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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social

“Concerts are having a moment,” says the board for a daily paper in the city with one of the largest collection of independent music venues in the country. Clowns, top to bottom.

aug 28, 2025, 9:11 pm • 28 0

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Ol' Chef Dan @olchefdan.bsky.social

Is The Metro still around? I saw Oasis there.

aug 28, 2025, 9:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social

Yep it’s going strong!

aug 28, 2025, 9:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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BGinCHI @bginchi.bsky.social

They think a great concert is Wayne Newton at the Auditorium Theater.

aug 28, 2025, 9:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social

Throwback to a few weeks ago chicagoreader.com/music/concer...

Those off-the-charts ticket prices for the Guts tour might have something to do with this. If you’re only interested in Lollapalooza because you want to see a big name or three—Rodrigo, pop star Sabrina Carpenter, K-pop act Twice—then $415 for a four-day pass doesn’t look like such a terrible deal. Live Nation bears most of the responsibility for this mess: Now that the company has made its shows at United Center or Soldier Field so expensive that you’ve gotta sublet your apartment for months to afford one, Chicago’s biggest music festival seems almost reasonable by comparison. Of course, Lollapalooza still has its powerful defenders: If you’re a politician desperately trying to seem cool, a Chicago tourism group that spends too much money devising nonsense slogans, or the conservative editorial board of a local daily newspaper, you might find it in your heart to praise the festival’s economic footprint. But I don’t like live music more because it’s profitable, especially when fans’ money gets funneled to people who aren’t the musicians
aug 28, 2025, 9:14 pm • 4 0 • view