FEATURED EVENTSStevie Wonder Announces Songs in the Key of Life 50th Anniversary Tour With 18 Dates, Including Madison Square Garden, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSCountry Singer Brian Duckworth, Taylor Made Frontman and West Virginia Family Man, Dies at 56 After a Career That Took the Band Onto Stages With Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTSCountry Singer Ernest Says He Felt Lost After Leaving Ella Langley’s Tour, Telling Fans He Is Reconnecting With Faith and Aiming to Return Stronger UPCOMING EVENTS AND TOURS 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 Circa Sportsbooks New Bet the Blitz Promotion Sends American Place Bettors to Las Vegas and Into the Chicago Bears Ticket Drawing VIEW ALL FESTIVALS AND MUSIC EVENTS Chicago’s Late September Weekend Packs Majid Jordan, Cavetown and Mac Ayres With New Museum Openings, Oktoberfest, Film Festivals and the White Sox Finale Open House Chicago Adds 20 New Sites for 2026, Including Blackhawks Ice Center, Muddy Waters Mojo Museum and Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day Celebrations Return With El Grito, Little Village Parade and Downtown Road Closures After Last Year’s Midway Blitz Disruptions ARC Music Festival Brings House Home in Chicago With Virago, Sara Landry and a Lineup Rooted in Local Djs, Queer Nightlife and Global Techno Chicago Labor Day Weekend Brings Jazz Fest, Fiesta Boricua, Taste of Polonia and Beach Days as Festivals Fill the City Before Summer Ends VIEW ALL CELEBRITIES SPOTLIGHTS Country Singer Brian Duckworth, Taylor Made Frontman and West Virginia Family Man, Dies at 56 After a Career That Took the Band Onto Stages With Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley Country Singer Ernest Says He Felt Lost After Leaving Ella Langley’s Tour, Telling Fans He Is Reconnecting With Faith and Aiming to Return Stronger Oklahoma Musician Tony Foster Jr. Plans Sept. 24 Benefit Concert at ACM@UCO Live Room to Help Pay for Kidney Transplant and Recovery Watertown Opera Singer Kay Sparling Recalls Performing at More Than 300 9/11 Funerals and Benefit Dinners After Rudy Giuliani’s Call to Honor First Responders D4vd Faces a Wrongful Death Lawsuit From Celeste Rivas Hernández’s Family as They Urge Los Angeles Prosecutors to Seek the Death Penalty VIEW ALL NEW RELEASES & ALBUM DROPS 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 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 VIEW ALL INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS 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 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 VIEW ALL FEATURED EVENTS FEATURED EVENTS Stevie Wonder Announces Songs in the Key of Life 50th Anniversary Tour With 18 Dates, Including Madison Square Garden, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles Posted onSeptember 11, 2026September 11, 2026 0 The 76-year-old music legend will bring the album’s golden jubilee to Europe and the U.S. starting Oct. 13.FEATURED EVENTS Kanye West’s Chicago Homecoming at Soldier Field Brought Kid Cudi, Common and a G.O.O.D. Music Reunion That Thrilled Fans on Night Two Posted onSeptember 11, 2026September 11, 2026 0 Ye’s second Soldier Field show stacked hometown heroes, surprise collaborators and classic songs across a marathon set.FEATURED EVENTS Harry Styles Adds Chicago’s Soldier Field to His Together, Together Tour With Back-To-Back May 2026 Concerts and the Womack Sisters Opening Both Nights Posted onSeptember 11, 2026September 11, 2026 0 Styles’ expanded run includes two Soldier Field shows, part of a larger 25-date stretch across North America and Europe.FEATURED EVENTS Music of the Baroque Turns the Chicago River Into an Open-Air Concert Hall as Thousands Gather for Handel and the Hallelujah Chorus Posted onSeptember 10, 2026September 10, 2026 0 The free riverfront performance drew crowds to the Riverwalk, bridges and docks for a third year of classical music on ... VIEW ALL
