CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS14-Year-Old Country Singer Mane Thompson Opens for the Bacon Brothers at Wisconsin Dells’ Crystal Grand Music Theatre, a Major Early-Career Boost for the Rising Performer CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSEd Sheeran Opens Philadelphia Concert by Calling Gaza Situation Catastrophic and Unjustifiable as His North America Loop Tour Returns After Palestine Controversy CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSGram Parsons’ Death at 26 and the Shocking Theft of His Body From a Private Funeral Turned a Country-Rock Legend Into Lasting American Music Lore UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS Chicago Speed Camera Tickets Surged in 2025 as 50 New Cameras Helped City Collect $64.2 Million and End Three Years of Decline Chicago Cubs Open Playoff Ticket Lottery Wednesday as Wrigley Field Hopefuls Line up for a Chance to Buy Seats If the Team Reaches October 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 VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Chicago’s Free Jazz Festivals Keep September Humming With Englewood Premieres, Hyde Park Anniversaries and Tributes to John Coltrane and Miles Davis University of Chicago’s South Side Science Festival Returns Oct. 3 With 130 Hands-On Demos, Live Jellyfish, Liquid Nitrogen Fruit and Quantum Physics Fun for Families Lollapalooza Road Closures Spread Around Chicago’s Grant Park as CTA and Metra Add Service, Festivalgoers Face Strict Bag Rules and Banned Items for Four Days Syleena Johnson Heads the 6th Annual Englewood Music Festival in Chicago, Bringing a Grammy-Nominated R&B Star Back to Her Harvey Roots for Local Fans El Grito Chicago Returns to Grant Park as Mexican Independence Day Celebrations Fill Downtown With Music, Food, Parades and a Free Civic Ceremony VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS 14-Year-Old Country Singer Mane Thompson Opens for the Bacon Brothers at Wisconsin Dells’ Crystal Grand Music Theatre, a Major Early-Career Boost for the Rising Performer Ed Sheeran Opens Philadelphia Concert by Calling Gaza Situation Catastrophic and Unjustifiable as His North America Loop Tour Returns After Palestine Controversy Gram Parsons’ Death at 26 and the Shocking Theft of His Body From a Private Funeral Turned a Country-Rock Legend Into Lasting American Music Lore Ed Sheeran Returns to the Philadelphia Stage After Tour Turmoil, Addressing Controversy Before Fans at His Saturday Concert in a City Where He Had Not Performed Since It Began Ed Sheeran Opens Philadelphia Concert With Apology After Macklemore Removal Sparks Protests, Falling Ticket Prices and Fresh Debate Over Free Speech on His US Tour VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS Erykah Badu and the Alchemist Release Before the World Blows After a Year of Singles, Bringing a Trippy, Star-Packed Comeback to Fans My Chemical Romance Teases First New Album in Over 15 Years During San Antonio Concert as Gerard Way Says Fans Deserve Another Record Alabama Shakes Return With First Album in 11 Years After a Druid City Brewing Reunion Sparked New Songs, a Tour, and the Band’s Renewed Creative Spark 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 VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS Doug Ellin Sees Nashville Film Boom Taking Shape as Paramount Skydance Eyes Space and Tennessee Courts Hollywood With Incentives and Infrastructure Kenny Chesney Rejects the Usual Country Album Cover Playbook With a Self-Shot New Hampshire Marina Sign for Silver Sands Marina, Due September 25 Jason Isbell Sues Cambridge-Based AI Music Platform Suno Over Alleged Identity Misuse as Industry Fights Over Consent, Attribution, and Compensation Intensify The 5th Dimension’s Aquarius Let the Sunshine in Still Defines Pop Radio 57 Years Later After Six Weeks at No. 1 and a Las Vegas Recording Session RIAA Mid-Year Data Shows U.S. CD Revenue Surged 58.6% in 2026, With 17.5 Million Units Sold as Physical Music Gains Fresh Momentum VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Ed Sheeran Opens Philadelphia Solo Concert With Gaza Remarks as Fan Backlash and Dropped Openers Reshape His Loop Tour Stop at Lincoln Financial Field Posted onSeptember 20, 2026September 20, 2026 0 The pop star addressed Gaza, defended his concert choices and faced protests outside the stadium as his touring lineup kept ...FEATURED EVENTS Vikings Face Bears in Week 2 at Soldier Field as Carson Wentz Makes His 100th Start and Caleb Williams Tests Brian Flores’ Defense Posted onSeptember 19, 2026September 19, 2026 0 Minnesota enters a matchup built around rushing, turnovers and two quarterbacks with very different pressures on Sunday in Chicago.FEATURED EVENTS New Owner Set to Take Over Chicago Area Safety Net Hospitals as Weiss Memorial and West Suburban Move Toward Possible Reopening With Insight Hospital Help Posted onSeptember 18, 2026September 18, 2026 0 A sale agreement could put two long-closed hospitals back on track after receivership and years of pressure from community advocates.FEATURED EVENTS Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour Fallout Shows How Promoters, Stadium Owners and Superstar Artists Share Control When a Support Act Is Dropped Midrun Posted onSeptember 18, 2026September 18, 2026 0 Music-business veterans say the biggest names usually have the final say, but promoters and venues can still shape who appears ... 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