELEN
Standard of Living / The Heyday
Sunday, April 6, 2008”
Martyrs / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $8.00 adv / $10.00 day of show / GA - 21 & Over”

93XRT Show
JESSE MALIN
De Novo Dahl
Tuesday, April 8, 2008”
Martyrs / Chicago, IL / 9:00 P.M./ $15.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

JASON MRAZ Sold Out!
Bushwalla / Justin Kredible
Wednesday, April 9, 2008”
Metro / Chicago, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $30.00 / GA - All Ages”

93XRT Shows
WIDESPREAD PANIC
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 11, 12 & 13, 2008”
Auditorium Theatre / Chicago, IL / $39.50 / RESV
7:00pm - Friday & Saturday / 6:30pm Sunday
Friday & Saturday shows sold out!

93XRT Show
THE BLACK KEYS Sold Out!
Jay Reatard
Saturday, April 12, 2008”
Riviera Theatre / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $24.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

RYAN MONTBLEAU BAND
Saturday, April 12, 2008”
Beat Kitchen / Chicago, IL / 9:30 P.M./ $11.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

STYX
Koko Taylor
Monday, April 14, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $50.00 / GA

93XRT Shows
JUSTIN CURRIE (of Del Amitri)
Angie Mattson
Tuesday, April 15, 2008”
Schubas / Chicago, IL / 7:00 & 10:00 P.M./ $20.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

HOT CHIP Sold Out!
Free Blood
Thursday, April 17, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $25.00 / GA - All Ages”

SAUL WILLIAMS Sold Out!
Dragons of Zynth
Friday, April 18, 2008”
Martyrs / Chicago, IL / 10:00 P.M./ $16.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

Miller Genuine Draft presents
Q101.1 welcomes
THE BRAVERY
Fiction Plane / Your Vegas
Saturday, April 19, 2008”
Metro / Chicago, IL / 6:30 P.M / $17.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

SANTANA
Derek Trucks Band
Saturday, April 19, 2008”
Allstate Arena / Rosemont, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $100.50 / 50.50 / 40.50 / RESV

BASSNECTAR
Saturday, April 19, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 11:00 P.M./ $20.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

Q101 welcomes
THE MARS VOLTA
Sunday, April 20, 2008”
Aragon / Chicago, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $35.00 / GA - All Ages”

93XRT Show
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
Okkervil River
Sunday, April 20, 2008”
Riviera Theatre / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $28.50 / GA - 18 & Over”

93XRT Show
COLIN MELOY
Laura Gibson
Monday, April 21, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $20.00 / GA - All Ages”

IRON AND WINE
Califone
Monday & Tuesday, April 21-22, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $23.00 / GA - All Ages”

DAMIEN DEMPSEY
Wednesday, April 23, 2008”
Schubas / Chicago, IL / 9:00 P.M./ $10.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

93XRT Shows
JOE JACKSON
Mutlu
Wednesday & Thursday, April 23 & 24, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $45.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

93XRT Show
JACKIE GREENE
Thursday, April 24, 2008”
Martyrs / Chicago, IL / 9:00 P.M./ $15.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

ANDREW “”DICE”” CLAY
Friday, April 25, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 8:30 P.M./ $54.50 / GA - SEATED - 18 & Over”

An evening of stand-up comedy:
TRACY MORGAN
Saturday, April 26, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $33.50 / GA - Seated”

UH HUH HER
Tuesday, April 29, 2008”
Double Door / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $12.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

ELBOW
The Watson Twins
Tuesday, April 29, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $20.00 / GA - All Ages”

Justice Tour:
THE NIGHTWATCHMAN
(Tom Morello Acoustic)
plus very special guests
All proceeds go to the Justice Fund
Thursday, May 1, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $10.00 / GA - All Ages”

THE PROCLAIMERS
Jeremy Fisher
Thursday, May 1, 2008”
Double Door / Chicago, IL / 9:00 P.M./ $18.00 adv / $20.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

Venue Change!
THE HARD LESSONS
Friday, May 2, 2008”
Subterranean / Chicago, IL / 9:30 P.M./ $10.00 / GA - 18 & Over”
Tickets purchased for Beat Kitchen honored

EISLEY
The Myriad / Vedera / The Envy Corps
Friday, May 2, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $15.00 / GA - All Ages”

GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY
Friday, May 2, 2008”
Metro / Chicago, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $20.00 / GA - All Ages”

NME Awards Tour
KATE NASH
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Friday, May 2, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $21.00 / GA - All Ages”

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
Saturday, May 3, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $64.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

Miller Genuine Draft presents
93XRT Show
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS
Saturday, May 3, 2008”
Metro / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $25.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

BOB SCHNEIDER
Saturday, May 3, 2008”
Double Door / Chicago, IL / 9:00 P.M./ $20.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

Hot Topic Presents
GIGANTOUR featuring MEGADETH
In Flames / Children of Bodom / Job for a Cowboy / High on Fire
Tuesday, May 6, 2008”
Aragon / Chicago, IL / 5:00 P.M./ $39.50 / GA - All Ages”

ROBYN
Wednesday, May 7, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $15.00 / GA - All Ages”

DOLLY PARTON
Thursday, May 8, 2008 (February 29th tickets honored)”
Friday, May 9, 2008 ( March 1 tickets honored)”
The Chicago Theatre / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $150.00 / 85.00 / 60.00 / RESV

** M.I.A.
Holy F*ck
Friday, May 9, 2008”
Aragon / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $30.00 / GA - All Ages”
On sale this Saturday 4/5 at 10:00am

DEVOTCHKA
Basia Bulat
Friday, May 9, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $20.50 / GA - All Ages”

FUNKADESI
Friday, May 9, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $15.00 students / $18.00 general / GA - 18 & Over”

93XRT Show
LOWEN & NAVARRO
Stone Honey
Saturday, May 10, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $25.00 / GA - All Ages”

93XRT Shows
CROWDED HOUSE
Don McGlashan
Saturday & Sunday, May 10 & 11, 2008”
Vic Theater / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $45.00 / GA - All Ages”

AUGUSTANA
Tuesday, May 13, 2008”
Metro / Chicago, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $18.50 / GA - All Ages”

DURAN DURAN
Your Vegas
Wednesday, May 14, 2008”
Rosemont Theatre / Rosemont, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $125.00 / 85.00 / 65.00 / 49.50 / RESV

** TRIBUTOSAURUS
becomes Queen
Friday, May 16, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 8:30 P.M./ $25.00 / GA - 18 & Over”
On sale this Saturday 4/5 at 10:00am

ENTER THE HAGGIS
Danny Barns’ Defectors
Friday, May 16, 2008”
Martyrs / Chicago, IL / 9:00 P.M./ $10.00 adv / $12.00 day of / GA - 21 & Over”

KT TUNSTALL
Paddy Casey
Friday, May 16, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $35.00 / SEATED GA

93XRT Show
THE CURE
65daysofstatic
Saturday, May 17, 2008”
Allstate Arena / Rosemont, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $65.00 / 50.00 / RESV
Tickets for September 29, 2007 honored”

Q101.1 welcomes
MIKE NESS
Jesse Dayton
Tuesday, May 20, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $30.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

Q101 welcomes
SEETHER / FLYLEAF
Red
Tuesday, May 20, 2008”
Riviera Theatre / Chicago, IL / 6:00 P.M./ $32.00 / GA - All Ages”

** KID ROCK
Rev Run / Peter Wolf
Friday, May 23, 2008”
Sears Centre Arena / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $53.50 / 48.50 / 38.50 / RESV
On sale this Saturday 4/5 at 10:00am
through Sears Centre Box Office, select AMCORE Bank outlets”
by phone at 1-888-SEARSTIX or www.searscentre.com

SUMMER CAMP 2008
moe. / The Flaming Lips / OAR / Umphrey’s McGee
The Roots / Sound Tribe Sector 9 / G. Love & Special Sauce / George Clinton
The New Pornographers
Girl Talk / Avett Brothers / Tea Leaf Green / Clutch / Blind Melon
Lotus / Cornmeal / Hot Buttered Rum / The Lee Boys
Backyard Tire Fire & More!!
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 23, 24 & 25, 2008”
Three Sisters Park / Chillicothe, IL / Noon”
Three day passes on sale now - includes camping:
Now until 4/20 - $143.50
4/21 - 5/22 - $158.50
Gate price - $178.50

93XRT Show
RILO KILEY
Saturday, May 24, 2008”
Riviera Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $26.00 / GA - All Ages”

Due to demand…Second show added!
** ERYKAH BADU
THE ROOTS
Friday, May 30 & Saturday, May 31, 2008”
The Chicago Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $69.50 / 59.50 / 49.50 / RESV
May 30th show sold out!
Tickets for the May 31st show on sale this Saturday 4/5 at 11:00am

BUCKETHEAD
That 1 Guy
Saturday, May 31, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $20.00 / GA- All Ages”

93XRT Show
THE KOOKS Sold Out!
The Morning Benders
Monday, June 2, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $20.00 / GA - All Ages”

NELS CLINE SINGERS
Tuesday, June 3, 2008”
Martyrs / Chicago, IL / 9:00 P.M./ $18.00 / GA - 21 & Over”

93XRT Show
** OLD 97’S
Hayes Carll
Thursday, June 5, 2008”
Metro / Chicago, IL / 8:30 P.M./ $22.00 / GA - 18 & Over”
On sale this Saturday 4/5 at NOON

93XRT Show
** R.E.M.
Modest Mouse / The National
Friday, June 6, 2008”
United Center / Chicago, IL / 7:00 P.M./ $85.00 / 65.00 / 37.50 / RESV
On sale this Saturday 4/5 at 10:00am

TRUE COLORS TOUR:
Cyndi Lauper / The B-52s / Tegan & Sara
The Cliks / Rosie O’Donnell / Carson Kressley
Tuesday, June 10, 2008”
The Chicago Theatre / Chicago, IL / 6:00 P.M./ $179.00 / 129.00 / 104.00 / 69.00 / 49.00 / RESV

BILLY BRAGG
Saturday, June 14, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $27.50 / GA - 18 & Over”

FISH
Sunday, June 15, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $35.00 / GA - 18 & Over”

93XRT Shows
THE SWELL SEASON Sold Out!
featuring Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
performing their songs from the motion picture Once
Sunday, June 15, 2008”
Tuesday & Wednesday, June 17 & 18, 2008”
The Chicago Theatre / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $40.00 / 32.50 / RESV

LADYTRON
Datarock
Tuesday, June 17, 2008”
Vic Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $25.00 / GA- All Ages”

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
Steve Winwood
Wednesday, July 2, 2008”
United Center / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $99.00 / 55.00 / RESV

** GEORGE MICHAEL
Wednesday, July 9, 2008”
United Center / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $250.00 / 150.00 / 95.00 / 65.00 / RESV
On sale this Saturday 4/5 at 11:00am

93XRT Show
MARK KNOPFLER Sold Out!
Sunday, July 13, 2008”
The Chicago Theatre / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $109.00 / 74.00 / 54.00 / RESV

ROD STEWART
Greatest Hits Tour
Bryan Adams
Tuesday, August 5, 2008”
Sears Centre / Hoffman Estates, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $227.00 / 127.00 / 97.00/ 52.00 / RESV
On sale now
through Sears Centre Box Office, select AMCORE Bank outlets”
by phone at 1-888-SEARSTIX or www.searscentre.com

Third Show Added!
** KING CRIMSON
Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Gavin Harrison,”
Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto”
Wednesday & Thursday, August 6 & 7, 2008”
Friday, August 8, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 7:30 P.M./ $67.50 / GA - 18 & Over”
Tickets for the August 8th show on sale this Saturday 4/5 at 10:00am
August 6 & 7 on sale now!

An evening with
MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Thursday & Friday, August 7 & 8, 2008”
The Chicago Theatre / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $103.00 / 78.00 / 58.00 / 38.00 / RESV
101.9fm The Mix welcomes August 7 / 93XRT Show on August 8

JIM GAFFIGAN
Friday, August 22, 2008”
Genesee Theatre / Waukegan, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $42.75 / RESV

** JACKOPIERCE
Friday, November 14, 2008”
Park West / Chicago, IL / 8:00 P.M./ $27.50 / GA - 18 & Over”
On sale now!

Tickets available through Ticketmaster: All Carson Pirie Scott & Hot Tix Select Coconuts & fye locations charge by phone (312) 559-1212 or ticketmaster.com

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