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This summer will be a hot one with four great country shows at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park! The US99.5/WUSN-FM 2012 Country Megaticket goes on sale Friday, February 17 at 10am. If you purchased a Megaticket last year, you should have received an email for the pre-sale which begins … [Read more...]
Eye on the Opry- This week on the historic country music show, Keith Urban makes his return to the stage! After having vocal cord surgery about 2 months ago, Urban spent several weeks in complete silence, but is coming back with a bang, sharing the stage with Charley Pride, Edens Edge, Jim Ed … [Read more...]
Chicago restaurant power brokers RJ and Jerrod Melman have partnered up with Joe’s Bar founders, Ed Warm and Tom DiSanto, to form a new country and western bar in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The new venue, planned to open this summer, will occupy the former Frankie Z’s location at 435 N. … [Read more...]
Ticket Alert: After dodging a bunch scrutiny by the surrounding neighborhood and special approval from Chicago’s City Hall, country music power trio Rascal Flatts made history as the first country artists to play Chicago’s very own Wrigley Field. A concert that went on to sell-out with a … [Read more...]
Music has this unique ability to bring together people in a series of unforgettable moments throughout one’s life. One of those moments came at last year’s 45th Annual CMA Awards, when country hit makers Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Vince Gill took to the stage to perform some of Glen … [Read more...]
Little Big Town is one of those distinctive country bands that have the unique ability of being able to rile up the crowd with hand clapping hits such as Little White Church and Boondocks just as easily as they can tear their heart out in ballads like Kiss Goodbye and Shut Up Train. It just might be … [Read more...]
Eileen's Blog: The combination of Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton in this musical about a small town church choir trying to win a competition is pure magic. First of all the music in this movie is incredible and to be honest I am not a gospel music fan but you don't have to be a fan of gospel … [Read more...]
News from the motherland. CMC does Nashville with resident reporter Annie Kennedy. Eye on the Opry The Grand Ole Opry is back at perhaps its most historic location, the Ryman Auditorium, again this week. These shows are always full of amazing country talent, but seeing the show from the pews … [Read more...]
Eileen’s Blog If you have been wondering where the reviews are, well, the country music industry slows down a bit after the major holiday shopping season. We just haven’t had a ton of new material to review! Now, looking forward, the music release calendar is still pretty scarce but a few … [Read more...]
For country fans here in Chicago, there's one phone number we all pretty much knew by heart... 312-591-US99. How many of you had it programmed into your phone? I know I did! Well, as part of what looks like a studio move, the new US99.5 studios has a new caller contest line. So here it is, … [Read more...]
