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October 2019 • Volume 45, Number 11 • www.illinoisentertainer.com COVER STORY: BASTILLE It started in 2013 with Bad Blood, Bastille’s smash debut that featured a man running terrified in car headlights a la David Lynch’s Lost Highway, with film-inspired tracks like “Laura Palmer” and “Things We Lost in the Fire” alongside the signa- ture breakthrough hit “Pompeii.” The frontispiece of the new third effort Doom Days, is less specific — showing a tangle of young limbs on a blanketed motel room bed around dawn. Or dusk, given that it’s a concept album a la Scorsese’s After Hours concerning the protagonist’s wild adventures one London night. And, of course, everything he sees. On Doom Days, Dan Smith ups the ante, creat- ing a symphonic piece that feels like one, although it’s subdivided into compact anthems that tell the night-on-the-town tale, from the opening chimer — and party launcher — “Quarter Past Midnight.” Tom Lanham talked to Bastille's main man. 8 Page 22 - Bastille HELLO MY NAME IS RICK What’s so funny about Rick Wakeman? Pretty much everything, according to most of his bandmates, friends and family, and much of the TV-watching public in his native Britain. Jon Anderson — his longtime vocalist in prog-rock stalwarts Yes and the recent ARW spinoff — calls the keyboardist the most hilarious man he’s ever known, and other members swear that it’s his razor-sharp wit that makes touring tolerable. Yes fans might know it, but he has an actual standup comedy routine that he per- forms overseas. Currently, the man is on his first American solo tour in 13 years, featuring a show peppered with playful anecdotes, in accordance with his new profile as a ribald raconteur. Tom Lanham spoke to Wakeman, who comes to the Arcada Theatre October 4. Sweet Home Keb Mo and more. 6 12 14 Rob Hart at WBBM. Media 16 Spins 24 File Music news and more. Cinemascopes Festival favorites. Ides of March, The Replacements and more. Calendar Over 1100 shows to see, the best bands, at the best venues. Caught In A Mosh Waste on the way back. Classifieds You dumped your ex- wife's drummer, now you're looking for another. Studiophile Signal The Launch at Electrical Audio. Gear Heritage Relics. 28 34 42 45 46 Page 24 - The Replacements Publisher Advertising Sales Contributors: John Vernon Scott Assmann Mike Engel Andy Argyrakis, Guy Arnston, Penelope Biver, Patrick Conlan, Deena Dasein, Jaime de'Medici, Jeff Elbel Terrence Flamm, Steve Forstneger Michael Gallucci, Michael C. Harris, Max Herman, Tom Lanham, Carter Moss, Michael Obrecki, Greg Olma Arsenio Orteza, Rodney Pawlak, Bruce Pilato, Matthew Pollock, Jason Scales, Kelley Simms, Ed Spinelli, Tim Shockley, James Turano Contributing Editors Lori Vernon Tom Lanham Curt Baran Advertising Director Design Team Website Direction Notion Pool Dragon Design Vision Design Teknigram Graphics Notion Pool Classified Advertising Rosalind Cummings-Yeates - Sweet Home Rick Kaempfer - Media David Gedge Founder John Vernon Senior Columnists Kenneth L. Voss Kelley Simms - Caught In A Mosh Publisher Emeritis David C. Eldredge - East Coast David Roberts 4 illinoisentertainer.com october 2019 SUBSCRIPTIONS: $35 per year (first class). Material for insertion must reach our office by the First Of The Month preceding publication. We cannot assume responsibility for unsolicit- ed manuscripts or photographs. Follow us online at: facebook.com/ieentertainer instagram: illinoisentertainermagazine twitter.com/ie_entertainer Address All Correspondence to: Illinois Entertainer 4223 W. Lake St., Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60624 [phone] - Chicago/North Sub [phone] - West/South Suburbs [phone] - Fax email us at: Editorial: [email protected] Advertising: [email protected] The ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER is published monthly by Roberts Publishing, Inc, All materials copyright 2019 by Roberts Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from Roberts Publishing, Inc. Current and back issues of the IE are $10.00 postpaid.