{"id":4197,"date":"2025-08-31T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/entertainment\/summer-music-heats-up-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T22:50:00","slug":"summer-music-heats-up-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/entertainment\/summer-music-heats-up-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer music heats up 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Summer is the time to kick back at concerts. Scroll through our gallery of some of 2025’s leading live acts, featuring images by CBS News photojournalist\u00a0Jake Barlow<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and photographers\u00a0Ed Spinelli<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Kirstine Walton<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Pictured: The Louisville rock band My Morning Jacket<\/a><\/strong> played at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wis., April 18, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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On Thursday, August 28, 2025, the English band Oasis<\/a><\/strong> performed a sold-out show at Soldier Field in Chicago \u2013 one of only three U.S. cities on their global Oasis Live ’25 tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Oasis performing at Soldier Field in Chicago. (Clockwise from top left: guitarist Gem Archer; lead singer Liam Gallagher; bassist Andy Bell, vocalist Liam Gallagher and drummer Joey Waronker; guitarist Paul Arthurs; and lead guitarist Noel Gallagher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts<\/a><\/strong> performed at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, Aug. 27, 2025 \u2013 part of their Love Earth World Tour.<\/p>\n

Young’s set list included “Southern Man,” “One Of These Days,” “Singer Without a Song,” “Like a Hurricane,” and “Name of Love.” He also premiered a new anti-fascist protest\u00a0song, “Big Crime.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Eagles legend Don Felder<\/a><\/strong> opened for Styx, as part of the Brotherhood of Rock Tour, Aug. 23, 2025, at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Ill. \u00a0Felder performed such Eagles songs as “One of These Nights,” “The Long Run,” “Take It Easy,” and “Heartache Tonight.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Styx<\/a><\/strong> performed at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., Aug. 23, 2025. Among their hits: “The Best of Times,” “Too Much Time On My Hands,” “Rockin’ the Paradise,” and “Mr. Roboto.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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James Young (left) and Tommy Shaw of Styx, at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., Aug. 23, 2025. <\/p>\n

The group, founded in 1972, released their 18th studio album this summer, “Circling From Above.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Danish rock band Volbeat<\/a><\/strong> performed at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., Aug. 22, 2025. Pictured: Touring guitarist Flemming Lund; bassist Kaspar Boye Larsen; and guitarist Michael Poulsen. “God of Angels Trust,” their ninth album, was released in June, and featured the single “In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Volbeat was one young fan’s first concert, in Tinley Park, Ill., Aug. 22, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Pennsylvania rock band Halestorm<\/a><\/strong> (featuring singer Lzzy Hale) opened for Volbeat at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., Aug. 22, 2025. Their setlist included songs from their new album, “Everest,” including “Fallen Star,” “Like a Woman Can,” “Rain Your Blood on Me,” “I Gave You Everything,” and “Here’s to Us.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Diamond Dave<\/strong> (a.k.a. David Lee Roth<\/a>) performed some of Van Halen’s biggest hits at the Hard Rock Casino in Gary, Ind., Aug. 19, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Chicago’s own Wilco<\/a><\/strong> performed at their hometown’s Salt Shed on Aug. 10, 2025, playing 34 songs, ending with a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “U.S. Blues.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Chicago’s Grant Park hosted Lollapalooza 2025<\/a><\/strong>, with 170 artists performing at 11 venues over four days. Mild weather for the festival, which regularly attracts more than 100,000 visitors a day, was counterbalanced by poor air quality owing to smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketing Chicago, leading to unhealthy conditions outdoors.<\/p>\n

But Lollapalooza-goers were undeterred. “I would rather have bad air quality and, like, cooler weather,” one fan told WBBM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Sierra Ferrell<\/a><\/strong>, on her Shoot for the Moon Tour, stopped at Lollapalooza on Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Chicago. The West Virginian musician, whose latest album is the genre-crossing “Trail of Flowers,” performed “I Could Drive You Crazy,” “Why’d Ya Do It,” “American Dreaming,” and “Dollar Bill Bar.” She also covered Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” and a bit of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Matt Shultz, the lead singer of the rock band Cage the Elephant<\/a><\/strong>, tested gravity on the stage of Lollapalooza, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Chicago’s Grant Park. Their setlist included “Shake Me Down,” “Come a Little Closer,” “Mess Around,” and “Ready to Let Go.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Vocalist Josef Alfonso, of the San Jose, Calif., hardcore band Sunami<\/a><\/strong>, performed at Lollapalooza on Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Role Model<\/a><\/strong> (Tucker Harrington Pillsbury) performed on the first day of Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park, Thursday, July 31, 2025. His setlist included “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out,” from his latest release, “Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye).”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The South Korean rock band Xdinary Heroes<\/a><\/strong> performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago, Thursday, July 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Mark Ambor<\/a><\/strong> performed on Day 1 of Lollapalooza in Chicago, Thursday, July 31, 2025. His setlist included “Belong Together,” “Good to Be,” and “I Hope It All Works Out.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The band\u00a0Fcukers<\/a><\/strong> (Shannon Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis), whose debut EP, “Baggy$$,” was released in 2024, performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Thursday, July 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Country singer Luke Combs<\/a><\/strong> was a headliner for Day 1 of Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park, Thursday, July 31, 2025. The two-time Entertainer of the Year-winner from the Country Music Association performed “Where the Wild Things Are,” “Going, Going, Gone,” “Cold As You,” “The Kind of Love We Make,” “Forever After All,” “Better Together,” and “Beer Never Broke My Heart.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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A festival spokesperson told WBBM that attendance figures for this year’s Lollapalooza totaled about 115,000 people each day, on par with last year. What was down this year: Items turned into the lost-and-found<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Chance the Rapper<\/a><\/strong> made a surprise appearance at Lollapalooza on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in advance of a new album release in August.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Charlotte Lawrence<\/a><\/strong>, who released her debut studio album, “Somewhere,” earlier this summer, played Lollapalooza in Chicago on Saturday, August 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The folk duo Hey, Nothing<\/a><\/strong> (Harlow Phillips and Tyler Mabry) are photographed backstage at their appearance at Lollapalooza on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer Harrison Patrick Smith, who works under the stage name The Dare<\/a><\/strong>, appeared at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. His latest release, “Freakquencies: Volume 1,” is dropping later in August.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Actor and musician Joe Keery, who performs as Djo<\/a><\/strong>, appeared at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. His latest album, “The Crux,” was released in April.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The rapper T-Pain<\/a><\/strong> (Faheem Rashad Najm) performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Three-time Grammy-winner Olivia Rodrigo<\/a><\/strong> was headliner on Day 2 of Lollapalooza in Chicago, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. Her setlist included “Obsessed,” “Vampire,” “Bad Idea Right?,” “Traitor,” “Good 4 U,” and “Drivers License.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Actress and singer Naomi Scott<\/a><\/strong>, who last year released her third EP, “Smile 2: The Skye Riley EP,” performed at Chicago’s Grant Park on the third day of Lollapalooza, Aug. 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Johnny Franck, who performs under the name Bilmuri<\/a><\/strong>, appeared at Lollapalooza on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The rapper Doechii<\/a><\/strong> (Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon), whose most recent mixtape, “Alligator Bites Never Heal,” won a Grammy for best rap album, performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Max Mcnown<\/a><\/strong> performed “A Lot More Free” and “Better Me for You (Brown Eyes)” at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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English DJ Joshua Kiekegaard Grant Steel, known as Flux Pavilion<\/a><\/strong>, performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The girl group Twice<\/a><\/strong>, from South Korea, performed at Lollapalooza on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Damiano David<\/a><\/strong>, best known as the lead singer of M\u00e5neskin, performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. His setlist included “The First Time,” “Zombie Lady,” “Born With a Broken Heart,” and “Solitude (No One Understands Me),” from his debut solo album, “Funny Little Fears.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Maria Zardoya, lead singer of the indie pop group The Mar\u00edas<\/a><\/strong>, performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. \u00a0Their setlist included “No One Noticed,” “Cari\u00f1o,” “Vicious Sensitive Robot,” and “Only In My Dreams.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Artemas<\/a><\/strong> (Artemas Diamandis) performed on Day 4 of Lollapalooza in Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Remi Wolf<\/a><\/strong> performed on the fourth day of Lollapalooza, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Chicago. Her setlist included “Cinderella,” “Toro,” “Disco Man,” and “Photo ID.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Dominic Fike<\/a><\/strong> performed “Mama’s Boy,” “Babydoll,” “King of Everything” and “Phone Numbers,” at Lollapalooza in Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Sven Eric Gamsky, a.k.a. Still Woozy<\/a><\/strong>, performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Dutch DJ Martin Garrix<\/a><\/strong> performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Finneas<\/a><\/strong> (Finneas O’Connell) performed on Day 4 of Lollapalooza in Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. The multiple\u00a0Oscar- and Grammy-winner (with sister Billie Eilish) played songs from his recent solo album, “For Cryin’ Out Loud!”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Swedish heavy metal band Ghost<\/a><\/strong> performed at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Teddy Swims<\/a><\/strong> played the Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, July 23, 2025, part of his “I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy” tour.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The crowd came out for Teddy Swims’ makeup concert at the Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, Ill., July 23, 2025. Earlier in the month, Teddy’s appearance at the same venue was swamped, as a thunderstorm and lightning caused flash flooding that forced the show to be postponed after just three songs \u2013 ironically, cut short right before the song “She Loves the Rain”(!).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Zakk Wylde performs with the heavy metal band Pantera<\/a><\/strong>, at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., July 19, 2025 \u2013 part of the “Heaviest Tour of the Summer.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Opening for Pantera was the Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth<\/a><\/strong>, at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., July 19, 2025. (Pictured: Guitarist Olavi Mikkonen.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Summer of Loud<\/a><\/strong> tour, running across the country this summer, stopped by Tinley Park, Ill., on July 13, 2025, at the Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre. The tour’s lineup features a mix of rock, metalcore and hardcore bands.<\/p>\n

In Illinois, the roster included the Australian band Parkway Drive<\/a><\/strong> (pictured: guitarists Luke Kilpatrick and Jeff Ling). <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Joel Birch, vocalist for Australia’s The Amity Affliction<\/a><\/strong>, didn’t let a broken foot get in the way of performing in the Summer of Loud tour, at the Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., July 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Dana Willax, lead vocalist of the Sacramento band Kingdom of Giants<\/a><\/strong>, performed as part of the Summer of Loud tour, at the Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., July 13, 2025. Their new EP, “Burning Chrome,” will be released in August.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The rock band I Prevail<\/a><\/strong> performs at Summer of Loud, at the Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., July 13, 2025. (Pictured: Dylan Bowman and Eric Vanlerberghe.) Their appearance comes ahead of their latest album release, “Violent Nature,” in September.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Australian band Alpha Wolf<\/a><\/strong>, fronted by lead vocalist Lochie Keogh, appeared as part of the Summer of Loud tour, at the Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., July 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Caleb Shomo goes airborne during a performance by the hardcore punk band Beartooth<\/a><\/strong>, at Summer of Loud tour in Tinley Park, Ill., July 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Giuseppe Capolupo, drummer for the metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada<\/a><\/strong>, performs during the Summer of Loud tour, at the Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., July 13, 2025.<\/p>\n

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Jesse Leach, lead singer for Killswitch Engage<\/a><\/strong>, performs on the Summer of Loud tour, at the Credit 1 Union Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., July 13, 2025. Their latest album, released in February, is “This Consequence.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Summerfest<\/a><\/strong> was held over three weekends in Milwaukee. With 600 artists performing over nine days at 14 venues, it is billed as the world’s largest music festival.<\/p>\n

The opening day lineup, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, featured a special ceremony commemorating both the festival and Juneteenth, with performances by Gary Clark Jr.<\/a><\/strong> (pictured), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and The Isley Brothers.<\/p>\n

More than 600 School of Rock students also participated in sound checks and artist workshops, reported CBS 58<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The sister pop duo Aly & AJ<\/a><\/strong> (Alyson and Amanda Joy Michalka) performed at Summerfest on June 19, 2025 in Milwaukee. Their most recent studio album, “Silver Deliverer,” was released in May.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Tesla<\/a><\/strong> (the rock band, not the car) performed at Milwaukee’s Summerfest on June 19, 2025, as a special guest of the headliners Def Leppard.<\/p>\n

The Sacramento band, currently on their Keepin’ It Real Tour, performed “Miles Away,” “Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out),” “Love Song,” “Signs,” and “Little Suzi.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The heavy metal band Def Leppard<\/a><\/strong> (Pictured, from left: vocalist Joe Elliott, guitarist Phil Collen, bassist Rick Savage, drummer Rick Allen and guitarist Vivian Campbell) headlined the opening day of Summerfest in Milwaukee, June 19, 2025.<\/p>\n

Their setlist include “Let’s Get Rocked,” “Armageddon It,” “Love Bites,” “Rocket,” “Photograph,” and “Rock of Ages.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Australian singer-musician Betty Who<\/a><\/strong> (Jessica Anne Newham) took to the stage at Summerfest on Friday, June 20, 2025, on the Aurora Health Care Stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Gigi Perez<\/a><\/strong> performed at Summerfest on Friday, June 20, 2025. She released her first studio album, “At the Beach, in Every Life,” this past spring.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The indie band Dispatch<\/a><\/strong> played at Summerfest, June 20, 2025, on the Miller Light Stage. (Pictured: drummer Jon Reilly.)<\/p>\n

Their setlist included “Painted Yellow Lines,” “Only the Wild Ones,” and “Circles Around the Sun.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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English singer-musician Paul Young<\/a><\/strong> performed at Summerfest on June 20, 2025 in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Drummer Don Brewer (left) and bassist Mel Schacher, of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad<\/a><\/strong>, on the ULINE Stage at Summerfest in Milwaukee, June 20, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Irish musician Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, known as Hozier<\/a><\/strong>, was the headliner on Day Two of Summerfest, performing at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater in Milwaukee, June 20, 2025. \u00a0<\/p>\n

He performed “Take Me to Church,” “From Eden,” “Work Song,” “Someone New,” “Almost (Sweet Music),” “Eat Your Young,” and his #1 hit, “Too Sweet.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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James Taylor<\/a><\/strong> was the headline act on Day Three of Summerfest in Milwaukee, June 21, 2025. The six-time Grammy-winner performed “Carolina in My Mind,” “Up on the Roof,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “Sweet Baby James,” “Fire and Rain,” “Shed a Little Light,” and “Your Smiling Face.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Opening for James Taylor was Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Mraz<\/a><\/strong>. He performed “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry),” “I’m Yours,’ Make It Mine,” and “I Won’t Give Up.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Lainey Wilson<\/strong><\/a> was a headliner on Day One of Summerfest’s second weekend, Thursday, June 26, 2025. The country singer-songwriter (currently on her Whirlwind World Tour) performed such hits as “Things a Man Oughta Know,” “Heart Like a Truck,” “Watermelon Moonshine,” “Wildflowers and Wild Horses,” and “4x4xU.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo<\/a><\/strong>. The new wave band headlined the ULINE Stage on Day One of Summerfest’s second weekend, June 26, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The rock band Local H<\/a><\/strong> performed at Summerfest, Friday, June 27, 2025 in Milwaukee. Their setlist included “All the Kids Are Right,” “California Songs,” “‘Cha!’ Said the Kitty,” “Bound for the Floor,” and “Eddie Vedder.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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John McCrea, lead singer of the rock band Cake<\/a><\/strong>, which headlined Summerfest’s BMO Stage on Friday, June 27, 2025. The rock band from Sacramento performed “The Distance,” “Never There,” “Short Skirt\/Long Jacket,” and “Sick of You,” as well as a cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Cold War Kids<\/strong><\/a>, an indie rock band from Long Beach, Calif., opened for The Killers at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Friday, June 27, 2025, at Milwaukee’s Summerfest.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Billy Corgan<\/a><\/strong> (a co-founder of Smashing Pumpkins), touring this summer with The Machines of God<\/strong>, performed <\/strong>at Summerfest, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

Their setlist of Smashing Pumpkins songs included music from the albums “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,” “Machina\/The Machine of God,” and “Machina II\/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The rapper Chuckyy<\/a><\/strong> played the Summerfest Generac Stage, Saturday, June 28, 2025 in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The indie pop band Smallpools<\/a><\/strong> opened for Young The Giant on the U.S. Cellular Stage at Summerfest, Saturday, June 28, 2025 in Milwaukee. Their most recent album was “Ghost Town Road.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The rock band Young The Giant<\/a><\/strong> headlined Summerfest’s U.S. Cellular Stage on Saturday, June 28, 2025 in Milwaukee. Their setlist included “My Body,” “Cough Syrup,” “Something to Believe In,” and “Superposition.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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From Denver, the rock band The Fray<\/a><\/strong> headlined the Summerfest ULINE Warehouse Stage on Saturday, June 28, 2025 in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Mavericks<\/a><\/strong>, the Grammy-winning band from Miami, were the headline act on the Miller Light Stage at Summerfest, Saturday, June 28, 2025 in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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With the third weekend of Summerfest in Milwaukee, Enuff Z’Nuff<\/a><\/strong>, a glam metal band, took to the ULINE Stage on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Pictured: Chip Z’Nuff.) <\/p>\n

This month marks the release of the band’s 18th album, “Xtra Cherries.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The indie duo Friko<\/a><\/strong> (Bailey Minzenberger and Niko Kapetan) played Summerfest in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 3, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The British indie band Lovejoy<\/a><\/strong> headlined Summerfest’s Miller Lite Stage on Thursday, July 3, 2025 in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The singing and somersaulting superstar Benson Boone<\/a><\/strong> was headliner at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Thursday, July 3, 2025. With his latest album, “American Heart,” hitting #2 on the Billboard charts, Boone’s setlist included “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else,” “Mr. Electric Blue,” “Mystical Magical,” “Momma Song,” “Take Me Home,” and “Young American Heart.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Supporting headliner Benson Boone at Summerfest were The Aces<\/a><\/strong>, an alternative pop group from Provo, Utah. (Pictured, clockwise from top left: vocalist Cristal Ramirez, guitarist Katie Henderson, drummer Alisa Ramirez, and bassist McKenna Petty.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Brandon Blaine, lead singer of the band Plague Vendor<\/a><\/strong>, performs on the Miller Lite Stage (and helps out with sound for guitarist Jay Rogers, Friday, July 4, 2025 in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The punk band Social Distortion<\/a> <\/strong>headlined the Miller Lite Stage at Summerfest on Friday, July 4, 2025. (Pictured: Guitarist Mike Ness, and drummer David Hidalgo Jr., son of David Hidalgo of the band Los Lobos.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Singer-songwriter Alex Warren<\/a><\/strong> brought his #1 hit “Ordinary” to the U.S. Cellular Stage at Summerfest on Friday, July 4, 2025. He also performed “Burning Down,” “Troubled Waters,” “Carry You Home” and “Before You Leave Me.” \u00a0<\/p>\n

July marks the release of his first studio album, “You’ll Be Alright, Kid.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Gary Lewis & the Playboys<\/strong><\/a> performed at Summerfest in Milwaukee on Friday, July 4, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Michigan metalcore band We Came as Romans<\/a> <\/strong>was the opening act for <\/strong>Bad Omens at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater at Summerfest, July 4, 2025 in Milwaukee. Their latest album, “All Is Beautiful \u2026 Because We’re Doomed,” drops in August. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Headlining the BMO Stage on July 4, 2025 was Chicago<\/a><\/strong>, whose setlist included such hits as “Beginnings,” “Colour My World,” “Saturday in the Park,” “Just You ‘n’ Me,” “Old Days,” “If You Leave Me Now,” “Hard to Say I’m Sorry,” and “25 or 6 to 4.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Hailing from Brooklyn, Sophie Hunter<\/a><\/strong> (“I make alternative pop-rap”) performed on the final day of Summerfest, on the Aurora Health Care Stage, Saturday, July 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Babymetal<\/a><\/strong>, a Japanese “kawaii metal” band, headlined the ULINE Stage at Summerfest on Saturday, July 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The indie rock band Hippo Campus<\/a><\/strong> opened for the Lumineers on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at Summerfest. (Pictured: DeCarlo Jackson.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Lumineers<\/a><\/strong>, an alternative folk band from Denver, were Summerfest’s closing night headliners at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Their most recent album was “Automatic.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and musician Chris Stapleton<\/a><\/strong> played the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill., on Saturday, June 28, 2025, part of his “All-American Road Show.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Josh Homme, a founding member of the band Queens of the Stone Age<\/a><\/strong>, performs with the group at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, June 21, 2025.<\/p>\n

QOTSA’s set list included “I Sat By the Ocean,” “My God Is the Sun,” “Make It With Chu,” “No One Knows,” and “Little Sister.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The rock duo The Kills<\/a><\/strong> (singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince) were the opening act for Queens of the Stone Age at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, June 21, 2025. Their setlist included “Future Starts Slow,” “U.R.A. Fever,” “Black Balloon,” and “Kissy Kissy.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The San Diego rock band Pierce the Veil<\/a><\/strong> brought their “I Can’t Hear You” world tour to the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Ill, on June 7, 2025. Pictured: Bassist Jaime Preciado. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Among the songs they performed: “Pass the Nirvana,” “Emergency Contact,” “Death of an Executioner,” and “Bulls in the Bronx.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Pierce the Veil said the 26,000 people who showed up for the sold-out show in Tinley Park, Ill., on June 7, was the band’s biggest show turnout ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (a.k.a. The Weeknd<\/a><\/strong>) brought his “After Hours til Dawn” tour (which began three years ago) to Chicago’s Soldier Field on Saturday, May 31, 2025. The singer, wearing a mask with glowing eyes, opened with “The Abyss,” from his recent film “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” about a singer having a mental breakdown. It was the first of almost 40 songs performed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Dancers on stage with The Weeknd at Soldier Field in Chicago, May 31, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The touring heavy metal concert “Sessanta”<\/a><\/strong> is a collaboration of the bands Puscifer<\/a><\/strong>, Primus<\/a><\/strong>, and A Perfect Circle<\/a><\/strong>. They performed at the American Family Insurance Amphitheatre in Milwaukee on May 31, 2025, before heading to St. Paul, Minn., Omaha, Neb., and Washington State. <\/p>\n

Pictured, clockwise from top left: Vocalist Maynard James Keenan, of A Perfect Circle and Puscifer; A Perfect Circle lead guitarist Billy Howerdel; Primus’ Les Claypool (lead vocals and bass); beneath the poodle mask is Josh Freese, a recent alumni of Foo Fighters who has rejoined A Perfect Circle; Puscifer vocalist Carina Round; and drummer John Hoffman of Primus, in a Batman mask.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Australian rock band AC\/DC<\/a><\/strong> performed at Soldier Field in Chicago, Saturday, May 24, 2025. \u00a0Their set list included some of their most famous songs, including “Highway to Hell,” “You Shook Me All Night Long,” “Back in Black,” “Thunderstruck,” and “Let There Be Rock,” as well as “Demon Fire,” from “Power Up,” their 17th studio album, which went to #1 around the world upon its release in November 2020.<\/p>\n

Pictured: Lead singer Brian Johnson, and co-founder Angus Young.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Paul Simon<\/a><\/strong> played the first of three shows at Chicago’s Symphony Center on May 23, 2025. Opening with songs from his most recent album, “Seven Psalms,” he performed selections with his wife, Edie Brickell. He also played songs from the Simon back catalog, from “Graceland” and “Homeward Bound,” to “Slip Slidin’ Away” and “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The rock band Rival Sons<\/a><\/strong> (featuring lead singer Jay Buchanan and guitarist Scott Holiday) played at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet, Ill., on May 1, 2025, before heading off to Canada, and a European tour. <\/p>\n

Their set list included “Nobody Wants to Die,” “Too Bad,” “Do Your Worst,” and “Shooting Stars.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds<\/strong><\/a> performed the first of two shows at the Salt Shed in Chicago on April 28, 2025 \u2013 stops on the group’s “The Wild God Tour.” <\/p>\n

An actor and writer as well as a musician, Cave has recorded 18 studio albums with The Bad Seeds; their latest is “Wild God,” whose tracks include “Frogs,” “Joy,” “Song of the Lake” and “Long Dark Night.” \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The heavy metal band Trivium<\/a><\/strong> performed at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on April 26, 2025. It was one stop on their “Poisoned Ascendancy Tour,” which they are co-headlining with Bullet For My Valentine.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Matt Heafy of Trivium. The heavy metal band is marking the 20th anniversary of their album “Ascendancy” by performing its songs live \u2013 for the last time. Their set list included “The End of Everything,” “Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr,” “A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation,” and “Like Light to the Flies.” \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Originally formed in Chicago, the rock band OK Go<\/a><\/strong> returned to the Windy City for a performance at the Riviera Theater on April 25, 2025. Their latest album is “And the Adjacent Possible.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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\u00a0My Morning Jacket<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0played at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wis., April 18, 2025. Pictured (clockwise from top left): Vocalist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster.<\/p>\n

After launching their 2025 tour on April 1 in Chattanooga, the group added summer and fall dates across the U.S. through November 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Geoff Tate<\/a><\/strong>, a founding singer from Seattle’s heavy metal band Queensr\u00ffche, performed at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill., April 11, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Finnish singer Michael Monroe<\/a><\/strong>, who was a founding member of the ’80s rock band Hanoi Rocks, performed at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill., on April 6, 2025. \u00a0The leadoff song of his set list was “Dead, Jail or Rock ‘n’ Roll.” <\/p>\n

He also sang several Hanoi Rocks songs, including “Motorvatin’,” “Up Around the Bend,” “Malibu Beach Nightmare,” and “Don’t You Ever Leave Me.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogu<\/strong>e<\/a> arrived at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill, on April 2, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Minogue’s set, stretched across five acts, included “last night I dreamt I fell in love,” “Lights, Camera, Action,” “Edge of Saturday Night,” “Tension,” “Padam Padam,” “Timebomb” and “Get Outta My Way.” She also sang covers of music by Carole King, Pandora, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Chino Moreno, the lead singer of Deftones<\/a><\/strong>, an alternative metal band hailing from Sacramento, Calif., performed at the United Center in Chicago, March 31, 2025. Their set list included “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away),” “Diamond Eyes,” “Hole in the Earth,” and “Swerve City.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The English singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs<\/a><\/strong> (touring for her new album, “Tell My Therapist I’m Fine”) stopped by Metro in Chicago on March 22, 2025. She performed “River,” “Wild Horses,” “Champion,” “White Flag,” and “My Seratonin.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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A scintillating Deftones concert in Chicago.<\/p>\n

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