5/22 - Dark Dark Dark @ The Hideout
5/23 - Curren$y @ Metro
5/24 - The Adicts, World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Metro
5/24 - Mark Sultan @ Empty Bottle
5/24 - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes @ Riviera Theatre
5/25 - DJ Quik @ Double Door
5/25 - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Bottom Lounge
5/25 - Bobby Conn, Starring @ Empty Bottle
5/25 - ALO @ Martyrs’
5/25 - David Guetta @ Congress Theater
5/26 - LMFAO @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
5/26 - Armin Van Buuren @ Congress Theater
5/26 - Poi Dog Pondering @ Double Door
5/27 - Poi Dog Pondering @ Double Door
5/28 - Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
5/28 - House of Wolves @ Empty Bottle
5/28 - Apparat @ Lincoln Hall
5/29 - I Break Horses @ Lincoln Hall
5/30 - Nickelback, Bush, Seether, My Darkest Days @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
5/31 - The Black Belles @ Empty Bottle
5/31 - Langhorne Slim @ Lincoln Hall
6/1 - Le Butcherettes @ Subterranean
6/1 - Graffiti6 @ Schubas
6/1-3 - Do-Division Fest @ Division btw Ashland and Leavitt (The People’s Temple, etc.)
6/2 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons @ Chicago Theatre
6/2 - Tech N9NE @ House of Blues
6/2 - Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s @ Lincoln Hall
6/2 - Thrice, Animals As Leaders @ Metro
6/2 - One Direction @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
6/2 - Drake, Waka Flocka Flame @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
6/6 - Ramona Falls @ Schubas
6/7 - Porcelain Raft @ Raft @ Schubas
6/7 - Willie Nelson @ Genesee Theatre [Waukegan]
6/8 - Roger Waters - The Wall @ Wrigley Field
6/8 - The Parlotones @ Schubas
6/9 - Greg Laswell @ Schubas
6/9 - Deer Tick, Turbo Fruits, Scott Lucas & The Married Men @ Metro
6/10 - New Edition @ UIC Pavilion
6/11 - The Duke Spirit, Hacienda @ Lincoln Hall
6/15 - Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive! @ Chicago Theatre (2 shows)
6/15 - Richard Lloyd (of Television) @ Double Door
6/16 - Kristin Chenoweth @ Cadillac Palace
6/16 - B96 Summerbash @ Toyota Park [Bridgeview] (Flo Rida, The Wanted, Big Time Rush)
6/16-17 - Spring Awakening Music Festival @ Soldier Field (Skrillex, Afrojack, Moby, Diplo, A-Trak, Carl Cox, Wolfgang Gartner, Claude VonStroke, Derrick Carter, Green Velvet, Kill The Noise, DJ Thibault, etc.)
6/17 - The Reigning Sound, Rabble Rabble @ Double Door
6/17 - Cloud Cult @ Lincoln Hall
6/19 - Laura Marling @ Athenaeum Theatre
6/20 - Mogwai @ Metro
6/20 - Foster The People, Tokyo Police Club @ Congress Theater
6/21 - Foster The People, Tokyo Police Club @ Congress Theater
6/21 - Japandroids @ Lincoln Hall
6/22 - Dinosaur Jr. @ Subterranean
6/22 - Bass Drum of Death, DZ Deathrays @ Schubas
6/22 - Keane @ Vic Theatre
6/22 - Aerosmith, Cheap Trick @ United Center
6/22 - The Magician, Plastic Plates @ The Mid
6/22 - Loretta Lynn @ Drury Lane Theatre [Oakbrook Terrace]
6/23 - Loretta Lynn @ Drury Lane Theatre [Oakbrook Terrace]
6/23 - Bill O’Reilly & Dennis Miller @ Rosemont Theatre [Rosemont]
6/23 - The Raveonettes @ Subterranean
6/23 - Collective Soul @ House of Blues
6/23 - Sugarland @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
6/23 - Green Music Fest @ Damen btw North and Schiller (Dinosaur Jr., etc.)
6/24 - Green Music Fest @ Damen btw North and Schiller (The Raveonettes, etc.)
6/24 - Loretta Lynn @ Drury Lane Theatre [Oakbrook Terrace]
6/24 - Destroyer, Sandro Perri @ Metro
6/24 - Styx, REO Speedwagon, Ted Nugent @ Charter One Pavilion
6/26 - Puddle of Mudd @ Austin’s Fuel Room [Libertyville]
6/28 - Brendan Benson @ Lincoln Hall
6/28 - Ministry @ Vic Theatre
6/29 - Ministry @ Vic Theatre
6/29 - Fruit Bats @ Schubas
6/29 - Pelican @ Lincoln Hall
6/29 - Scorpions, Tesla @ Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
6/30 - Jimmy Buffett @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
6/30-7/1 - Waveform Music Festival @ Montrose Beach (Boys Noize, Duck Sauce, Sasha, Basement Jaxx, Orbital, MSTRKRFT, Art Department, Booka Shade, Caspa, Guy Gerber, James Murphy, Joris Voorn, Lee Foss, Matthew Dear, Pat Mahoney, Shit Robot, VisionQuest, etc.)
7/1 - Codeine @ Lincoln Hall
7/1 - Kinky Friedman @ SPACE [Evanston]
7/2 - Ziggy Marley @ Cubby Bear
7/5 - Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/6 - Neil Diamond @ United Center
7/6 - Danielson @ Schubas
7/6 - The B-52s, Squeeze @ Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
7/7 - The Sadies @ Schubas
7/7 - Tenacious D, Urge Overkill, The Sights @ Aragon
7/7-8 - West Fest @ Chicago btw Damen and Wood
7/9 - Last Summer on Earth Tour @ Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island (Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Cracker)
7/10 - Radiohead, Caribou @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
7/12 - Beat Connection, White Arrows @ Schubas
7/12 - Barry Manilow @ Chicago Theatre
7/13 - Barry Manilow @ Chicago Theatre
7/13 - Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set) @ The Mid
7/13 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Feist, Dirty Projectors, A$AP Rocky, Clams Casino, Tim Hecker, Purity Ring, Willis Earl Beal, etc.)
7/14 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells, Flying Lotus, Grimes, Danny Brown, Schoolboy Q, Liturgy, Cloud Nothings, etc.)
7/15 - Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park (Vampire Weekend, AraabMUZIK, Kendrick Lamar, The Men, The Field, Iceage, etc.)
7/17 - Furthur @ Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
7/19 - Def Leppard, Poison @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont]
7/20 - Trace Adkins @ Rialto Square Theatre [Joliet]
7/26 - Refused, OFF! @ Congress Theatre
7/27 - Best Coast, Those Darlins @ Vic Theatre
7/28 - Steve Harvey @ Civic Opera House
7/28-29 - Wicker Park Fest @ Milwaukee btw North and Paulina
8/3 - The Summerland Tour @ Allstate Arena [Rosemont] (Everclear, Sugar Ray, Lit, Gin Blossoms, Marcy Playground)
8/3-5 - Lollapalooza @ Grant Park
8/7 - Coldplay @ United Center
8/17 - Bonobo @ The Mid
8/21 - Dead Can Dance @ Millennium Park - Jay Pritzker Pavilion
9/7 - KISS, Motley Crue @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre [Tinley Park]
9/7 - Amon Tobin - Isam Live @ Congress Theater
9/8 - Amon Tobin - Isam Live @ Congress Theater
9/15 - Powerman 5000 @ Austin’s Fuel Room [Libertyville]
9/15 - Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang @ Chicago Theatre
9/19 - Madonna @ United Center
9/27 - Ben Harper @ Cadillac Palace
10/13 - Adam Ant @ Cubby Bear
10/26 - Rick Springfield @ Joe’s on Weed Street
