FEATURED EVENTSLionel Richie Rests at Home After St. Louis Concert Hospital Visit, as the 77-Year-Old Singer Remains Scheduled for Rescheduled Tour Dates and Las Vegas Shows FEATURED EVENTSYe Reunites With Kid Cudi at Soldier Field in Chicago, Surprising Fans With a Long-Awaited Onstage Appearance After Years of Public Tension CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSBette Midler’s the Rose Turned Her First Movie Role Into an Oscar Nomination, a Box Office Success and a Lasting Signature Ballad for Fans UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Chicago Malört World Record Attempt Sells Out as Hundreds Prepare to Take a Bitter Shot Sunday, With Livestream Viewers and Neighborhood Bars Still Joining the Stunt Chicago Mom Wins $400,000 on a $5 Illinois Lottery Scratch-Off After Repeated Scans at a Gage Park Store, Then Plans Back-To-School Gifts for Her Three Children Chicago Mother Wins $400,000 on a $5 Illinois Lottery Scratch-Off at a Gage Park Convenience Store, Planning to Use the Prize for Her Three Children’s Education 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 VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Chicago Jazz Festival Returns to Millennium Park With Four Free Days of Dee Dee Bridgewater, Robert Glasper and a Miles Davis Centennial Salute Curlfest Returns to Randall’s Island With Tens of Thousands Celebrating Natural Hair, Black Beauty and Culture After the New York Festival Skipped 2025 North Park University Musicians Land Coveted Chicago Jazz Festival Slots at Millennium Park, With Students, Alumni and Faculty Joining the Labor Day Weekend Lineup Elgin’s Love on the Lawn Festival Returns With Mýa, Six House Djs and a Boricua Fest Partnership as Founders Celebrate Five Years of Hometown Growth Edgewater Music Festival Fills Broadway in Chicago With Drag Brunch, Touring Bands and More Than 100 Vendors at Thorndale Avenue Block Party VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Bette Midler’s the Rose Turned Her First Movie Role Into an Oscar Nomination, a Box Office Success and a Lasting Signature Ballad for Fans Stella Parton Urges Compassion After Dolly Parton Death as AI Posts and Trolls Flood Tribute Feeds Following the Country Icon’s Aug. 25 Passing Janet Mcmahan Trades Roy Orbison Stages for Nashville Senior Living Rooms, Where the Former Keyboard Player Says Singalongs Bring Her More Joy Than Sold-Out Crowds Colin Cutler Brings Southern Roots Music to St. David A.M.E. Zion Church in Sag Harbor for a Festival Kickoff Tied to Underground Railroad History Cassandra Wilson, Jackson Jazz Singer Who Won Two Grammy Albums and Became an International Voice for Mississippi Music, Dies at 70 After a Landmark Career VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Arco E Tasto’s Once Heard, Long Forgotten Revives Emilie Mayer and Luise Adolpha Le Beau With a Navona Recording Shaped by Milwaukee Musicianship and Romantic Rediscovery Miley Cyrus Rebrands as Miley and Announces Bass Persuades, the Pop Star’s Next Album Arriving September 18 With Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl Dates Miley Cyrus Teases Her 10th Album With a Mononymous Name Change, Red Imagery and Promises of Love Songs Shaped by Her Life and Relationship With Maxx Morando Phoebe Bridgers Returns With Lost Weekend, a 16-Song Solo Album Featuring Boygenius, Jack Antonoff and Bo Burnham While Balancing Grief, Joy and Intimate Pop Lore Study Finds Traffic Deaths Rose on Days New Albums by Taylor Swift, Drake and Bad Bunny Arrived, Pointing to Possible Driving Distractions VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS Anthropic Sued by Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Over Alleged Use of Tens of Thousands of Songs to Train Claude AI Dolly Parton Dies at 80, and Las Vegas Fans Remember the Country Icon’s Decades of Strip Shows, ACM Awards Hosting and Local Charity Ties New Orleans Music Executive Says the City Already Has a Real Industry Built on Labels, Venues, Studios and Artists From Louis Armstrong to Lil Wayne Koe Wetzel Brings Fire, Fan Singalongs and a Tighter Stage Presence to Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion on the Night Champion Works Tour Wednesday Stella Lefty’s Viral Country Rise and Debut Album Long Way Home Fuel Nepo Baby Debate as the Billionaire Co-Founder of Groupon’s Daughter Eyes 2027 Grammy Buzz VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Lionel Richie Rests at Home After St. Louis Concert Hospital Visit, as the 77-Year-Old Singer Remains Scheduled for Rescheduled Tour Dates and Las Vegas Shows Posted onSeptember 5, 2026September 5, 2026 0 Richie was hospitalized out of caution after the Muny’s summer finale and is now recovering at home.FEATURED EVENTS Ye Reunites With Kid Cudi at Soldier Field in Chicago, Surprising Fans With a Long-Awaited Onstage Appearance After Years of Public Tension Posted onSeptember 5, 2026September 5, 2026 0 The Chicago concert brought two former collaborators back together in front of a crowd that had waited years to see ...FEATURED EVENTS Ye Returns to Chicago for Two Sold-Out Soldier Field Shows as Fans Weigh His Apology, Past Antisemitic Rhetoric and Whether Art Can Be Separated From the Artist Posted onSeptember 5, 2026September 5, 2026 0 As Ye brings his 2026 tour home to Chicago, listeners and former fans are wrestling with his apology, his controversies, ...FEATURED EVENTS Ye Brings Out Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Future and Twista at Soldier Field in Chicago During His First Hometown Concert Since 2021 Posted onSeptember 5, 2026September 5, 2026 0 The Chicago show leaned on guest appearances and a long run of hits as Ye returned home for the first ... 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