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Setlist, Video: UM's Brendan Bayliss & Jake Cinninger @ Cubby Bear 5/9/13

Umphrey's McGee front men played a set in-between two sets of Barn favorites Zmick at the Cubby Bear. The show was billed as a Summer Camp Festival warm-up.Setlist (via thebort)Brendan Bayliss & Jake CinningerCubby Bear WrigleyvilleThursday, May 9th, 2013One Set: Puppet String > No Comment, The Linear > Glory, August > Cut the...

My First Widespread Panic Show: Thoughts, Memories & Remastered Audio From 5/8/97 Sixteen Years Later

Note: I originally started writing this last year for this show's 15th anniversary, but couldn't squeeze it out on time. Alas, here it is a year later.This post is to commemorate an anniversary, but the anniversary that was on my mind on May 8, 1997 was the 20th birthday of one of the most celebrated Grateful...

Rolling Stones Ticketing: Consumer Ripoff or Scalper Beating Genius?

For a time, I had the craziest vision of the scene at the three Rolling Stones shows scheduled for the United Center later this month. The shows were announced with the usual hype and all-out media blitz, but the winds of excitement quickly died down soon after the initial on sale.The public was more...

Stones Sidemen and Guests Will Play Martyrs As "Rolling Stones Project" on Off Night 5/29/13

If the size of venue and price of Rolling Stones tickets have soured you on the 50 and Counting Tour, here's a chance to see some of the same guys bringing it to the United Center in a more intimate and slightly tweaked format. In their (*ahem*) advanced age, the Stones have scheduled a few off...

Helping Phriendly Orchestra Headlines 2013 Rock 4 Autism Benefit At Cubby Bear North

Phish and their community have never been shy about giving back -- from Waterwheel to benefit shows (VT Flood Relief, Voters For Choice) to various specialty LivePhish releases, even the fan run Mockingbird Foundation, charity has been a fine way to funnel the passion and resources that we devote to their art.So it seems...

Two Full Chicago Mike Gordon Band Shows [Video]

It pains me to admit that I've never seen the Mike Gordon Band perform live. I had tickets for his 2003 show at the Vic but my pregnant wife was refused entry with a roll of TUMS (security excuse: "homeland security") -- we got a refund and stuck around in Wrigleyville to watch the Cubs go...

Video: Full Court Press 5 @ Abbey Pub 4/25/13

Much attention has been given to a Chicago weekend that featured both UMBowl IV and an unpublicized fan-organized (Bill Graham for a day) Umphrey's show at Lincoln Hall on Saturday. But half of the band also appeared at a Thursday pre-party at Abbey Pub as a part of the fifth installment of the ongoing Full...

Video: Get Personal With Steepwater Band - Ace Bar 4/20/13

With so many live performance videos being unwatchable or unlistenable, it was so nice come across this document of Steepwater's 4/20 homecoming show. They've been hitting the road hard this spring, and for any Chicago folks who missed their return during this busy weekend, this recording feels just like being on stage with these guys. It...

Visual Setlist: Furthur @ Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ 4/27/13

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here. SongGapLTPJack Straw84/16/13Crazy Fingers74/17/13Bird Song84/16/13Cumberland Blues104/16/13Doin' That Rag84/16/13Cosmic Charlie74/17/13In The Midnight Hour161/19/13Mountains Of The Moon44/21/13Saint Stephen24/24/13Dark Star54/20/13Let It Grow54/20/13Days Between44/21/13Help On The Way64/19/13Slipknot!64/19/13Franklin's Tower64/19/13Touch Of Grey74/17/13&...

Setlist, Video: Umphrey's McGee UM Bowl IV @ Park West 4/26/13

Cantina BandDaft Punk's Get LuckyWarrior Marching In To BattleWe're putting Umphrey's Visual Setlists and on temporary hold until we can process the awesome amount of new and refined data contained at allthings.umphreys.com, but we'll but we'll continue to post setlists here for convenience until we get it straightened out.Friday, April 26th, 2013 (04.26.2013)"UMBowl...