Awesome posts from Night 2 / Nights We Stole Christmas #TNWSC

December 4, 2016 | Kevin

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Night 2 of the Nights We Stole Christmas 2016 was a parade of fantastic moments, amazing musical performances, and overwhelming joy under the painted stars of the Aragon Ballroom. Here is a brief sampling of social media memories shared with Weathers, Catfish & the Bottlemen, and Cage the Elephant. Plus some great stuff that happened off-stage and after the show.

Once again, it’s always worth saying: THANK YOU! Thank you to those of you that joined us this week at these incredible shows.

Maybe you will come across something you posted or maybe something you missed below.Keep an eye on this site for Meet & Greet and performance HD photos in the coming days.

CAGE THE ELEPHANT

 

Epic venue… 🌌 #chicago #tnwsc

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CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN 

#cagetheelephant #tnwsc #101wkqx #aragonballroom @cagetheelephant

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CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN 

@catfishandthebottlemen at The Aragon Ballroom for night 2 of @101wkqx The Night We Stole Christmas. #htbarp

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WEATHERS

London Calling @weathersband @101wkqx @aragonballroom #weathers #theclash #tnwsc #chicago

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New Green Day Box Set Brings Back The Cassette

December 4, 2016 | Eric

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Cross Green Day fan off your Christmas shopping list.  They can now own every single album they put out…on cassette.

Now you might be thinking to yourself, “Eric…its 2016 and a digital world.  There does not exist a way for me to play and enjoy said cassettes.”  Well guess what?  They’ve included a boombox to jam out on.

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Boom.  Box.  Boombox.

So yeah, its not cheap.  But it IS unique and perfect for the ridiculously intense Green Day fan in your life.  You can place a pre-order on this analog wonder here before it gets released on December 9th.

Blackhawks: Corey Crawford out of action with appendicitis

December 3, 2016 | Kevin

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Bad News Hawks fan, the Crow is down.

Crawford got sick following the Hawks recent loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, and was taken to a hospital.  “Corey presented this morning with acute appendicitis. He is undergoing an appendectomy today at a Philadelphia hospital. We are anticipating a full recovery and return to play. We will provide details regarding the timeline of his return after we have more information about the surgery.” said team physician Dr. Michael Terry in a post on the Hawks official website.

Currently there is no announced timetable for his return. The ever-reliable Scott Darling will take the goalie duties as the Hawks continue to lead the Western division in the NHL.

This may seem bad for Crawford and the Hawks considering that Johnathan Toews is also dealing with a back injury as well. At least this Crawford injury is not similar to the one he endured in 2014 at a Rise Against show at the House of Blues, that one scared us during that playoff run remember?

Get well soon, Corey! GO HAWKS!

 

 

Lebron James makes good on bet, wears Cubs jersey to the UC

December 2, 2016 | Kevin

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Cleveland Cavaliers superstar Lebron James made good on his bet with Chicago Bulls leader Dwayne Wade over the World Series between the Cubs and the Indians, wearing a Cubbie jersey to the United Center today. Wade and James had success before together during their years together with the Miami Heat.

Catch all Chicago Bulls games on our sister station, WLS 890 AM

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>The moment has FINALLY arrived! <a href=”https://twitter.com/KingJames”>@KingJames</a> rocking the <a href=”https://twitter.com/Cubs”>@Cubs</a> gear to honor his World Series bet payoff to <a href=”https://twitter.com/DwyaneWade”>@DwyaneWade</a>. 🐻 <a href=”https://t.co/9WCgGAILt2″>pic.twitter.com/9WCgGAILt2</a></p>&mdash; UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) <a href=”https://twitter.com/uninterrupted/status/804809852413317120″>December 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>The <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash”>#Cubs</a> have unofficially signed <a href=”https://twitter.com/KingJames”>@KingJames</a> to a 1-day deal.<a href=”https://t.co/JAfJABmJYl”>https://t.co/JAfJABmJYl</a></p>&mdash; Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) <a href=”https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/804817526064640000″>December 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-video” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Dwyane Wade enjoys seeing LeBron being a man of his word! <a href=”https://t.co/xV9JsicMpy”>pic.twitter.com/xV9JsicMpy</a></p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=”https://twitter.com/NBA/status/804822880798314498″>December 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>The bet was made, and D-Wade came to make sure LeBron paid up. <a href=”https://t.co/tDgcKjSTwU”>https://t.co/tDgcKjSTwU</a></p>&mdash; NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href=”https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/804829023750803462″>December 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Awesome posts from Night 1 / Nights We Stole Christmas #TNWSC

December 2, 2016 | Kevin

Night 1 of the Nights We Stole Christmas was glorious, spectacular, and other praising adjectives that I can not muster at the moment. It felt like every few minutes music-related happiness was being spread on stage, in the crowd, in the line outside, and we got to see a lot of it shared on social media over the past 24 hours. Here is taste of the joy that is stealing the holidays with us.


WEEZER

PHANTOGRAM

ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS

OVERALL AWESOMENESS FROM TNSWC SO FAR

Here is our entire Snapchat story from Night 1, follow our snaps WKQXCHI

I think Chicago was ready for Weezer last night 👐 #TNWSC

A photo posted by Julia Simone Paul (@juliasimonepaul) on Dec 2, 2016 at 12:08pm PST

‘Tis the season…for BALLOONS! @weezer @101wkqx #TheNightsWeStoleChristmas #TNWSC #Weezer #BuddyHolly

A video posted by John Pierri (@jpie25) on Dec 1, 2016 at 9:58pm PST

Night 1 done @101wkqx #TNWSC with Phantogram and Weezer

A photo posted by Sabrina Cesas (@sabrinic) on Dec 2, 2016 at 10:29am PST

Great News in the War on Scalping

December 1, 2016 | Lou

Starting in February, the state of New York will consider the use of “ticket bots” as a misdemeanor. Which means major fines and possible jail time for any scalpers caught using them. Bots are one of the biggest reasons show you want to buy tickets for will sell out in seconds and give you virtually no chance of actually getting a ticket without going through the secondary market.

Consequence of Sound has more on this HERE.

COS also did this documentary that digs into the whole scalping world and shows you how it really works. And explains exactly what a “bot” is, too.

@TheLouLombardo

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Cops Punish Drunk Drivers with Nickelback

November 30, 2016 | Lou

Police in Canada are subjecting people charged with a DUI to nothing but Nickelback. Finally! Someone is using the powers of Nickelback for good. More HERE.

 

@TheLouLombardo

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Welcome To The Christmas Parade Mashup

November 29, 2016 | Lou

You’re going to hear “All I Want for Christmas is You” roughly 100 times before the holidays are over. Even if you try to avoid it. Oneboredjeu Mashup took it to another level of on YouTube. They decide to mashup Mariah Carey with My Chemical Romance.
Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should. If you want to give it a listen. it’s below. But, remember you can’t un-hear it.

Don’t say you weren’t warned.

@TheLouLombardo

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Struts Working On New Music With (Blink 182 Producer) John Feldman

November 28, 2016 | Marconi🍕

New material coming soon via mr @johnfeldy Been a fantastic 4 days x

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So excited. John did a great job with Blink. Can’t wait to hear what he does with The Struts!

 

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