The Cubs opened the right-field bleachers successfully and their homestand with a win.
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My Weekly Sports Rant…6/1/15 to 6/11/15
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- The Journey
- The 80’s
- 11/19/83…Menudo @ Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago
- 2/25/84…Menudo @ UIC Pavilion, Chicago
- 10/12/84…Menudo @ Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago
- 8/23/85…Johnny Lozada @ Navy Pier’s Pan-American Festival, Chicago
- 10/25/85…Johnny Lozada @ Biograph Theater, Chicago
- 11/9/85…Menudo @ Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago
- 8/15/86-8/19/86…Puerto Rico Trip #1
- 11/15/86…Johnny, Tatiana, & Pandora @ Teatro Mexico, Chicago
- 7/17/87-7/31/87…Puerto Rico Trip #2
- 8/8/87…Menudo at Navy Pier’s Pan-American Festival, Chicago
- 12/11-12/13/87…Tropico Weekend Getaway, New York City
- 6/24/88-7/15/88…Puerto Rico Trip #3
- 8/12- 8/14/88…Weekend with Menudo, Chicago
- 10/22/88…Menudo with Sa-Fire & Cover Girls @ International Amphitheatre, Chicago
- Tropico in Chicago 10/28-10/29/88
- 3/24/89…Bon Jovi with Skid Row @ Rosemont Horizon, Chicago
- 6/30/89…New Order with Sugarcubes & Public Image Ltd @ Poplar Creek, Chicago
- 8/4/89…Bon Jovi with Skid Row @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
- 12/22/89…Warrant with The Front @ Star Plaza Theatre, Merrillville IN
- The 90’s: ’90-’94
- 5/27/90…World Series Of Rock @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy WI
- 7/2/90…Depeche Mode with Nitzer Ebb @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 3/30/91…Slaughter with Joker @ Riviera, Chicago
- 5/25/91…Guns N Roses With Skid Row @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy WI
- 7/2/91…Warrant with Trixter & Firehouse @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 2/13/92…Skid Row with Soundgarden @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 5/23/92…Skid Row with Love/Hate, Pantera, & Megadeth @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy WI
- 9/15/92…U2 with Big Audio Dynamite II & Public Enemy @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 9/25/92…Warrant with Babylon A.D. & Saigon Kick @ Odeum, Chicago
- 3/5/93…Bon Jovi with The Jeff Healey Band @ Rosemont Horizon, Chicago
- 4/12/93…Blind Melon @ Metro, Chicago
- 4/30/93…Goo Goo Dolls @ Metro, Chicago
- 5/7/93…Sister Machine Gun @ The Dome Room, Chicago
- 7/3/93…Lollapalooza 1993 @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 7/17/93…Butthole Surfers with Stone Temple Pilots & The Flaming Lips @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 7/25/93…Spin Doctors with Soul Asylum & Screaming Trees @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 8/15/93…Neil Young with Soundgarden @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 9/25/93…Alice In Chains @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 10/25/93…Nirvana @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 10/28/93…Depeche Mode with The The @ Rosemont Horizon, Chicago
- 11/4/93…Counting Crows @ The Vic Theatre, Chicago
- 11/24/93…INXS with Catherine Wheel @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 1/7/94…Warrant with Wee B. Toyz @ Synergy Concert Club, Chicago
- 5/7/94…Nine Inch Nails @ Riviera Theater, Chicago
- 6/10/94…Soundgarden with Eleven & Tad @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 6/11/94…Depeche Mode with Stabbing Westward @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 8/12-8/14/94…Woodstock ’94 (25th Anniversary), Saugerties NY
- 10/14/94…Live with Weezer & Fatima Mansions @ Riviera Theater, Chicago
- 11/18/94…Green Day with Pansy Division @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- The 90’s: ’95-’99
- 2/17/95…Matthew Sweet with The Murmurs @ The Chicago Theatre, Chicago
- 3/8/95…Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers @ United Center, Chicago
- 3/21/95…Weezer with Archers Of Loaf @ Metro, Chicago
- 3/29/95…Sarah McLachlan with Paula Cole @ Chicago Theatre, Chicago
- 4/20/95…Better Than Ezra with Dishwalla @ The Double Door, Chicago
- 5/27/95…Q101 Jamboree ’95 @ New World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 6/3/95…R.E.M. with Luscious Jackson @ Rosemont Horizon, Chicago
- 7/11/95…Pearl Jam with Bad Religion @ Soldier Field, Chicago
- 8/31/95…Live with PJ Harvey & Veruca Salt @ New World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 11/17/95…STOMP, Best Of Broadway @ Shubert Theatre, Chicago
- 12/6/95…Chicago Bulls vs. New York Knicks @ United Center, Chicago
- 1/17/96…Chicago Blackhawks vs. Washington Capitals @ United Center, Chicago
- 2/24/96…Guided By Voices @ Metro, Chicago
- 2/27/96…Oasis with Pulsars @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 3/29/96…Foo Fighters with That Dog @ Riviera Theater, Chicago
- 4/20/96…Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers @ United Center, Chicago
- 5/6/96…Mystere-Cirque Du Soleil @ Treasure Island, Las Vegas NV
- 5/26/96…Q101′s Jamboree ’96 @ New World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 6/15/96…Morphine @ Riviera Theater, Chicago
- 6/30/96…Lollapalooza ’96 @ Winnebago City Fairgrounds, Rockford IL
- 7/13/96…The H.O.R.D.E. Festival @ New World Music Theatre, Chicago
- 3/7/97…Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers @ United Center, Chicago
- 5/8/97…Chicago Bulls vs. Atlanta Hawks, Playoff Game #2 @ United Center, Chicago
- 6/13/98…The Phantom of the Opera @ Civic Opera House, Chicago
- 8/30/98…Cheap Trick, Las Vegas NV
- 11/25/98…Depeche Mode with Stabbing Westward @ Rosemont Horizon, Chicago
- 8/7/99…Goo Goo Dolls with Sugar Ray & Fastball @ New World Music Theatre, Chicago
- The 00’s
- 5/13/00…Natalie Merchant with Spin Doctors @ United Center, Chicago
- 3/11/01…Chicago @ Shubert Theatre, New York City
- 4/26/01…U2 with PJ Harvey @ Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim CA
- 6/12/01…Gipsy Kings @ Radio City Music Hall, New York City
- 6/28/01…Depeche Mode with Poe @ Madison Square Garden, New York City
- 7/26/01…Madonna @ Madison Square Garden, New York City
- 8/16/01…Sade with India.Arie @ Jones Beach, Wantagh NY
- 8/17/01…Maxwell with Alicia Keys @ Roseland Ballroom, New York City
- 10/11/01…Tori Amos with Rufus Wainwright @ Beacon Theater, New York City
- 4/24/02…Garbage @ Roseland Ballroom, New York City
- 4/27/02…Paul McCartney @ Madison Square Garden, New York City
- 4/29/02…Urinetown: The Musical @ Henry Miller’s Theatre, New York City
- 8/21/03…Elefant with The GoStation @ Knitting Factory, New York City
- 10/30/03…The Strokes with Kings Of Leon & Regina Spektor @ The Theater At Madison Square Garden, New York City
- 6/16/04…Madonna @ Madison Square Garden, New York City
- 7/10/04…Jet with Sloan @ Roseland Ballroom, New York City
- 10/3/04…Franz Ferdinand with Blanche & The Evaporators @ Roseland Ballroom, New York City
- 10/14/04…La Oreja de Van Gogh @ Latin Quarter, New York City
- 3/26/05…Ultra Music Festival 7 @ Bayfront Park, Miami FL
- 3/25/06…Ultra Music Festival 8 @ Bicentennial Park, Miami FL
- 5/28/06…Lestat @ The Palace Theatre, New York City
- 6/3/06…El Reencuentro @ The UCF Arena, Orlando FL
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Breaking It Down
Looking Back
What Are They Reading?
- 2/13/92…Skid Row with Soundgarden @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 7/17/93…Butthole Surfers with Stone Temple Pilots & The Flaming Lips @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 6/10/94…Soundgarden with Eleven & Tad @ Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
- 8/12-8/14/94…Woodstock ’94 (25th Anniversary), Saugerties NY
- 5/27/95…Q101 Jamboree ’95 @ New World Music Theatre, Chicago
What Are They Saying?
- manzana88 on 7/3/93…Lollapalooza 1993 @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- manzana88 on 8/12-8/14/94…Woodstock ’94 (25th Anniversary), Saugerties NY
- manzana88 on 8/4/89…Bon Jovi with Skid Row @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
- James Matthews on 7/3/93…Lollapalooza 1993 @ World Music Theatre, Chicago
- frederick crowe on 8/12-8/14/94…Woodstock ’94 (25th Anniversary), Saugerties NY
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