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Chris Cwiak @chriscwiak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What lucky ducks are we to have @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social and Sugar back together again, last night at @metrochicago.com, and tomorrow at @riotfest.bsky.social It's Friday. #GTBA

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Don't forget to get your tickets for the Lin Brehmer Celebration! ❤️‍🔥🎸🎙️🥁📺📻✌️🙏✊🌈☮️💜🎼 #IFGTBA @93xrtchicago.bsky.social @dagjuhlin.bsky.social @metrochicago.com metrochicago.com/event/hometo...

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"Birth, School, Work, Death" - The Godfathers - 2022-07-15 Random Soundcheck

YouTube video by My Record Player | Mark Balletto

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Metro @metrochicago.com · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride! We help Clark St. stay gay 365 and in June we're extra loud about it 🥳 We've got five all-building takeovers coming at you! Party with us 🏳️‍🌈

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Jordan Mainzer/Since I Left You @jmainzer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

mclusky hasn't lost a step on record (@ipecac.com) or live (@metrochicago.com), while @pile.bsky.social's embrace of post-hardcore on Sunshine and Balance Beams (@sooperrecords.bsky.social) has made them a looser live band sinceileftyoublog.tumblr.com/post/8134253...

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Jen Burns @jenburns.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

It's joyous to see Michael Shannon covering @remhq.bsky.social at my favorite venue @metrochicago.com. Thank you @jasonnarducy.bsky.social and friends ❤️

Musicians on stage in an old theater with orange and blue lights with dark silhouettes of the audience in the foreground.

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Jenny Lam @jennylam.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Dance yrself clean. 🪩 LCD Soundsystem on Thursday night at Aragon Ballroom for Night 1 of their Chicago residency! #LiveMusic #Concert @metrochicago.com

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Scary Lady Sarah @scaryladysarah.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Saturday, 14th of Feb, '26: Nocturna Valentine's Ball w/ DJ Scary Lady Sarah at @metrochicago.com Metro, 3730 N. Clark St. Chicago. 10pm - 5am / 18+ welcome. LINK IN BIO! #nocturnachicago #scaryladysarah #gothchicago #chicagonightlife #goth #nocturna

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5 Mag @5mag.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Come early, come often: @smartbarchicago.com and @metrochicago.com are selling a multi-day pass to this weekend's blockbuster lineup of events 5mag.net/news/smartba...

Featuring Gilles Peterson, Louie Vega, Ron Trent, Soul Clap and the annual celebration of the life of Frankie Knuckles

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Metro @metrochicago.com · 01/12/2025

Consider supporting (a true) indie venue this shopping season! metrochicago.com/blackfriday/

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Busy Beaver Buttons & Merch @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The legendary Cabaret @metrochicago.com has been the stage for countless epic shows for decades! Deck out your jacket, bag, or hat with this sleek 1" gold enamel pin and carry a piece of the Chicago music scene with you 🤘🖤

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Metro @metrochicago.com · 14/11/2025

Can’t wait for Pixel Grip’s sold out hometown show tonight! Arrive early to get your hands on this gorgeous limited-run 4 color metallic silkscreen. Beautifully done by former Metro/smartbar/Gman Tavern Art Director and brilliant Brand Designer @danpolyak.com ❤️‍🔥

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Steve Reidell @stevereidell.com · 14/11/2025

SWAMP DOGG @metrochicago.com 01.09.26 w/ MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS

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BP @firesdie.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

At @metrochicago.com seeing the Saints, legendary band featuring legendary Mick Harvey of the Bad Seeds and Mark Arm of Mudhoney!

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Metro @metrochicago.com · 10/11/2025

Please consider joining us in supporting Nourishing Hope's mission to help Chicagoans gain access to food, mental health services, and essential social services! Food Drive & Toy Drive donations can we dropped off at Metro’s box office & @gmantavern.com from now until 12/6 ❤️ bit.ly/NH_donate 🍎

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

On Sunday, Japan's wizards of heaviosity BORIS play @metrochicago.com to celebrate 20 years of their scorching album PINK. Here's how excited I was when they toured Chicago behind that record in 2005: chicagoreader.com/arts-culture...

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Sunn 0))), Boris - Chicago Reader

In the bunkerlike sanctuary of the Rothko Chapel in Houston hang 14 enormous canvases painted almost totally black. Every group of visitors seems to include one guy who can’t resist saying he could’ve...

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Mark Caro @markcaro.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

When I spoke with Mike Mills for Caropop in February, he mentioned a new band he had formed with Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfilsh) and Steve Gorman (Black Crowes). Howl Owl Howl performs its second-ever show tonight at @metrochicago.com. Can't wait! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8IX...

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jnoyd.bsky.social @jnoyd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Incredible night @metrochicago.com being engulfed by the polyrhythmic institution that is The Beta Band. Push it out push it all out…

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Metro @metrochicago.com · 24/10/2025

It feels good to be at a show right now ❤️

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Stereolabgroop @stereolabgroop.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Attention - The @chicagocubs.bsky.social are playing game 5 at Wrigley Field tonight - the area around our venue @metrochicago.com will be awash with @stereolabgroop.bsky.social and CUBS fans - please take into account when planning your journey for our sold out show. Support from Dorothea Paas.

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Metro @metrochicago.com · 06/10/2025

Did you know there are no ticket fees at the Metro box office? We’re open in the box office/merch store M-F 11am-6pm 3730 N. Clark 📍

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Metro @metrochicago.com · 30/09/2025

Although we love the train... we are, sadly, not the train. 🎟️ Concert tickets > train tickets 🚊

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Umphrey's McGee @umphreys.com · 15/07/2025

We asked. You chose. We built. Introducing Blueprints—our new album built from fan-picked improv moments, reimagined into full songs. Recorded above @metrochicago.com, tested live, and packaged with hand-drawn pedal maps + deep-cut details. Preorder now → umphreysmcgee.diggers.store

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Jack Riedy @jackriedy.com · 11/06/2025

DJing fun and loud music, all vinyl, @gmantavern.com tomorrow before Sleigh Bells @metrochicago.com

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Doyle Armbrust @doylearmbrust.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Pure unadulterated anti-Trump catharsis tonight courtesy of the Melvins and Napalm Death at @metrochicago.com (You would not believe how much love this Hildegard von Bingen tshirt gets at metal shows)

Doyle and Michael at Melvins and Napalm Death at the Metro

Danny Herrera and Barney Greenway of Napalm Death at the Metro

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Steve Reidell @stevereidell.com · 03/05/2025

haven watch co LIVE (legendary independent venue edition) series featuring @firstavenue.bsky.social and @metrochicago.com watches photos by mark kauzlarich for hodinkee 🎟️ havenwatchco.com

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Dave Miska @davidmiska.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Just what the doctor ordered... @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social @jasonnarducy.bsky.social and @jonwurster.bsky.social melting faces at @metrochicago.bsky.social last night! Punk rock is good for the soul, especially in times like these..

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Mark Caro @markcaro.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

With @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social playing @metrochicago.bsky.social tonight and tomorrow, it's a great time to revisit his wonderful Caropop episode. Hear why my NYT friend called him a "mensch." www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

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5 Mag @5mag.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

5 Mag welcomes @metrochicago.bsky.social / @smartbar.bsky.social owner Joe Shanahan + house music legends Mike Dunn + @djladyd.bsky.social to "The Art of the Comeback: Longevity & Staying Power in Electronic Music" at this weekend's Chicago Electronic Music Conference 5mag.net/news/5-mag-p...

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5 Mag hosts panel on The Art of the Comeback and Staying Power in Dance Music at the Chicago Electronic Music Conference

The discussion featuring Czarina Mirani, Joe Shanahan, Mike Dunn and Lady D takes place April 26 2025 at Ramova Theater.

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Stuart R @goingblankagain.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Great set by The Linda Lindas last night at @metrochicago.bsky.social and openers @pinkshiftmd.bsky.social were 🔥🔥🔥 as well!

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bertin.bsky.social @bertin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Although hats off to @metrochicago.bsky.social where you can still walk into their box office and for $30 a real human will sell you a $30 ticket. No fees, no handing over personal info, just a straight up money-for-thing transaction.

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Scary Lady Sarah @scaryladysarah.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Sat 5 April: DJ Scary Lady Sarah's Nocturna "Graveyard Garden" Spring Ball at @metrochicago.bsky.social. 10pm - 5am- Dance Until Dawn! 18+ welcome. Early feature: reading of the poetry of Rozz Williams. Also: vendors, giveaways, @glittergutsy.bsky.social photo booth & more. Link in bio! #chicagogoth

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Do you feel like a night of oceanic guitar drama? Some melancholy and majestically pretty metal-adjacent postrock? Alcest and Mono play @metrochicago.bsky.social tomorrow! chicagoreader.com/music/concer...

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French postmetal band Alcest headline a heavy night of catharsis - Chicago Reader

Alcest began as the solo black-metal project of French multi-instrumentalist Stéphane “Neige” Paut in 2000.

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 06/03/2025

🍀St. Patty’s Giveaway🍀 Chicago’s legendary Celtic punk band The Tossers play @metrochicago.bsky.social on 3/15 for their annual St. Patty’s celebration and we’ve got a pair of tix to give away. May the luck of the Irish be with you for this contest 🤞🏼 shorturl.at/8stOL

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The Suicide Machines @suicidemachines.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

First full U.S. Suicide Machines tour in 20 years. Let’s party. Local Presale: Thu Feb 20th @ 12pm EST Public On Sale: Fri Feb 21st @ 12pm EST

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Markoff Chaney @markoffchaney.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I needed this after the shitshow of the last few months. Cymande brought the 🔥🔥 in Chicago at @metrochicago.bsky.social tonight.

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jnoyd.bsky.social @jnoyd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

evolving symphonic monsters with vicious vibrato, swirling reverb and interplanetary flange. johnnoyd.substack.com @mogwai.scot play @metrochicago.bsky.social April 17th

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eponymousreview.bsky.social @eponymousreview.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Time is a construct. Though it has been three decades since fans first heard 'Teenager of the Year,' last night the music sounded as essential, exciting, and timeless as ever. www.eponymousreview.com/12914/photos... @mrblackfrancis.bsky.social @metrochicago.bsky.social

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Photos: Frank Black celebrates 30 years of 'Teenager of the Year' at Metro in Chicago

On Jan. 25, Frank Black stopped by Metro in Chicago to perform in celebration of the 30th anniversary of 'Teenager of the Year.'

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Chris Cwiak @chriscwiak.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Marty Lennartz introduces Wunderhorse @metrochicago.bsky.social, Wunderhorse commences rocking.

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