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Ringling Bros.' 'Dragons' is one of circus' best
Ever since David Carradine played a warrior monk on the run in that 1970s TV classic "Kung Fu," the Shaolin Warriors of the Henan province in China have been the public face of qigong, that uber-disciplined form of exercise that makes the rest of us...
Tags: Circuses, Kung Fu (tv program), Entertainment Events, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Human flaming arrow is just a warm-up at this Greatest Show on Earth
In most editions of the Greatest Show on Earth, the climactic spot is reserved for a human cannonball or some such time-warped specialty act. "Fully Charged," the lively and traditionalist 141st edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus,...Tags: Circuses, Entertainment Events
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Concert review: Fleetwood Mac at the United Center
It was billed as a Fleetwood Mac concert Saturday at the United Center, but it was really more about the California duo that Mick Fleetwood invited to join the band in 1974, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Lindsey and Stevie were the Jay-Z and...
Tags: Stevie Nicks, Entertainment, John McVie, Music
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Mick Jagger talks Stones tour, ticket prices and scalpers
A few hours after the Rolling Stones announced their first North American tour since 2006, including a date May 28 at the United Center, Mick Jagger called and answered a few quick questions. Q: After the Stones came off the road the last time, did...
Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Financial Markets
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Is Big Ten tournament final an afterthought?
We begin the reporting for this story with a premise: The Big Ten tournament title game is an afterthought. Or more accurately, a before-thought. It's the amuse bouche before a 12-course meal, the mixed greens stalling the delivery of your porterhouse....
Tags: Big Ten Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Michigan Wolverines, ESPN (tv network), Connecticut Huskies
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Top weekend show: Pink at United Center
Pink: No one straddles the worlds of sassy bubblegum rocker, earnest singer-songwriter and acrobatic pop diva as persuasively as Alecia Beth Moore, aka Pink, who will highlight songs from her hit-and-miss sixth studio release, “The Truth About Love&... -
Tonight's top show: Swedish House Mafia at UIC Pavilion
Swedish House Mafia: It’s last call for the DJ supergroup of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, on the heels of last year’s “Until Now” album, which featured rave-fueled collaborations with Coldplay and Knife Party....Tags: Steve Angello, Coldplay (music group), Axwell (music group), Organized Crime, Swedish House Mafia (music group)
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Concert review: Bob Dylan at United Center
Bob Dylan is 71, and on recent tours, time seemed to be catching up with him. The voice has deteriorated steadily, he no longer plays the guitar much while reportedly struggling with arthritis, and his demeanor has occasionally bordered on indifferent, if...
Tags: Adele (music artist), Mose Allison, Bob Dylan, Arthritis, Entertainment
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Barbra Streisand takes in 'Sweet Bird'
Singer and pop icon Barbra Streisand took in the Goodman Theatre production of "Sweet Bird of Youth" Thursday night, the theater confirmed Friday. Streisand is in town for concert Friday night at the United Center (watch for a review by the Tribune's...
Tags: Goodman Theatre, Barbra Streisand, Diane Lane
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A howling Neil Young rocks United Center
Frank “Pancho” Sampedro, the longtime guitarist in Crazy Horse, is a barrel of a man. He wears the look of a retired linebacker who has put on a few pounds. But he went airborne Thursday at the United Center as he and Neil Young squared off...
Tags: Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield (music group), Crazy Horse (music group), Entertainment, Psychedelic (genre)
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Tonight's top show: Madonna at United Center
Madonna: The Material Girl stormed through Europe trailing controversy – a lawsuit in Russia, a tussle over the display of a swastika in France, an uproar over gun imagery in her stage show – and she wouldn’t have it any other way,...Tags: Madonna
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Madonna full of fresh pop at United Center
It was a concert that opened with an act of contrition and closed with a robed church choir paving the road to a celebration. In between there was fake blood, pretend guns, the return of the infamous conical bra, whiffs of sadomasochism and poison-...
Tags: Oliver Stone, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Arts and Culture, Music
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