Leftover Salmon, Little Feat, Umphrey's McGee, The Slip, and more come to Blackhawk Farms Raceway, noon-midnight Friday, July 20, through Monday, July 23. Lynyrd Skynyrd, with Deep Purple and Ted Nugent on tap in June, resumed U.S. dates May 19 in Bangor, Maine, after a trek through Canada. Loopfest 2001 has Lynyrd Skynyrd and Deep Purple at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park. After that catch Lynyrd Skynyrd at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the Winnebago County Fairgrounds in Pecatonica with Jackyl, Molly Hatchet and Nazareth. Madonna's The Drowned World Tour, her first outing since 1993, starts July 21 in Philadelphia.
Tickets are on sale.
Catch her at the United Center in Chicago at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, and Wednesday, Aug. 29. Outkast, The Roots, Incubus, New Order, Nelly Furtado, The Orb and others. If you can't until June 20, buzz into Chicago at 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, and catch them at the House of Blues. Motley Crue's Vince Neil spends some time this summer with Poison's Glam Slam Metal Jam, but joins hair metal friends Vixen, Ratt and Slaughter for a date in Beloit at 7 p.m. Friday, July 13, at Riverfest. Ozzfest, the brainchild of Ozzy Osbourne and wife Sharon, starts a new season June 8 at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park with three stages and 22 bands, including headliner Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Crazytown, Mudvayne and Taproot.