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Live Music Returns to Chicago as Brett Eldredge Kicks Off the Windy City Smokeout

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Live music has returned to the Second City, as Chicago’s premiere country music festival, the Windy City Smokeout, kicked off on Thursday night with Illinois’ own, Brett Eldredge.

Celebrating the festival’s 9th year and 2nd year taking place at the lots of the United Center, the same site that hosted mass vaccination clinics throughout the spring is now host to Chicago’s first music festival of 2021. Needless to say, fans couldn’t be more excited.

The Windy City Smokeout is expected to host more than 15,000 fans throughout the extended weekend, with headlining performances from A-list country stars like Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley and Jon Pardi, as well as big performances from Morgan Evans, Ryan Hurd, the Randy Rogers Band and many more. If the music alone wasn’t enough for you, the festival will also feature some of the best BBQ from the local and national pitmasters.

The moment that fans had been waiting for, for over a year, night 1 of the festival was a can’t miss evening as Brett Eldredge blessed Chicago with it’s biggest performance since March of 2020, also marking our return to live music coverage since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Check out our favorite photos from the “Don’t Ya” singers memorable performance:

Photos by Dan Garcia

Watch: Taylor Swift Drops Official Music Video for “The Man”

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Taylor Swift has released the official lyric video for her empowering Lover track, “The Man”. The latest single from her new album is a standout and an anthem for women everywhere.

Watch T-Swift’s official lyric video for “The Man” below.

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DaBaby Drops Super Bowl Themed Music Video for “Shut Up”

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Photo by Dan Garcia

DaBaby perhaps had a bigger Super Bowl weekend than J. Lo and the Kansas City Chief combined, as everyone’s new favorite rapper performed 14 shows in 3 days.

The ‘Suge’ rapper documents his epic weekend in his new music video for ‘Shut Up’. With cameos from Kanye West, P. Diddy, Shaq and more, the stat studded music video will give you major FOMO and envy the life of the North Carolina native.

Watch DaBaby’s new music video for ‘Shut Up’ below.

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Watch Lil Nas X’s Music Video for “Rodeo” ft. Nas

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Full of references from the classic 1999 film, The Matrix, Lil Nas X dropped his new music video for his Nas-assisted single, ‘Rodeo’. The visuals were directed by Bradley & Pablo and are a must see.

While ‘Rodeo’, which originally debuted on Lil Nas X’s 7 EP, the new version featuring Nas is featured in the official music video. The ‘Old Town Road’ rapper is quickly proving that he won’t be a one-hit-wonder and is here to stay.

Watch Lil Nas X’s music video for ‘Rodeo’ below.

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Sam Hunt Announced as Summerfest’s Third Country Headliner for 2020

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Country fans in the Midwest can celebrate as Milwaukee’s Summerfest has announced it’s third country music headliner of 2020. Sam Hunt will join the previous American Family Insurance Amphitheater headliners, Luke Bryan and Chris Stapleton, as well as Justin Bieber, Halsey, Guns N Roses and more.

Three big headliners remain for the festival and Wisconsin music fans are also awaiting the release of Summerfest’s ground stage headliners. Hunt’s forthcoming performance is part of his Southside Summer Tour and he will be joined by Kip Moore and more (no pun intended).

Visit Summerfest’s official website for tickets and more information.

 

The Rolling Stones Announce 2020 “No Filter” Stadium Tour

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The Rolling Stones are picking up where they left off this summer, as the legendary rock band will continue their “No Filter” stadium tour in the new year with 15 new cities across North America.

The highly anticipated tour will kick off on May 8th in San Diego and will make stops in Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Detroit, Minneapolis and more, until the tour comes to an end on July 9th at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Tickets for the “No Filter” tour go on sale Friday, February 14th at 10 am (local time). Get them fast because this will be one of the hottest tickets of the year.

Check out the dates and locations for the “No Filter” stadium tour below.

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Check Out Our Photos from the 2019 WGCI Big Jam with Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby & More

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Photo by Jesus Montero

Chicago’s WGCI brought some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B to the United Center this weekend for their annual Big Jam. The lineup included 2019’s biggest hitmakers from hip-hop heavyweights the Migos, the charismatic DaBaby, and “Hot Girl Summer” creator Megan Thee Stallion.

The stacked-up bill also included support from Tink, Yella Beezy, Jacquees, G Herbo, and Wale. It also included a surprise appearance from Chicago’s own Jeremih during Wale’s set. The Chicago fans came to represent the city well with the strong support for G Herbo. The hometown favorite wasted no time in his laidback robust set.

Meg The Stallion turned up the crowd into a frenzy with her Hot Girl Summer anthems. She also led two rounds of an audience volunteered twerk showcase. Da Baby’s hip-hop musical took over the Big Jam stage, which created an energy-filled performance from start to finish that performing in the show out audience. There was a missed opportunity not having Megan Thee Stallion and Da Baby perform “Cash” together, but both performances were equality highlights of the night.

Big Jam paid tribute in the packed United Center to Chicago’s own Juice Wrld. “Lucid Dreams” played as a montage of footage of past performances and studio sessions played to honor the recently passed artist.

WGCI’s Big Jam continues to bring the biggest names in music, creating a lineup of can’t miss performances. This year was no different. The always sold-out Big Jam is the best way to celebrate and enjoy the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B. Big Jam has succeeded in ending the year on a high note with its talent stacked lineup.

Check out our photos from WGCI’s Big Jam!

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Photos: iHeartRadio Brings the Jonas Brothers, Niall Horan, NF & More to Chicago’s Jingle Ball

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

103.5 KISS FM brought some of the biggest names in music to Chicago’s annual iHeartRadio Jingle Ball.

With a massive headlining performance from the Jonas Brothers, artists like NF, Niall Horan, AJR, Zara Larsson, Why Don’t We and Lewis Capaldi also blessed the stage at the sold out holiday concert.

Check out our photos from last night’s performance below!

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B96 Pepsi Jingle Bash Brings Katy Perry, Camila Cabello, Normani & More to Chicago

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Chicago’s B96 brought some of the biggest names in music for their annual and fan favorite, B96 Pepsi Jingle Bash.

With star studded performances from Katy Perry, Camila Cabello, Marshmello, as well as memorable sets from AJ Mitchell, NCT 127, Monsta X and Normani, last night was a night to remember!

Check out our photos from last night’s performance below!

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Barns Courtney Announces 2020 “The 404 Tour”

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

In support of his new album, 404, singer Barns Courtney will hit the road in 2020 for a big headlining tour. Led by singles like “99” and “You And I”, the singer’s dedicated fans can’t wait to enjoy the first live performances from Barns Courtney’s latest efforts.

Kicking off on April 28th at Albany, New York’s The Hollow, Courtney will make stops in San Francisco, Austin, Phoenix, Charlotte, Detroit, Santa Ana and more, until the tour comes to an end on June 4th in St. Louis at Delmar Hall. Fans can get tickets and find more information for Courtney’s upcoming tour here at his official website.

Check out the dates and locations for Barns Courtney’s “The 404 Tour” below.

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