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Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival back to Chicago

Saturday, February 20th, 2010 | Crossroads | No Comments

Eric Clapton’s third Crossroad Fest is coming back in 2010 and will be held just out side of Chicago. The rest started in 2004 in Dallas and was a sold-out mega show. In 2007 Clapton brought the fest to Chicago with 20 of the worlds greatest guitarists to play on one stage for one day. This day long show is to raise money for Clapton’s Crossroads Centre in Antigua, which provides treatment and education to chemically dependent persons.

2010 looks to be his biggest year yet with a lot of mega stars scheduled to play, like Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BB King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, and many more. With a line up like this we are sure this is a show true Clapton fans will not miss out on.

Tags: Chicago, Crossroads 2010

Nick Jonas likes Chicago

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 | Concerts | No Comments

Nick Jonas was in Chicago over the weekend and he had to cut his meet and greet short with fans.  So to make it up to the fans that missed out he played to songs out in the parking lot. Not a bad move for Jonas, just shows us his fame hasn’t gone to his head yet. I stress yet, as he will get there just like the rest of the dumb asses in Hollywood.

Tags: Chicago, Nick Jonas

Lady Gaga sells out 3 Chicago shows

Monday, January 4th, 2010 | Concerts | No Comments

As most Lady Gaga fans in Chicago know her rescheduled shows for this week went on sale today at 10am. All three of the shows  sold out within seconds, it almost looked like they never even had tickets to begin with. Whats going on with this Ticket Master? This new last minute on sale comes after Lady Gaga canceled a few cities and moved the shows to new venues with only a little over a week to go. Many fans have been outraged at the super star because when they announced the change Ticket Master canceled everyone’s orders and told fans you must rebuy to get tickets. They gave everyone that had tickets to the first set a shows a special pre-sale code that could have been used last week. I can tell you as someone that did the pre-sale they did not give out comparable seats, but hey what do they care? I heard from a lot of fans that said they couldn’t even use the pre-sale code to buy tickets.

Here is Lady Gaga and some of her great dance moves.

Tags: Chicago, Lady GaGa

Lady Gaga moves IL show to Rosemont Theatre

Monday, December 28th, 2009 | General | No Comments

In a very strange move Lady Gaga has canceled her Chicago Theatre shows and moved them to the Rosemont Theatre just days before the three Chicago dates.  Below is the press release from The Chicago Theatre

Please be advised that due to production issues, the Lady Gaga concert performances, originally scheduled for January 8, 9 & 10, 2010 at The Chicago Theatre, have been moved to The Rosemont Theatre.

Please note that Chicago Theatre tickets will not be honored for the shows at the Rosemont Theatre. Customers who purchased their Chicago Theatre show(s) tickets via Ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster’s charge by phone service will be contacted via email or phone regarding the ticket refund procedure. Tickets ordered through Ticketmaster Phones or Ticketmaster Online will be automatically credited to the original purchaser’s credit card account within 7 to 10 business days. Tickets purchased through Ticketmaster Outlets or through The Chicago Theatre’s Box Office must be returned to the original point of purchase for a full refund. An exclusive presale opportunity for existing customers only for the new performances at The Rosemont Theatre starts Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. CST

Tickets purchased through Ticketmaster Outlets or through The Chicago Theatre?s Box Office must be returned to the original point of purchase for a full refund.

Tags: Chicago, Lady GaGa

Some Bears fans are a little nuts

Friday, November 20th, 2009 | Chicago Bears, NFL | No Comments

A Steelers fan that was in Chicago for the game back in Sept has been left blind and could have brain damage after being poisoned at a Chicago bar after the game back in September. Zack Heddinger told a Pittsburgh TV station that he and some friends went to Kitty O’Shea’s in Chicago after the Bears beat the Steelers’ 17-14 on Sept. 20. Heddinger and friends were trash talking with some Bears fans, and that is all he can remember at this point. His buddies got into an altercation and were offered a drink to make peace after the misunderstanding. Not to long after the drink Heddinger had to be rushed to a nearby hospital as his heart stopped four times. First the doctors thought this was just a drunk football fan but soon realized there was much more to it. Heddinger’s family had to fly to Chicago to be with him, because they were not sure he was going to make it. Doctors now suspect his drink was spiked with toxic grain alcohol.

“I don’t think they tried to kill me. I think they tried to hurt me, but the killing came pretty close,” said Heddinger.

Hddinger is still undergoing oxygen treatments in hopes of regaining some of his vision. This is a sad case of a few crazy bears fans giving Chicago a bad name by doing something very dumb.

[WTAE Pittsburgh]

Tags: Bears, Chicago, Steelers fan blind

Them Crooked Vultures this Sunday at Metro

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 | Concerts, Them Crooked Vultures | No Comments

Update 2: Confirmed we just got tickets to the show its will call only. Show sold out in about a min so it looks like it will be Them Crooked Vultures. We now have tickets online here all tickets are pick up night of show only.

Update: Ok so its not the Foo Fighters its Dave Grohl’s new band and they are doing a show Sunday. THEM CROOKED VULTURES, the new supergroup featuring Josh Homme (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) , John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN) and Dave Grohl (FOO FIGHTERS), is rumored to be playing a last-minute Lollapalooza after-show party on Sunday, August 9 Midnight at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois.

There is talk in Chicago that the Foo Fighters are playing a secret show at the Metro in Chicago this Sunday night @ midnight.  Nothing has been confirmed 100%  but from what I have seen it does look like they are. Check back Thursday when we can confirm this rumor, and yes we will have tickets to the show.

Tags: Chicago, Foo Fighters, Metro, secret show, Them Crooked Vultures, Tickets

Taylor Swift adds two Chicago shows

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | Concerts, Taylor Swift | No Comments

Taylor Swift has added two Chicago dates to her 2009 US tour. The concerts will be on Oct 9 and 10th and will be the only city thus far she will have two shows. Swift 2009 tour has turned out to be one of the biggest of the year selling out most shows super fast. Fans of all ages around the country seem to love the country super star. For a full list of cities and dates you can go here.

Tags: 2009, Chicago, Taylor Swift, Tour

Lollapalooza lineup is out

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | Concerts | No Comments

Tags: Chicago, Lineup, Lollapalooz 2009, Lollapalooza 2009, Tickets

What is going on in Chicago?

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 | Sports | 1 Comment

This could be the year for the Cubs and Mayor Daley is worried about the bars. What is going on in Chicago? In 2005 when the White Sox won the city was fine. With so many problems in the city of Chicago you would think Daley would have better things to worry about.  The article below is a must read. – Mark -ticket chest blog

Bars and restaurants around Wrigley Field that ignore the city’s call to voluntarily cut off liquor sales after the seventh inning could face a dire alternative: Area residents could vote them dry, Mayor Daley warned Tuesday.

One day after bar owners reacted angrily to the city’s proposal, Daley defended it as “common sense.” He argued that Cubs fans who’ve been drinking up until the seventh-inning stretch of potential title-clinching games need, what he called, “some smoothing time” before the celebration begins in earnest.

“This is about the Cubs. This is about where they worked so hard all year to get to. This is not about a lot of fans and a lot of drinking. We don’t want to see any incident outside, because if there is, that whole area will be voted dry tomorrow. Those citizens will get together and say, ‘I’m gonna vote every precinct dry. I’ll even vote Cubs Field dry,” Daley said.

“They’re gonna have their reveille in the street. But, I don’t want first responders hurt. I don’t want any citizen hurt. I don’t want to see an ambulance trying to drive down the street loaded with people,” said the mayor. “We don’t need your cameras up there showing people getting injured. They’re gonna win it on the field and not on the street. You can drink as much beer for seven innings as you want. Give me a break.”

The Chicago Sun-Times reported earlier this week that bars and restaurants surrounding Wrigley would be asked to voluntarily stop serving alcohol after the seventh-inning stretch — just as they do inside the ballpark — to prevent Cubs playoff celebrations from turning ugly.

The proposed sevenh-inning cut-off would apply only to potential title-clinching games and last until the game is over. It would affect roughly 40 establishments on Sheffield between Newport and Irving; on Clark from Irving Park to Newport and on Addison from Wilton to Racine.

Bar owners reacted angrily, arguing that customers who don’t get served will get up and leave and never come back.

Daley was not sympathetic.

“Then I’ll have someone buy their place tomorrow. It’s not gonna cost ’em any business. They made enough money all year. I’m sorry. We’re just talking about common sense. That’s all this is. Because I’ll tell you one thing — if that community sees something they don’t like, they will not have a bar. They will not have a liquor license. They will vote it completely dry,” the mayor said.

Despite the mayor’s vigorous defense, local Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) has not yet signed on to Daley’s proposal. Tunney, owner of Ann Sather’s restaurants and a former liquor license holder, said bar owners need to have their say at a meeting Monday.

“I’m concerned that there’s a precedent here that needs to be thought out. On any given special event, the city could come in and restrict liquor sales for public safety reasons. This throws a new wrinkle on a way to manage this and a concern that this could be used at a moment’s notice. There will be a concern about having an ever- widening scale of prohibition,” Tunney said.

“The first blush is, ‘Oh, my God. This is ridiculous. As a business operator, I know how to handle crowds.’ If I step back, count for 10 seconds, sleep on it, maybe we can tweak it and make it even better for the city and the community. I think we’ll get some movement from both sides.”

Tunney said the Daley administration initially wanted the seventh- inning cut-off to apply to all playoff games, not just potential title clinchers. They also wanted to implement it last weekend, when the Cubs clinched the Central Division championship.

“I said there wasn’t enough notice,” he said.

–FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter – Chicago Sun Times

Tags: Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Cubs, Cubs baseball, Playoffs