Conan O'Brien is bringing Team Coco back to Chicago as part of TBS' Just for Laughs festival for a series of shows June 11-14 at the Chicago Theatre, and the tickets are free. more ›

Sullen girls and boys, get excited. Fiona Apple is coming to town again in July. more ›

Due to popular demand, a second show has been added for "Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive" June 15 at the Chicago Theatre. Tickets are now on sale for both shows. more ›

Ansari brings an all news show of material to the Chicago Theatre June 16 as part of TBS' Just For Laughs festival. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday. more ›

Tosh Tour Twenty Twelve will have two shows at The Chicago Theatre on Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., respectively. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. for both shows, with prices ranging from $45-$65. more ›

Here at Chicagoist we've been discussing our favorite memories of the Chicago Theatre over the years. Here are some of them for you on the theater's birthday. more ›

To celebrate the Chicago Theatre's 90th birthday today, we dug deep to find some favorite photos of the interior, detail and the theater's famous marquee. Enjoy. more ›

The Chicago Theatre turns 90 years old on Wednesday. more ›

The Landmarks Illinois Preservation Council released its list of the 40 most significant preservation achievements since it formed in 1971. Chicago owes a major debt to the organization. more ›

Justin Vernon, a.k.a. Bon Iver, is a man you'd expect to take things pretty seriously. His debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, was recorded one secluded winter after a breakup with his previous band and his girlfriend, all while fighting mononucleosis. That album, though at times brimming with light, was altogether a dense, sad collection of songs, an apparent reflection of the events that had preceded their recording. Then Vernon expanded on his palette melancholia and released his self-titled second LP to critical acclaim, including an impressive 9.5 review score from Pitchfork. If Vernon had healed from the events that inspired For Emma, Forever Ago, a whole new set of problems seemed to have entered his life with the second album, as most songs are tinged with an air of longing and desperation. But, despite everything, Vernon and his eight-piece band put on an uplifting, inspiring show that captured the human spirit. more ›

Who would have guessed: Stuart Murdoch has a pretty good throwing arm. Along with his Belle & Sebastian band mates, Murdoch—the chief architect behind the group’s brilliant twee-pop/“sad bastard” music—wowed a full-house at the Chicago Theatre Monday night. The 90 minute set had a bit of everything, including fans dancing on stage, an impromptu makeup application and Murdoch pitching Nerf footballs into the crowd (for the record, Stu’s first lob landed in the upper balcony). A day before their latest release, Write About Love, dropped, the Glasgow group powered through the majority of their discography... more ›

Our opinion of Anthony Bourdain shifted over the course of two hours on Saturday night. more ›

Fans were none too happy to hear Lady GaGa was moving her Chicago show from The Chicago Theatre to The Rosemont Theatre. more ›

Lady GaGa's hotttly anticipated January 8, 9, and 10, 2010 appearances at The Chicago Theatre have been moved to the Rosemont Theatre. Livenation claims the move is "due to the size of the production" but we suspect it has more to do with Rosemont's capacity of 4,400 outstripping the original venue's capacity of 3,600. Fans who already have tickets must buy new tickets thorough a special pre-sale starting tomorrow Tuesday, December 29 at 5:00 p.m. All other tickets go on sale to the public January 4 at 10 a.m. Full details as well as refund information is here. more ›

Kathy Griffin may claim she's on the D-List, but her fans consider her an A-List talent, and we'd have to agree with that assessment. Seriously, she's vicious, hilarious, and fearless. What more do you want from a comedian? more ›

A thousand might be a little facetious, but between a strong roster of bands playing Ribfest and piles of amazing shows gracing our city's venues this weekend, your options are vast. Here is the weekly rundown of the upcoming shows on sale in the days ahead, and holy crap are there some good ones this week. more ›

'Tis the season of free music in the city, but don't put your wallet in the lockbox for the summer quite yet or you will miss out on these veteran acts gracing two of Chicago's best stages in the coming months. more ›

If you’re a Wizard of Oz fan, you might want to drop by the Chicago Theatre this weekend, where it is running through Sunday. The next time this familiar show visits us, it might not be so familiar. Adding to his Knighthood duties, which include advising American Idol contestants, judging his seventies-tastic British reality show Any Dream Will Do, working on a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera (which we’ve preemptively titled The Phantom Takes Manhattan) and looking exceptionally creepy, Baron Lloyd-Webber (yes, that’s his real title) has decided to fill out his schedule by ruining our childhoods. more ›

You might say Al Gore is compensating for something. A former Vice President, Nobel Peace prize winner, Academy Award winner, New York Times bestseller, Chairman of Emmy award winning independent TV network Current TV, inventor of the Internet and expert kisser, he can also add a recent book deal and Chicago Theatre speaking engagement to his long list of accolades. more ›

Don’t be fooled by the trademark nasal North Carolina accent—David Sedaris owes a lot to his stint in Chicago. Discovered while reading his diary in a Chicago club by another famous nasal voice—Ira Glass—Sedaris went on to National Public Radio fame, five essay collections, numerous New Yorker essays, and legions of adoring literary groupies. more ›

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer will be appearing at The Chicago Theatre on May performing as a Spinal Tap cover band. more ›

This American Life is hitting the road to record some live shows this spring. Ira and crew will be hitting the Chicago Theatre on April 19 for a live recording. Per the Theatre's website, "The performance will include extra-special visual components, and feature audience favorites Dan Savage, David Rakoff, Starlee Kine, Mike Birbiglia and Dave Hill." Sounds good to us! Tickets go on sale this morning in...about half an hour, so get your clicking fingers ready! [via Gapers Block] more ›

We fell in love with Denis Leary's vitriol-fueled rants back during his cigarette smoke-spewing days as an MTV station ID man. Back then we considered him to be the result of comedic trend popularized by Dennis Miller ... both had that smart rapid fire delivery to their attacks, only where Miller pounded you over the head with his brains, Leary allowed his intelligence to sucker punch you from behind. more ›

2009 will not only bring us a new President (and hopefully a new governor), but a new speaking series at the Chicago Theatre and boy, does it look awesome. The series features an evening of conversation with the 'Stars of the Political World' at The Chicago Theatre, Radio City Music Hall in NYC and The Wang Theatre in Boston. The lineup is pretty strong and we can't take our eyes off that first one: Maher vs Coulter? It's like every Macho Man vs Hulk Hogan grudge match from our childhood amped up on amphetamines. If you see a rip in the space-time continuum somewhere around State & Lake that night, at least you'll know why. Our one caveat? No Soledad O'Brien. Man, we love her. more ›

Tickets for the Smashing Pumpkins' 20th Anniversary tour Chicago shows go on sale to the general public this Monday, October 13 at 10:00 a.m. They are: more ›

Don't worry, no more extolling the brilliance of the new Sigur Rós record today, just a follow-up on the Icelandic band's much anticipated return to our town. The date and venue have been confirmed as has the on-sale date for tickets. Jonsi & Co. will be visiting the Chicago Theatre on Wednesday, September 24 at 8 p.m. There are the typical presales happening over the next week before the general public on-sale via Ticketmaster next Saturday, June 28, at high noon. more ›

Oh, Eddie Izzard, you lovable scamp. Long before he took over the small screen as a gypsy gone darkly mainstream on The Riches, he was cracking us up with his hilarious stand-up. Perhaps best known for wearing a dress on-stage (and off), Izzard's stream-of-consciousness comedy has kept us in stitches through specials like Glorious and Dress To Kill. Now he's bringing his new show, Stripped, to the Chicago Theatre for a three night run. And if you want to go, you'd better get a move on. Last time we checked, Friday and Saturday's show were sold out, but there were still tickets available for Thursday's show. more ›

Remember those My Morning Jacket shows we told you about? Well, we can now tell you that, according to the Chicago Theatre website, tickets will go on sale via Ticketmaster at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 16. So get your mouse clicking finger ready. more ›

Indie rock superstars My Morning Jacket have recently announced a spate of new tour dates ahead of the June 10 release of their new album, Evil Urges. And we're in luck: Jim James and crew are slated to wrap up the tour with two dates at The Chicago Theatre. You just have to be a little patient. While the tour starts in the summer, the Chicago dates don't happen until mid-October. So far, there is no ticket information for the Chicago shows available from the band or Ticketmaster other than the show dates, but several other shows are going on sale in the coming weeks, so we'll keep our eyes peeled and update you when we know. more ›

The Chicago Theatre is being sold to Madison Square Garden. At least that's what Chris Jones is saying. According to the article, Madison Square Garden Entertainment has agreed to purchase the downtown landmark and is just waiting for a few formalities — like the City signing off on the sale — before closing the deal. MSGE owns — duh — Madison Square Garden, plus Radio City Music Hall and the Beacon Theater in NY. It's... more ›