Music and Concerts

Rihanna departs The Carlyle Hotel prior to attending The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

A$AP Rocky confirms baby No. 3 with Rihanna at the 2025 Met Gala

By Associated Press

May 5, 2025 at 7:45 p.m.

One of the biggest surprises on the day 2025 Met Gala is Rihanna's protruding belly.

FILE -Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs participates in “The Four” panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial is set to begin with jury selection

By Michael R. Sisak

May 5, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations...

The jazz, soul and R&B collective Family Junket of Chicago includes members Hasani Cannon, Rahila Coats, Scott Daniel, Alejandro Gallardo, Max Lazarus, Jonah Lazarus, Zach Lazarus and Clarence Young. (Grace Kerpan and Elaine Miller photo)

Column: Introducing the many, harmonious members of Family Junket

By Britt Julious

May 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The Chicago jazz, soul, and R&B collective is celebrating its debut EP with a release...

South Holland Master Chorale presented A Mass for Troubled Times May 19, 2024, at All Souls Catholic Parish in Lansing. The 2023-24 season concert included Joseph Haydn’s “Mass for Troubled Times,” which is also known as the Nelson Mass. (Larry Mickow)

South Holland Master Chorale singers to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York

By Jessi Virtusio

April 29, 2025 at 11:53 a.m.

Singers from South Holland Master Chorale will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York after...

Charli XCX performs at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont on April 28, 2025. (Christopher Borrelli/Chicago Tribune)

Review: Charli XCX redefines in her Rosemont show what it means to play live today

By Christopher Borrelli

April 29, 2025 at 10:06 a.m.

The arena sang and bounced like this was the last concert they would ever attend....

Musician Jerry Harrison at the 2025 Pollstar Awards at the Beverly Hilton on April 16, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Life after bandtime: The nine lives of Talking Head Jerry Harrison, in Skokie for ‘Stop Making Sense’

By Christopher Borrelli

April 28, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

Nine things you probably didn't know about the guitarist and keyboardist for the Talking Heads...

This combination of photos shows Cubby Checker at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York on June 12, 2014, left, British singer Joe Cocker performing in Monaco on Aug. 5, 2011, center, and Cyndi Lauper at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo)

Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Cyndi Lauper and Outkast get into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

By Mark Kennedy

April 27, 2025 at 7:47 p.m.

First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock...

Denzel Curry performs at the Salt Shed Friday, April 25, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Review: Denzel Curry at Salt Shed: This one’s for the fans

By Britt Julious

April 26, 2025 at 12:41 p.m.

Denzel Curry — who is on tour to promote his latest record, "King of the...

Singer Bette Midler, left, greets members of the soul group, the Temptations, and unidentified guests, are shown at the new in-spot disco, Studio 54, at a party given to announce the Temptations' new recording contract with Atlantic records in New York, May 9, 1977. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Today in History: Studio 54 opens

By Associated Press

April 26, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On April 26, 1977, the legendary nightclub Studio 54 had its opening night in New...

The Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage has been invited for the fourth time to the prestigious Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival as part of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. (Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage)

DuPage youth jazz ensemble to compete at Lincoln Center in New York

By Myrna Petlicki

April 25, 2025 at 12:32 p.m.

The Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage will participate in the 2025 Essentially Ellington Competition &...

FILE – Italian Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, center, takes an oath at the beginning of the conclave to elect the next pope in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano via AP, File)

So you saw ‘Conclave’ the movie. Here’s what it got right — and wrong — about real-life conclaves.

By HOLLY MEYER

April 25, 2025 at 12:51 p.m.

Here’s a look at what “Conclave” does get right — and wrong — about conclaves.

Matt Skiba leads Alkaline Trio at Riot Fest in Chicago's Douglass Park in 2022. The band is slated to play its album "Maybe I’ll Catch Fire" at the 2025 festival. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Riot Fest announces 20 bands will play full album sets for 2025

By Doug George

April 24, 2025 at 10:47 a.m.

Twenty bands will play full album sets for Riot Fest's 20th anniversary this summer, the...

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Aug. 13, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)

Riot Fest 2025: Green Day, Blink-182 and Weird Al Yankovic, plus a new deal to stay in Douglass Park

By Doug George

April 23, 2025 at 1:01 p.m.

Riot Fest headliners for 2025 will be Blink-182 on Friday, Weezer and Jack White on...