Music and Concerts

A red carpet is unfurled outside Symphony Center on Michigan Avenue during the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s fall opening weekend on Sept. 20, 2025. The CSO was the busiest orchestra in the world last year, according to Bachtrack. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

The Chicago Symphony is the world’s busiest orchestra — how that’s counted and what that means

The annual list by British publication Bachtrack ranked the CSO as No. 1 busiest orchestra...
Violin soloist Himari performs alongside the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center on Feb. 12, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Review: Another prodigy has taken the classical world, and the CSO, by storm. Is that a good thing?

Precocious artists are all over the Chicago Symphony’s program this weekend. Mozart’s child-prodigy past needs...
Hilary Duff attends the “How I Met Your Father” fan experience in Los Angeles celebrating the show’s first season finale with cast on March 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

Hilary Duff announces first major headlining tour in almost 2 decades with a stop in Tinley Park

Hilary Duff is finally coming back to town for her lucky me tour, which is...
Peter Jordan, of Flossmoor, will be making his Chicago premiere as a headliner in “A Candlelight Jazz Tribute to Luther Vandross,” a Valentine’s Day performance at Logan Center, with a portion of the proceeds going to support area high school musicians. (Peter Jordan)

Flossmoor’s Peter Jordan brings his love for jazz full circle with Logan Center show

Flossmoor resident Peter Jordan has performed alongside Ben E. King among others, and is performing...
Noah Kahan arrives at the Spotify Best New Artist Party on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Andrew Park/Invision/AP)

Noah Kahan’s ‘Great Divide Tour’ coming to Chicago for two shows

Fresh off the release of his new single “The Great Divide” and ahead of his...
In an image taken from video, Giancarlo Guerrero, left, the chief baton of Chicago's own Grant Park Music Festival, leads a group of string players during Bad Bunny's halftime show performance at the NFL Super Bowl 60 game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. (NFL)

Yes, that was Chicago conductor Giancarlo Guerrero performing with Bad Bunny

Four minutes into Bad Bunny’s halftime show during the Super Bowl on Sunday, the camera...
Bad Bunny (left) performs at the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Sunday. Kid Rock (right, performing at the 2024 Republican Convention) was the headliner of a Turning Point USA counterpart show.

Super Bowl halftime show: Bad Bunny nets 135M viewers to Kid Rock’s 6M

An estimated 135 million viewers made Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show the most-watched...
Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium on Feb. 8, 2026 in Santa Clara, California. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty)

Review: Most Super Bowl halftimes are bonkers. Bad Bunny’s was close to art.

Since 1967, most halftime shows have been nuts. His show was a swirling spectacle centered...
Bad Bunny performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show in photos

Bad Bunny began his halftime performance in a sugar cane field, walking past pickers and...
New England Patriots wide receiver DeMario Douglas warms up before the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The Latest: Seahawks win second Super Bowl title

Super Bowl 60 is here, and it’s a rematch: The New England Patriots versus the...
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