With their fourteenth album, Saviors, on the way this Friday, Green Day and Jimmy Fallon combined forces to bring the citizens of New York City a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
Green Day has been popping up in various places to hype their new record. Notably, they showed up unexpectedly at a Saviors listening party in California over the weekend.
Tiffany Henyard is back in the news, and that’s never a good thing.
The Illinois’ Attorney General office claims that Henyard runs a charity for cancer patients and has failed to file basic information about how it collects and spends money. Township credit card records show charges totaling $10,248 for hotels along the route of a ‘Tiffany Henyard Cares” walk from Dolton to Springfield in 2022.
The event occurred days after township trustees were asked to approve a $10,000 payment to the charity.
Henyard has refused to comment on the situation.
G. Love & the Special Sauce at Park West (Friday)
Join Brian at Park West on Friday for an intimate evening with G. Love & the Special Sauce, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band. Get there early to catch Jakobs Castle, the son of late Sublime frontman, Bradley Nowell. Tickets are available here.
Poison the Well at Metro (Friday)
Metalcore legends Poison the Well are storming Chicago this weekend with a sold-out show at the Metro on Friday and then a bonus, intimate show at Cobra Lounge on Saturday. These shows are in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the landmark record, You Come Before You.
Chicago Boat Show at McCormick Place (Friday-Sunday)
The 2024 Discover® Boating Chicago Boat Show, in partnership with Progressive® Insurance, a nearly century-old tradition is returning, and tickets to the event make the perfect holiday gift. As one of Chicago’s most iconic events and a Midwest boating destination, the 2024 Chicago Boat Show is ready to welcome boating enthusiasts and newcomers to discover why life is better on the water.
Cubs Convention (Friday-Sunday)
Join the Cubs as they celebrate the 37th Cubs Con, which brings fans, players, legends and the front office together for three days of festivities and special experiences. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Cubs Charities and its mission to mobilize the power of sport to champion youth, families and communities. Tickets can be purchased here.
Hot Chocolate and Cookie Fest in River North (Friday)
Indulge your sweet tooth with treats from some of Chicago’s finest dessert makers. Guests will get to enjoy delectable cookies paired with bottomless hot cocoa, courtesy of spots like JoJo’s ShakeBAR, Alliance Bakery, Mochinut and more. Tickets start at $15.
Bulls host the Warriors (Friday)
The surging Bulls host the struggling Warriors on Friday, but more importantly, the Bulls kick off their Ring Of Honor festivities with a star-studded night. One could argue there are too many stars…
Oliver Tree at the Aragon (Saturday)
“Professional Weirdo” Oliver Tree is bringing the Alone In A Crowd tour to the Aragon Ballroom on Saturday night for an evening of music, wrestling, scooter tricks, and more. Oliver Tree is one of the greatest performers we have going today. We cannot recommend this show enough. Tickets can be purchased here.
Hold My Own at Sub T (Saturday)
Chicago music will be proudly represented at Sub T on Saturday night in Wicker Park. Local standouts Si Dios Quiere, Enervate (we count Milwaukee as local), and Hold My Own bring the fury alongside hardcore powerhouses End It and Bulldoze. We here at Q101 want to congratulate Hold My Own on the release of their new EP, In My Way.
Chicago Travel & Adventure Show (Saturday-Sunday)
In the mood for a vacation? Start planning your next big trip at the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show, which gathers travel experts and ambassadors from destinations across the globe. This year, Phil Rosenthal (from Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil) and travel writer Rick Steves are among the keynote speakers. Guests can attend seminars on how to book cheap flights—an ever-salient issue, given airfare prices these days—get packing tips and snag sweet deals on trips at the convention.
Chicago Bacon Fest at Old Crow (Saturday)
Picture it…you’re surrounded by your best friends and the savory smell of bacon tickles your nostrils as you press an ice cold beer to your lips. There’s a live band and they’re playing your favorite song! You and your friends all start singing along, taking bites of delicious bacon between verses…are you dreaming? You certainly are not. You’re at Chicago Bacon Fest.
Blackhawks host the Stars (Saturday)
The Bedard-less Blackhawks limp back home to take on the surging Dallas Stars.
McDonald’s will not get permission to build a McDonald’s in Wilmette, signaling a rare loss for the fast-food giant.
On Tuesday night, the Wilmette Village Board rejected a proposal by the Golden Arches to take over the now-vacant Bakers Square restaurant at 200 Skokie Blvd., near Old Orchard.
Neighbors say a busy fast-food restaurant with a drive-thru would create additional traffic, noise, safety issues and toxic emissions from a lot of cars idling at the same time. There’s a number of strong opponents who think that McDonald’s would represent a bad look for the village.
The clip shows Hayley Williams collect a package delivered to her house. Upon opening it, she finds David Byrne’s iconic oversized suit which he wore in the Talking Heads’ concert film, ‘Stop Making Sense”.
The album will feature “16 tracks from 16 artists”. No release date has been announced.
In “honor” of the 25th anniversary of the greatest show of all-time, the powers that be at Warner Bros. have devised a plan to carry the legacy of The Sopranos into the next generation. The episodic drama that consisted of episodes an hour in length is now being transformed into 25 second TikToks.
Suddenly, Prestige TV has become Prestige Tok.
Is it wrong to hate this? We’re hip, we like evolving with the times, but there is something about this that is so…gross? Yeah, gross. The Sopranos should not exist within a TikTok Universe, and we love both The Sopranos and TikTok.
A coffee shop in Indianapolis, Indiana has gone viral for a “pop-up wedding” that crashed the store on New Year’s Eve.
Mansion Society Indiana reported that a couple entered the store on December 31st and “surprised” the store with a ceremony. The mansion had initially declined to share a video of the imposition out of respect but changed their minds due to a “lack of accountability” from the wedding crashers, per the post.
“When our barista asked your party to please move out of the way that you were blocking our customers, your photographer told us, ‘No, wait at least 5 minutes.”
Is this cute or cringey? The conversation lives on Facebook!
The band teased the song by sharing this music video, which features the same security guard, Derrick T. Tuggle, dancing and lip syncing to the track in a call back to the video for their 2011 song ‘Lonely Boy’.
Case the Producer sat down with ALEXSUCKS moments before their incredible set at Twisted XMAS to discuss their relationship with The Strokes, how Ice Cube became famous, and so much more!
The Q101 Morning Crew ran across this incredibly video by Mac Glocky, where he turned the early 2000’s classic “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton into a Korn song.
This. Is. Incredible.
Back in October, longtime guitarist Jeff Scroeder announced his departure from the band after more than 15 years. So, there’s an opening. Get it!
The highlight of CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast was John Mayer, who appeared remotely from Cats in the Box, a cat bar in Tokyo.
Jack White seems to be teasing some new music coming our way
… and Bring Me The Horizon announced they will be releasing a new single, “Kool Aid”
The song “Yeah Right” off of Evanescence’s 2021 album The Bitter Truth has a brand new music video. Better late than never and what a great way to kick off 2024!
