The Weekend Q101

July 12, 2024 | clowe

Square Roots Festival (Friday-Sunday) 

One of Chicago’s finest street festivals, Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square is back this weekend for three days of food, fun, and music. The music lineup features Chicago standouts Smut, as well as The New Pornographers on Friday and legendary punk band X on Saturday. The full lineup can be viewed here.

West Fest (Friday-Sunday) 

If Lincoln Square isn’t your vibe, West Fest also returns this weekend with an incredibly strong lineup of bands. The highlight of this year’s festivities is Bully, the outstanding singer-songwriter who channels the likes of Alanis Morissette and The Strokes. The full lineup is here.

White Sox host the Pirates (Friday-Sunday) 

The White Sox can aid the Cubs in their quest to bounce back in the NL Central by performing well against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Will that happen? Probably not.

Join Brian and Kenzie as they Caravan up to the Bristol Renaissance Faire! (Saturday) 

Join Brian and Kenzie as they Caravan up to the Bristol Renaissance Faire on Saturday, July 13th from 12pm-2pm for a fun filled event of revelry! How many turkey legs can Brian eat? Will Kenzie be crowned the Fair Lady or Queen? All these questions and more will be answered on July 13th so come join Brian and Kenzie with all Q101 Crew members. Crew Members and all attendees can meet up with Brian and Kenzie at the “Three Sheets Pub” just inside the gates at 12pm.

Noah Kahan at Alpine Valley (Saturday)

The long wait is over. After stealing the show at Lollapalooza last year, Noah Kahan is back in Chicagoland as he takes on Alpine Valley this Saturday night for a show that is beyond sold out. If you see Case the Producer there among the masses, be sure to say “ahoy”.

Mother Mother and Cavetown at Northerly Island (Saturday) 

Come hang with Q101 at Mother Mother and Cavetown this Saturday night as two electric bands hit the stage on what should be a gorgeous summer evening.

Black Lips at Empty Bottle (Sunday) 

Legendary indie rockers Black Lips are at Empty Bottle on Sunday for a pair of shows, one early and one late. Tickets can be purchased here.

The Big 10 Network 10k (Saturday) 

Join the Q101 for the return of the BTN Big 10K on Saturday, July 13 in Chicago! Test your fitness, enjoy a one-of-a-kind race experience, and represent your favorite Big Ten school all while giving back to some great charities!

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Riot Fest to offer shuttle services with the Riot Express

July 11, 2024 | clowe

For those in the city looking to get out to Bridgeview, Riot Fest is offering the Riot Express. This shuttle program has eight different locations within the city, from GMAN Tavern to Novel Pizza Cafe on the West Side. 1-Day and 3-Day round trip passes starting at $30 per day. That’s $15 each way for you mathematicians.

Tickets to the Riot Express can be purchased here.

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7.7.2024 History Of Alternative

July 10, 2024 | bphillips

Hour 1

  • R.E.M. – Pop Song 89
  • Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
  • Social Distortion – Story Of My Life
  • Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
  • Sublime – Smoke Two Joints
  • Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
  • They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start
  • Bjork – Big Time Sensuality
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Zephyr Song
  • O.M.D. – If You Leave
  • Green Day – J.A.R.
  • Tegan And Sara – Walking With A Ghost
  • The Smiths – Ask

Hour 2

  • 311 – Down
  • Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities
  • Pearl Jam – Nothingman
  • The Clash – Death Or Glory
  • The Breeders – Cannonball
  • Hard-Fi – Hard To Beat
  • The Cult – Fire Woman
  • The Interrupters – She’s Kerosene
  • Cracker – Get Off This
  • Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
  • The Killers – Caution
  • Urge Overkill – Sister Havana
  • The Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong

Hour 3

  • Beastie Boys – Body Movin’
  • Eve 6 – Here’s To The Night
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Siva
  • Wang Chung – Dance Hall Days
  • No Doubt – Excuse Me Mr.
  • Bloc Party – Banquet
  • Dramarama – Anything, Anything
  • Box Car Racer – I Feel So
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Dancing Days
  • XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
  • Better Than Ezra – Good
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
  • Weezer – The Good Life

Hour 4

  • The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love
  • Material Issue – Valerie Loves Me
  • Nirvana – On A Plain
  • Love And rockets – No New Tale To Tell
  • Mumford And Sons – The Cave
  • Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
  • The Cure – In Between Days
  • Stroke 9 – Little Black Backpack
  • The White Stripes – Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
  • The Smithereens – Only A Memory
  • Hole – Malibu
  • The Stone Roses – Love Spreads

6.30.2024 History Of Alternative

July 10, 2024 | bphillips

Hour 1

  • Paul Westerberg – Waiting For Somebody
  • Weezer – Feels Like Summer
  • Beck – Girl
  • When In Rome – The Promise
  • boygenius – Not Strong Enough
  • Live – Selling The Drama
  • The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
  • Mother Love Bone – Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns
  • Jimmy Eat World – A Praise Chorus
  • Madness – Our House
  • Blink-182 – M&M’s
  • Juliana Hatfield – My Sister
  • The Clash – Train In Vain

Hour 2

  • Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
  • Coldplay – In My Place
  • Garbage – Vow
  • Gary Numan – Cars
  • Nine Inch Nails – Only
  • Soup Dragons – Divine Thing
  • The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
  • Caviar – Tangerine Speedo
  • Foo Fighters – I’ll Stick Around
  • Erasure – Chains Of Love
  • Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better
  • The B-52’s – Roam
  • The Smithereens – A Girl Like You

Hour 3

  • Rise Against – Ready To Fall
  • Kim Wilde – Kids In America
  • Alice In Chains – Would?
  • Romeo Void – Never Say Never
  • Silversun Pickups – Well Thought Out Twinkles
  • The Wallflowers – One Headlight
  • Depeche Mode – Everything Counts
  • CIV – Can’t Wait One Minute More
  • The White Stripes – Hotel Yorba
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – The Cutter
  • 311 – Don’t Stay Home
  • Liz Phair – Supernova
  • R.E.M. – Stand

Hour 4

  • Alkaline Trio – Mercy Me
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Drown
  • Beastie Boys – Ch-Check It Out
  • Killing Joke – Eighties
  • Paramore – crushcrushcrush
  • Our Lady Peace – Superman’s Dead
  • Blur – Girls And Boys
  • The Prodigy – Firestarter
  • Pearl Jam – State Of Love And Trust
  • Talk Talk – Talk Talk
  • The Strokes – The Adults Are Talking
  • X – 4th Of July

6.23.2024 History Of Alternative

July 10, 2024 | bphillips

Hour 1

  • Sparks w/ Jane Wiedlin – Cool Places
  • Sum 41 – Pieces
  • Pearl Jam – Corduroy
  • The Lightning Seeds – Pure
  • Muse – Hysteria
  • Soho – Hippychick
  • The Smithereens – Blood And Roses
  • The Chemical Brothers feat. Noel Gallagher – Let Forever Be
  • Social Distortion – I Was Wrong
  • The Plimsouls – A Million Miles Away
  • Robert Delong – Long Way Down
  • Sonic Youth – Kool Thing
  • Radiohead – High And Dry

Hour 2

  • The Smiths – This Charming Man
  • Sugar Ray – Fly
  • Weezer – El Scorcho
  • Psychedelic Furs – Heaven
  • Garbage – Push It
  • Hawthorne Heights – Ohio Is For Lovers
  • The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
  • Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon
  • Cage The Elephant – In One Ear
  • Dada – Dizz Knee Land
  • Hole – Celebrity Skin
  • The Replacements – Bastards Of Young
  • Depeche Mode – I Feel You

Hour 3

  • Rancid – Salvation
  • The Temper Trap – Fader
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket
  • Missing Persons – Words
  • Good Charlotte – The Anthem
  • PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
  • R.E.M. – So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
  • The Afghan Whigs – Debonair
  • Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff
  • The Clash – This Is Radio Clash
  • OK Go – Here It Goes Again
  • Veruca Salt – Number One Blind
  • Foo Fighters – Darling Nikki
  • The Struts – Could Have Been Me

Hour 4

  • XTC – Generals And Majors
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
  • Third Eye Blind – Graduate
  • Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane
  • Sublime – Badfish
  • The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
  • Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
  • The Cardigans – My Favourite Game
  • Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
  • Tones On Tail – Go!
  • Queens Of The Stone Age – Go With The Flow
  • Marvelous 3 – Freak Of The Week

Walk the history of twenty one pilots thru The Fan Premier Exhibit

July 10, 2024 | bphillips

Shrek 5 confirmed, joining elite class of films to be released in 2026

July 10, 2024 | clowe

DreamWorks confirmed yesterday that Shrek, who will turn 25 in 2026, will receive a fifth installment. Shrek 5 will be directed by Walt Dohrn, who last directed “Trolls Band Together” for DreamWorks Animation. He also worked on Shrek 2 and Shrek 3.

DreamWorks also confirmed that Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz will return in their iconic roles.

Shrek 5 joins Toy Story 5, The Batman: Part II, Fast X: Part 2, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel, among others as films slated to be released in 2026.

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Kevin Bacon tried to live as a “normal person” for a day: it was not for him

July 9, 2024 | clowe

Kevin Bacon, the star of “Footloose”, wanted to be one of us for one day. It was not for him.

Bacon, who was dressed up like his character in the new horror film “MaXXXine,” was shocked to find out that people were rude and that no one said “I love you” when he was looked at as a nobody. He said, “People were kind of pushing past me, not being nice,” he recalled. “Nobody said, ‘I love you.’ I had to wait in line to, I don’t know, buy a f––ing coffee or whatever.” 

“I want to go back to being famous,’” said Bacon.

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Justin Timberlake, Tiger Woods set to open a sports bar

July 8, 2024 | clowe

DUI Kings Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods are combining forces to open a sports bar in Scotland. The pop star and golf icon will be the names behind the brand T-Squared Social, which will convert an old New Picture House Cinema into a “bro zone”.

While this has likely been in motion for a long time, it’s such bizarre timing given Timberlake’s recent DUI arrest.

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Dolton firefighters, Village refuse to negotiate new contract as tempers continue to flare

July 3, 2024 | clowe

There’s more trouble in Dolton. During a board meeting on Monday, more issues arose when community members, including the local firefighters union president, took part in public comments to start the night, expressing anger and frustration at the village and Mayor Tiffany Henyard.

Henyard’s empire continues to crumble around her with this recent news.

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‘The Simpsons’ predicted The Hawk Tuah Girl

July 2, 2024 | clowe

What does Matt Groening know that we don’t? For decades now, The Simpsons have been predicting presidential elections, technology, and various pop culture events. Joining the pantheon of things The Simpsons have prediction is The Hawk Tuah Girl, otherwise known as Hailey Welch.

Bart got his thang spit on, and the rest was history.

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Coldplay shines at Glastonbury, brings out Michael J. Fox for “Fix You”

July 1, 2024 | clowe

Coldplay closed out Glastonbury on Saturday night, playing to an absurdly large crowd and lighting up the night sky like only Coldplay could. Notably, the band brought out Michael J. Fox to play “Fix You”, which brought on the waterworks for thousands of people in the crowd.

During ‘A Sky Full of Stars’, frontman Chris Martin asked people to put their phones away, which led to a beautiful moment as the band finished out their set.

It’s been too long, Coldplay. Come back soon.

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A list of city of Chicago cooling centers

June 18, 2024 | clowe

With extreme temperatures returning to the forecast, we want to remind everyone of where the cooling centers are in the city. The cooling centers are open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Centers are open to anyone who needs them.

  • Englewood Center – 1140 W. 79th Street
  • Garfield Center – 10 S. Kedzie Ave.
  • King Center – 4314 S. Cottage Grove
  • North Area Center – 845 W. Wilson Ave.
  • South Chicago Center – 8650 S. Commercial Ave.
  • Trina Davila Center – 4312 W. North Ave.

During hours of operation, residents can also find relief in one of the City’s Chicago Public Library locations and more than Chicago Park District fieldhouses as well as splash pads located throughout the city.

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Vinyl copies of Coldplay’s new album will be made from recycled bottles

June 17, 2024 | bphillips

Each vinyl copy of the album will contain nine recycled PET-plastic bottles that have been recovered from post-consumer waste, which it is claimed will prevent the manufacture of more than 25 metric tons of virgin plastic, while providing an 85% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to traditional 140g vinyl.  CD editions of the record will be the first in the world to be released on ‘EcoCD’, created from 90% recycled polycarbonate, sourced from post-consumer waste streams.

Northwest Indiana Pizza Hut’s shutter abruptly

June 17, 2024 | clowe

More than one dozen Pizza Hut’s have gone away in Northwest Indiana. As of Friday night, Pizza Hut’s website showed the following 15 locations as “closed:” Portage, Chesterton, Valparaiso, Hobart, Winfield, Crown Point, Schererville, Griffith, Hammond, Merrillville, LaPorte, Michigan City, Lowell, Cedar Lake and Munster.

A Pizza Hut spokesperson provided the following statement to NBC Chicago Friday afternoon:

“While some local franchisee-operated restaurants have temporarily closed, Pizza Hut remains committed to providing outstanding service and products to our valued customers. The company is working to transition these locations and expects many of them will reopen soon. To find a Pizza Hut location nearest you, please visit https://locations.pizzahut.com.”

We would like to humbly pour one out for all of the Pizza Hut’s that we lost over the weekend.

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6.16.2024 History Of Alternative

June 16, 2024 | bphillips

Hour 1

  • NOFX – Linoleum
  • Spoon – Can I Sit Next To You?
  • Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
  • The Jam – That’s Entertainment
  • The Breeders – Cannonball
  • Brand New – Sic Transit Gloria…Glory Fades
  • The Cure – Lullaby
  • Pavement – Cut Your Hair
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Days Of The Week
  • O.M.D. – Dreaming
  • Matthew Sweet – Sick Of Myself
  • Interpol – Slow Hands
  • Nirvana – About A Girl (MTV Unplugged)

Hour 2

  • The Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love?
  • Alanis Morissette – All I Really Want
  • Foo Fighters – This Is A Call
  • The English Beat – Save It For Later
  • Death Cab For Cutie – The Sound Of Settling
  • Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
  • The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
  • Sublime/Stick Figure/Bradley Nowell – Feel Like That
  • Blink-182 – Josie
  • A Flock Of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
  • Everclear – Father Of Mine
  • St. Vincent – Digital Witness
  • Alice In Chains – Heaven Beside You

Hour 3

  • The Ramones – Beat On The Brat
  • The Shins – New Slang
  • Garbage – Special
  • Haircut 100 – Fantastic Day
  • Our Lady Peace – Clumsy
  • The White Stripes – You Don’t Know What Love Is
  • The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
  • Lucky Boys Confusion – Hey Driver
  • Beck – Devil’s Haircut
  • The Pixies – Debaser
  • Modest Mouse – We Are Between (The Lounge)
  • Face To Face – Disconnected
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds
  • Beach Bunny – Cloud 9

Hour 4

  • Blondie – One Way Or Another
  • Oasis – Supersonic
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Stand Inside Your Love
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Passenger
  • Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman
  • Manchester Orchestra – The Gold
  • Depeche Mode – People Are People
  • Nada Surf – Popular
  • Jane’s Addiction – Had A Dad
  • Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone
  • Against Me! – I Was A Teenage Anarchist
  • Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends

R.E.M. reunites on stage with original members for first time since 2007

June 14, 2024 | clowe

R.E.M., who have insisted that they won’t perform a reunion concert since they called it quits in 2011, performed together on-stage last night at their Songwriters Hall Of Fame induction. It’s the first time that drummer Bill Barry performed with the group since their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction since 2007. Barry left the band in 1997 after a series of health concerns.

This comes off of the heels of a reunion interview with the four of them on CBS Mornings.

Part 2 of this exclusive interview will air on Friday.

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