FEATURED EVENTS Usher and Chris Brown Add Paycor Stadium Stop in Cincinnati as the R&B Tour Grows to 59 Dates With a Late-October Showdown for Fans FEATURED EVENTS Chicago Lawn Shooting Leaves 29-Year-Old Man Dead After Argument Turns Physical Outside 61st Street and Campbell Avenue on the Southwest Side CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Hayden Panettiere’s Six Defining Performances, From Child Star Breakthrough to ‘Nashville’ and ‘Scream’ Roles That Made Her a Fan Favorite UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Circa Sportsbooks New Bet the Blitz Promotion Sends American Place Bettors to Las Vegas and Into the Chicago Bears Ticket Drawing White Sox Promise Fans Future Tickets After Ja Rule Skips Rate Field Concert, Leaving Chicago Crowd With a Canceled Postgame Show and Another Loss BINI and SB19 Sell Out Graton Resort and Casino in Back-To-Back Bay Area Shows as the Filipino Pop Acts Draw Crossover Crowds and Festival Momentum ABC7 Airs Chicago’s Bud Billiken Parade as Lisaraye Mccoy Leads 97th Celebration of the City’s Back-To-School Tradition Yeonjun Draws Hundreds to Central Park for First Solo GMA Summer Concert Series Performance in New York City VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Buddy Guy Gets Chicago Music Legend Award at Obama Presidential Center as the 90-Year-Old Blues Icon Keeps Touring, Recording, and Returning to His South Loop Club Eileen Tull’s Too Fat to Run Turns a Marathon Story Into a Minneapolis Fringe Festival Solo Show About Body Image, Grit and Claiming Space Onstage Derek Jeter Urges Chicago Bears to Forget Failure and Lean on Past Success in Halas Hall Meeting That Left Players and Coaches Talking Chicago’s Printer’s Row and Glenwood Avenue Arts Festivals Draw More Than 250 Artists, Live Music and Free Weekend Crowds Across the South Loop and Rogers Park XL Fest Returns to Chicago Next Week With Four Days of Programming Spotlighting BIPOC Creators in Film, Television and Immersive Media at the Obama Presidential Center VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Hayden Panettiere’s Six Defining Performances, From Child Star Breakthrough to ‘Nashville’ and ‘Scream’ Roles That Made Her a Fan Favorite Donnie Wahlberg Opens up About Feeling Empty Without Jesus After Viral Forrest Frank Remix and George Janko Podcast Conversation Carly Simon’s First Album in 18 Years, Comes in Waves, Surges Into Itunes Top 10, Sells Out on Amazon Overnight and Draws Rave Reviews From USA Today Former Color Me Badd Singer Kevin Thornton Faces Abuse Allegations From Daughter After Years of Ministry and Silence Around a Strict Religious Home Edie Elkan’s Bedside Harp Brings Soothing Live Music to Seven Pennsylvania and New Jersey Hospitals, Giving Patients Hope at the Bedside VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Akon Opens up About the Sold-Out Nights Like This Tour With Ne Yo, His Detroit Stop at Pine Knob, and the Global Sound of New Album Beautiful Day Joshua Bassett Says His New Album Easier Grew From Nashville Writing Bursts, Open-D Guitar Tuning, and a Story Fans Can Follow From First Crush to Heartbreak Phoebe Bridgers Returns With Lost Weekend, a Six-Year Solo Comeback That Turns Grief, New Love and a Bigger Pop Sound Into Her Most Guarded Album Yet Troye Sivan Sets October 9 Release for She’s the Best and Unveils a Nicole Kidman Starring Video for the Album’s Title Track Devil Master Drop “Death Anthem” and Unveil Bloody Dreams Details as the Philadelphia Band Tees up a September Album Release VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS Garth Brooks Weighs a Possible Sale of His Music Catalog as Sources Say the Country Star’s Publishing and Recorded Rights Could Fetch up to $2 Billion BMG and Suno Launch a Global AI Music Alliance With Opt in Rights, Compensation and New Fan Experiences for Artists and Songwriters Brainerd High Opens a New Music Production Studio in Chattanooga With Artist Swayyvo Guiding Students Through Recording, Editing and Career Lessons Jazz Is Dead and TBWA Chiat Day LA Launch Played by Humans Stamp as Listeners Struggle to Spot AI Made Songs in Streaming Catalogs Suno Plans Vinyl Pressings for AI Songs as the Format’s Comeback Gives the Music Startup a New Fan-Facing Product VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Usher and Chris Brown Add Paycor Stadium Stop in Cincinnati as the R&B Tour Grows to 59 Dates With a Late-October Showdown for Fans Posted onAugust 18, 2026August 18, 2026 0 The co-headlining stadium run keeps expanding after a strong first stretch across North America, with presales for the Cincinnati show ... 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