Results tagged “nye”

Didn't get tickets to the sold-out Jesus Lizard shows on Thanksgiving weekend? Fret not! The fierce Chicago foursome has just announced they'll be playing Metro for New Year's Eve this year. Tickets for the 18+ show go on sale this Saturday at noon.

The clock to '08 is ticking. What are you doing to ring in the new year? If the answer to that question is a desperate, collar-loosening, sweat-inducing "I don't know!" then here are a few last-minute suggestions. Everything listed here will cost you less than $40 and was not sold out at the time of posting.

Maybe it's just that we're ready for the weekend (and ready for this site to say "yes"), but it seems like this whole day is just a jerk. Time: Move faster! Weather: Be a little nicer! World: Be more fair! Especially Illinois.

Moving forward in our quest to give you readers some options for going out on New Year's Eve so you aren't procrastinating.

We hope you're ready to hop to it because this week's EOYW includes shows that have tickets going on sale within the next 24 hours. Get ready to spend some quality time sitting in the Ticketmaster queue.

In 2006 the number of deaths by fire, bank robberies and murders were all up. The Jazz Showcase had a final NYE show, and now they're closed for good. New Yorkers don't care about Chicago's popcorn. You knew this was going to happen, right? Lawsuits were filed in the Ogilvie shooting. The Sun-Times and the Trib are cutting the stuff no one looks at. Andersonville was picked as one of the country's greenest urban...

There are lots of ways to process the news that the NFL moved the Bears-Packers game from the afternoon to the evening. For those who had tickets and party plans for NYE, and angered the gods by celebrating their good fortune a bit too early (including yours truly), it’s like an end-of-the-year George Constanza moment. We’re up! Then we’re down! For those who are Soldier Field employees, members of the Chicago Police Department and toiling...

Rickshaw(?) in Oak Park via Michael DaKidd.

We know that everyone will be up early on Saturday morning to get that perfect seat at the bar for the Ohio State/Michigan football game. Don't get too caught up in football and forget to feed the music monkey first.

Two Chicago pop-punk faves are ringing in the New Year* at The Metro. Swoon-worthy gods of the mall, Alkaline Trio will be headlining the evening, but they’ve enlisted the aid of legendary, and recently regrouped, locals The Smoking Popes to insure that everyone is happy, no matter which camp they belong to. We personally admit to enjoying both bands, even if we think neither is in their heyday any longer. Each group’s winning melodies, no...

In a press release that's pretty much an advertisement for Hotwire, Chicago has been named the top destination spot for New Years Eve. Based on Hotwire's top 10 hotel bookings for New Year's, this was the second year that Chicago topped the list. When Chicagoist thinks of NYE destinations we think NYC, Times Square, Dick Clark (Regis Philbin?), the big countdown and ball drop. While New York is still on the top 10 list, Hotwire...

There happen to be dueling reports of when the tickets actually go on sale for this – it’s either tonight at 9 pm or tomorrow at the same time. We thought we’d give advance warning either way. Bobby Bare Jr’s Young Criminal Starvation League will be shooting a video on Monday the 21st at The Hideout ($10, 9 pm). Finding the perfect hipster/non-hipster outfit for this should be an adventure. Chicagoist first stumbled upon...