Spin magazine has an ongoing list of all festivals that have been cancelled or postponed because of COVID-19 epidemic. This list is Ongoing. – Tim Virgin
It must be really weird and intense to be the biggest artist in the world and barely old enough to buy a lottery ticket. And imagine being the voice of an entire generation while you are in the middle of growing up. So far Billie Eilish seems to have passed every test when it comes to handling all that, and at a recent concert she aired a video with a powerful message against body shaming. She rules. Check it out below for yourself, and make sure you find a way in to the United Center on March 24th to see her yourself if you can!
Chicago’s downtown St. Patrick’s Day celebration and parade have been canceled this weekend amid coronavirus concerns. Parade officials made the announcement Wednesday, saying the parade is now canceled for Saturday. For more info, check out the official parade website here.
BREAKING: Governor Pritzker and city officials to make announcement in response to coronavirus. #COVID19https://t.co/XmbXsIg3XD
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) March 9, 2020
It’s time to get paid to watch March Madness. And not the usual way you get paid to watch: Watching basketball when you’re technically on the clock at work.
CableTV.com is offering to pay someone $1,000 to sit around watching March Madness this year. You’ll need to watch 40 hours of games and post about it on social media, but hey, you’re getting paid to watch basketball.
If you’re interested, applications are due tomorrow night.
Grouplove just released a video for another song off their upcoming album Healer, out 3/13. Watch the video for Youth and scroll down for info on their next Chicagoland show!
Grouplove are playing our next Courtesy Concert – a FREE show 21+ all thanks to Coors Light! The show is first come, first served at Durty Nellies April 7th, and you can enter to win guaranteed entry passes HERE!
Prepare yourself for the darkest children’s TV show ever.
In the early days of Thomas the Tank Engine, a lying train named Henry was forced to pay the ultimate price for his transgressions. He was essentially buried alive, forced to live out his last days watching helplessly as well-behaving trains zipped by with big smiles plastered onto their smug train faces.
Imagine the horror when Henry was told, “We shall take away your rails and leave you here for always and always and always.” That’s when the “Fat Controller” and his minions built a brick wall to entomb Henry in a tunnel. Shortly thereafter, “his fire had gone out.” And then, the narration: “I think he deserved his punishment… don’t you?” Um, nope. Holy crap. NOPE.
This episode has everything. Pathos. Drama. Suspense. The promise of terrifying children into correcting bad behavior. Check it out: