Prince

David Byrne brought his visually striking, "untethered" tour to Auditorium Theatre for three nights.

Early this morning (Sunday, June 30), Prince and New Power Generation + 3rdEyeGirl played a last-minute show at City Winery Chicago. Doors were originally advertised as 11:30PM, which later got changed to midnight, but nobody really got into the venue until around 2AM...

Cro-Mags @ Cobra Lounge in 2011 (more by Carmelo Espanola) today in Chicago * Cayucas, JBM @ Schubas * CSS, IO Echo @ Lincoln Hall * Amadou and Mariam @ Park West * Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival (Day 2) * Prince @ City Winery Chicago (Late Show) * Spektral Quartet, Pretty Monsters @ Hideout * Funadesi @ City Winery Chicago (Early Show) * She & Him, Camera Obscura @ Aragon Ballroom * Q87...

UPDATE: The show happened Prince, who is supposedly in town to play George Lucas' wedding reception in Hyde Park, will also be playing a late show at City Winery Chicago TONIGHT (Saturday, June 29)...

Autre Ne Veut in Brooklyn, January 2011 (more by Erez Avissar) today in Chicago * Diplo @ The Mid * Bailiff, The Field Auxilary @ Hideout * Autre Ne Veut, Majical Cloudz @ Schubas * Night Beds, Indians, Cat Martino @ Empty Bottle * Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey @ City Winery Chicago * Major Lazer, Dragonette, Zebo @ Congress Theater * Suns, Soft Speaker, Shiloh, Rocket Miner @ Beat Kitchen * Patrick Krief, Cobalt and The Hired Guns, Darling @ Township Major Lazer play the Congress Theater tonight...

Prince polished off his third of three Chicago shows at the United Center on Wednesday night (9/26), bringing a close to his Welcome 2 Chicago residency...

"Snap it just hit me....this is the first time P picked up an instrument. #Welcome2Chicago" - Questlove "WOW!!!! "Old Friends 4 Sale" why isn't the audience going out their minds...

As mentioned, Prince is headed to Chicago for a residency at the United Center next week (September 24-26). He's also just announced that there will be "Purple After Jam" aftershows at the House of Blues on each night of his stay...

Janelle Monae @ Afropunk Festival 2012 (BKLYN) (more by Amanda Hatfield) Janelle Monae, whose most recent performance in Chicago was a President Obama rally at the UIC Forum in January, has been tapped to open for him at the United Center on September 26...

Prince at MSG in 2010 (more by Jake Rocks Off) Like he's done in other cities, Prince will be doing a residency in Chicago this year called 'Welcome 2 Chicago' which begins on September 24 at the United Center...