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Toyota Park Becomes SeatGeek Stadium, Promises Renewed Music Focus

Most Chicagoans know Toyota Park as the home of the MLS Chicago Fire (or the newer women's Red Stars team).But most of our readers will associate it with a pair of Phish concerts at the Bridgeview venue in 2009.  It was also the home for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007 & 2010.Those events...

Toyota Park Becomes SeatGeek Stadium, Promises Renewed Music Focus

Most Chicagoans know Toyota Park as the home of the MLS Chicago Fire (or the newer women's Red Stars team).But most of our readers will associate it with a pair of Phish concerts at the Bridgeview venue in 2009.  It was also the home for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007 & 2010.Those events...

House Of Vans, A Skateboard Themed Music Venue, Opened In The West Loop

By: Philamonjaro StudioThis past weekend, the Chicago outpost of House of Vans opened with a splash.  Marking the third venue worldwide under this brand name, it combines a focus on music with a one-of-kind event space featuring the the only existing indoor skatepark in the Chicago metropolitan area.  Brooklyn and...

DataViz | Making It In The Music Industry

This is a fascinating subject that I've thought way too much about: how likely is it that a band moves from clubs to theaters and larger venues?For some bands, simply headlining any venue is the reward, but others strive to move on, climbing the ladder to bigger and bigger rooms in time.Russell...

Science and $843 Million Will Buy You An Acoustically Perfect Concert Hall

Your favorite band may not be playing here anytime soon, but if this classical auditorium in Hamburg Germany -- part of a complex called Elbphilharmonie -- ever starts expanding its programming, maybe start looking into plane tickets?It is designed, by algorithm, to be an acoustically perfect room.  The 10,000 unique acoustic panels give it...

Welcome To Tomorrow's Verse

Introducing Tomorrows Verse.Music doesnt end when the last note is played. It is with us constantly challenging the listener and calling them to action.It invites us to dig deeper and explore to contextualize the past, understand the present, and prepare for tomorrow.Tomorrows Verse exists to aid this process in whatever possible form....