Need More Air !
Chicago ' s headbanging Open Air festival is back with a star-studded line-up for a second year on Friday , July 14 , Saturday , July 15 and Sunday , July 16 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview . The three-day music , craft beer and Gourmet Man Food festival will feature over 40 performances , including legendary rock artists Ozzy Osbourne , KISS and Korn , along with Rob Zombie , Slayer , Godsmack , Stone Sour , Megadeth ( read our cover interview with Dave Mustaine on page 22 ), Lamb Of God , Seether , Meshuggah , Anthrax , Clutch , Body Count , and many more . In addition to three days of nonstop rock , Chicago Open Air ’ s celebration of everything loud will also include Gourmet Man Food , featuring local and regional midwest cuisine , the Headbangers Bier Hall , highlighting top brews from the region , other entertainment and fan experiences , and will be hosted by SiriusXM ’ s Jose Mangin . Ticket pricing at press time ( chicagoopenair . com ) showed individual tickets starting at $ 60 at Bowl Level . Four Packs in the Bowl at
$ 99 are really sweet deal . Bowl tickets for all 3 days start at $ 130 , while big spenders can get a VIP Ticket for $ 400 . Prices of course are subject to change and getting tickets early in the month will increase your odds of getting a better spot .
Three-Day Passes go on sale today ( 4 / 19 ) at N
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Riotous Feast
The quirky and brilliant management crew at Riot Fest have joined forces with the pop-up restaurateurs who came up with Wicker Park ' s Saved By The Max diner at 1941 W . North Ave . to launch The Riot Feast for 3 months , beginning on July 8th . According to the folks at Riot Fest , " the full menu will be revealed in time , like a finely-aged festival lineup ," however they can reveal " that they ' ve retained Saved By The Max ’ s critically-acclaimed executive chef Brian Fisher ( Schwa , Entente ) in the kitchen , and he ’ s not coming out until The Riot Feast has a full menu of hearty , family-style Riot Fest-infused delights ." At 10pm on Friday and Saturday nights , Riot Feast " will be transforming the place into something else . Something darker . Something more mysterious . Something hazier . Something freakier ." Like any limited-time event you ' ll need to get tickets in advance to achieve the full experience . Management says " don ’ t worry , the tickets include a bigass meal " from a nationally acclaimed chef . Get tickets now at https :// theriotfeast . tocktix . com /
Disco Demolition Revisted
Photo courtesy of Paul Natkin It started as an off-beat baseball promotion called “ Teen Night ” designed to sell tickets at
Comiskey Park and gain listeners for a 97.9 FM The Loop – until it devolved into one of the most infamous events in Chicago ’ s rich baseball history . Disco Demolition Night exploded on July 12 , 1979 in the middle of a White Sox doubleheader and it remains one of the city ’ s weirdest moments . Inspired by the book by Steve Dahl , with journalist Dave
Steve Dahl , 1979
Hoekstra and photographer Paul Natkin , the exhibit uses video footage , artifacts , interviews , memorabilia , and photographs by Natkin to examine the culture and the music . It ' s all ' s displayed at the Elmhurst History Museum ( 120 E . Park Ave .) through October 8th .
Hello , My Name is Ali
UB40 - Ali Campbell center
It was a pop-cultural inevitability . Arguably , one of the most definitive numbers from British reggae outfit UB40 is “ Red Red Wine ,” its lilting cover of the old Neil Diamond chestnut from its chart-topping 1983 covers disc , Labour of Love . Both abroad and in America , the delightful track helped to break the band , which went on to sell over 70 million albums , to date . And now , three decades on , the group recently teamed with Eminent Life vintners in England to introduce its own official Red Red Wine UB40 , a Bordeaux Superieur that – according to frontman Ali Campbell – is as pleasing to the palate as the song that inspired it . “ We got together with a guy called Jerome at Eminent Life , and that ’ s where you can get it – online at eminentlife . co . uk ,” he reveals . “ It ’ s a cross between Murdoch and Sauvignon Blanc grapes , and it ’ s a very , very fine wine . So we do have our own Red Red Wine now – we launched it over Christmas at the Arts Club in London , which is all very arty .” It ’ s a nice ray of optimistic sunshine in an otherwise overcast past few years for the man – who just happens to be one of the greatest vocal stylists in modern music – after he departed UB40 Mach One in 2008 over managerial disputes , followed by keyboardist Mickey Virtue the same year , and co-vocalist Astro in 2013 . Led by Campbell ’ s brother and guitarist Robin , the group continued performing under the original name , until Campbell , Virtue , and Astro decided to reclaim their legacy and reunite under the banner of UB40 , featuring Ali , Astro , and Mickey . “ So people know they ’ re getting the real deal ,” Campbell says .
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Al Jourgensen of Ministry
Uncle Al ' s Jewelry
It ' s a long-way from his Old Style " Everyday Is Halloween " commercials but Ministry ' s Al Jourgensen has always been an entrepreneur . According to Blabbermouth . net " London , U . K . -based custom jewelry company Seventh Circle Artworks has teamed up with the godfathers of industrial metal Ministry to bring you the official Ministry ring and pendant . Both the ring and pendant feature the iconic " anarchy ' M logo , and are available to preorder , priced starting at $ 150 ."
Alex Palmer from Seventh Circle Artworks told the press " As a longtime fan of Ministry from when I first got into ' heavy ' music back in the early ' 90s , this release is hugely exciting for me on a personal level as much as anything else . To be able to add such a genuinely legendary band to the ever-growing Seventh Circle Artworks list of collaborations is a major achievement ." The company has also offered jewelry lines from Corrosion Of Conformity , The Skull and Weedeater . Visit www . seventhcircleartworks . com for info .
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