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SUMMARY:Blackberry Smoke:  Rattle\, Ramble\, and Roll Tour 2025
DESCRIPTION:Blackberry Smoke:  Rattle\, Ramble\, and Roll Tour 2025 appears on June 8\, 2025 at 8PM at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee\, WI! \nThroughout their career\, Blackberry Smoke have embodied Georgia’s rich musical legacy\, honoring the people\, places and sounds of their home state. Their latest album\, Be Right Here draws inspiration from Southern rock\, blues-leaning classic rock and rootsy vintage country and is full of vivid and relatable characters that ensure the songs often resemble rich short stories. \nOver the past two decades\, Blackberry Smoke has amassed the following of a loyal fanbase\, leading their last six full-length albums to achieve great chart success\, including 2021’s You Hear Georgia\, which reached #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart and 2024’s Be Right Here\, which reached the top 5 on the Top Current Album Sales chart. \nTouring relentlessly\, the band know a little something about hitting the road in order to find a place to belong\, and supported by the strong fanbase of Brothers and Sisters\, legions of whom travel across the globe to support the band\, they in turn give fans a palace to belong. \nOver the years the band has appeared across the globe on stages such as Austin City Limits\, Bonnaroo\, Summerfest\, Glastonbury\, Download UK\, to name a few\, and has no plans to stop anytime soon. \nFor Blackberry Smoke\, embracing the light and finding the silver lining are once again at the heart of what they do best. \nLearn more about Blackberry Smoke at BlackberrySmoke.com \nBUY TICKETS 
URL:https://nitelite.com/event/blackberry-smoke-milwaukee-wi/
LOCATION:The Pabst Theater\, 144 East Wells Street\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53202\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Entertaiment,Event,Live Music,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Multi-Grammy award winning band and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago appear at the Embassy Theatre in Ft. Wayne\, IN on June 21 at 8PM! \nABOUT CHICAGO \nHailed as one of the “most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era\, the legendary rock and roll band with horns\, Chicago\, came in as the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s Top 125 Artists Of All Time. Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades. \nIn 2024 Chicago released CHICAGO AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS\, WASHINGTON\, D.C. (9/16/1971)\, a 26-track live collection recorded at the historic venue. The show covers all three studio albums from their 1969 debut to 1971 and more than two hours of live music by Robert Lamm (keyboard\, vocals)\, Terry Kath (guitar\, vocals)\, Peter Cetera (vocals\, bass)\, Danny Seraphine (drums)\, Lee Loughnane (trumpet\, vocals)\, James Pankow (trombone)\, and Walt Parazaider (woodwinds\, vocals). \nChicago released CHICAGO GREATEST CHRISTMAS HITS\, a new collection combining songs from all three of its beloved Christmas albums\, in 2023 via Warner Music Group/Rhino. \nChicago released their 38th studio album\, BORN FOR THIS MOMENT in 2022\, which included the hit single “If This is Goodbye.” \nFeaturing the signature sounds Chicago fans have come to love\, BORN FOR THIS MOMENT\, captures the true heart of this legendary band. Over the entire course of 14 vibrant new songs\, BORN FOR THIS MOMENT encapsulates the unique blend of award-winning and personal songwriting\, multilayered harmonic vocalizations\, and world-class arrangements that have been electrifying audiences across the globe for decades. \nIn Fall of 2022\, Gravitas Ventures released Chicago’s documentary “The Last Band on Stage” directed by Peter Curtis Pardini and narrated by the band’s longtime friend and actor Joe Mantegna. On March 14\, 2020. Chicago is the last band playing in the U.S. as COVID lockdowns begin and “The Last Band on Stage” tells the incredible story of how the 57 year-old band survived a pandemic that stopped the world in its tracks. \n“Chicago has faced many obstacles in lasting 57 years but the pandemic was possibly their greatest challenge. I’m excited for people to see the story of how they got back to the stage to continue performing\,” said director Peter Curtis Pardini. “We’re excited to be bringing The Last Band on Stage to audiences worldwide. This funny and informative documentary offers an inside look at how the legendary band Chicago were able to produce content even during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic\,” said Gravitas Ventures’ Acquisition Coordinator\, Mackenzie Maguire. \nChicago received The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the GRAMMYS. The Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording. A special award ceremony and tribute concert celebrating the honorees was held in 2020. \nChicago was inducted into the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This was their first nomination. They’ve been eligible since 1994. A long time coming! \nChicago’s first album\, Chicago Transit Authority\, was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2014.  Chicago managed to fuse pop\, rock and jazz together perfectly in this double album. \nRobert Lamm and James Pankow have become inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017. These legendary songwriters wrote mega-hits such as\, “25 or 6 to 4\,” “Saturday In The Park\,” “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day\,” “Make Me Smile\,” and many others. \nThe International Trombone Association presented its 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award to James Pankow. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes people who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to the trombone profession over a long career. \nChicago’s lifetime achievements include two Grammy Awards\, two American Music Awards\, Founding Artists of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame\, a Chicago street dedicated in their honor\, and keys to and proclamations from an impressive list of US cities. Record sales top the 100\,000\,000 mark\, and include 21 Top 10 \nBUY TICKETS
URL:https://nitelite.com/event/chicago-ft-wayne-in/
LOCATION:The Embassy Theatre\, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd.\, Ft. Wayne\, IN\, 46802\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Event,Live Music,Rock Music,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Buddy Guy: Damn Right Encore with special guest Ronnie Baker Brooks
DESCRIPTION:Buddy Guy:  Damn Right Encore with special guest Ronnie Baker Brooks appears on June 27\, 2025 at 7:30PM at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford\, IL! \nAt age 87\, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee\, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix\, Eric Clapton\, and Stevie Ray Vaughan\, a pioneer of Chicago’s West Side sound\, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Buddy Guy has received 8 GRAMMY Awards\, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award\, 38 Blues Music Awards\, the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement\, a Kennedy Center Honor\, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #23 in its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Buddy Guy remains a genuine American treasure and one of the final surviving connections to an historic era in the country’s musical evolution. \nBUY TICKETS
URL:https://nitelite.com/event/buddy-guy-rockford-il/
LOCATION:Coronado Theatre\, 314 N. Main Street\, Rockford\, IL\, 61101\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Blues,Entertaiment,Event,Live Music,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Buddy Guy:  Damn Right Encore with special guest Ronnie Baker Brooks
DESCRIPTION:Buddy Guy:  Damn Right Encore with special guest Ronnie Baker Brooks appear on June 28\, 2025 at 7:30PM at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet\, IL! \nAt age 87\, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee\, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix\, Eric Clapton\, and Stevie Ray Vaughan\, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound\, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Buddy Guy has received 8 GRAMMY Awards\, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award\, 38 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received)\, the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement\, a Kennedy Center Honor\, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #23 in its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” \nBUY TICKETS
URL:https://nitelite.com/event/buddy-guy-joliet-il/
LOCATION:Rialto Square Theatre\, 102 N. Chicago Street\, Joliet\, IL\, 60432\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Blues,Entertaiment,Event,Live Music,Upcoming Events
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