Wednesday's Kylie Minogue concert -- her first stop on her brief American tour -- has been moved from Congress Theater to UIC Pavilion. Bigger venue? More tickets! We know quite a few friends who were crying over their inability to get into her show so we expect this news should cheer them up quite a bit. more ›

Those of us who were born under the latter years of the umbrella of Gen X were raised on a healthy diet of of MTV. As we've aged our musical tastes have changed and (we hope) become more sophisticated, but we still hold a soft spot in our hearts for some of the pop-centric acts MTV skyrocketed to stardom. more ›

Kylie is coming to Chicago! What? Kylie who? Oh right, you're North Americans. We understand most folks don't realize what a superstar Kylie Minogue is in the rest of the world -- we feel it's similar to what we call "Robbie Williams Syndrome" -- but at least most of you are familiar with her through her infectious single "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" that accompanied endless Bally's commercials a few years ago. And to you folks who are even older, she sang that bubblegum rendition of "The Loco-Motion." In-between those two songs she underwent a number of changes zipping from soap actress cum pop-tart, semi-serious indie chanteuse, disco diva, and finally arriving at her current mix of electro-tweaked pop. more ›

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With the Super Bowl over for another year, America’s pop culture radar is now flooded with innumerable awards shows, most of which are utterly pointless aside from their function as commercials for whatever corporate entity is presenting them. In order to avoid exhaustion, Chicagoist avoids most of them except for the Grammys and the Oscars.* Not because they’re the most entertaining or honor those most deserving but because there’s not much cultural insight to... more ›