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Win White Sox tickets, Crossroads Guitar Fest 2010 movie passes, see Iron Maiden video from their concert, hear conversations with Ted Nugent and Cinderella!
 Posted 7/20/2010 11:45:00 PM
Hot weekend in Chicago, in more ways than one! With the temperatures and the proliferation of great concerts soaring, it was a opportune time to get out and catch some fantastic live shows.
Iron Maiden has earned a reputation as being one of the greatest live acts you will ever get a chance to see. Many years ago at the beginning of their career, we all went out for a few tastey adult beverages and the thing that sticks in my mind was how excited the guys in the band were that they might actually be starting to break through in North America. This past weekend, some 25,000 Loyal Loopers (the largest crowd ever for a Maiden show in Chicago) packed the First Midwest Bank Amphitheater to catch them. It is a rare sight indeed to witness an opening act get a standing ovation, but Dream Theater did just that as ...
Win Crossroads Guitar Festival, Alice Cooper, Steel Panther tickets, live broadcast from Crossroads, conversation with Duncan Keith of the Blackhawks and more!
Posted 6/25/2010 12:30:00 PM
In what has been rumored to be their last ever tour, the Eagles played Soldier Field this past weekend. Hit after hit, spanning their entire career were delivered to the massive audience. Always spot-on live, this performance was no exception.
(See Eagles perform "Hotel California" live at Soldier Field here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znbRI9ZzSTs)
With Blackhawks delirium still gripping Chicagoland, now is a great time to preserve those memories with some of the coolest (and most affordable) Blackhawks 2010 Stanley Cup Champions memorabilia around. However, these items are almost sold out, so get 'em before it's too late!
(See/order the Chicago Blackhawks 2010 Stanley Cup Champions 2-puck commemorative set here: http://www.nikcosports.com/chicago-blackhawks-stanley-cup-appearance-two-puck-set-with-displays.aspx)
(See/order the Chicago Blackhawks 2010 Stanley Cup Champions commemorative photo mint here: http://sbflip.com/)
This Saturday marks the 3rd (2nd in Chicago) and final historic "Crossroads Guitar Festival." To be held at Toyota Park and hosted by Eric Clapton, it will ...
Win KISS, Rush tickets, Blackhawks commemorative puck sets, conversation with Blackhawks legend Denis Savard!
Posted 6/8/2010 9:30:00 PM
Blackhawks fever has attained a whole new level of frenzy this week as the team doggedly pursues Chicago's first Stanley Cup title in 49 years versus the pesky, never-say-die Philadelphia Flyers. GO HAWKS!!!
(See a photo collage of myself with various Chicago Blackhawks greats past and present here: http://www.wlup.com/Pics/Airstaff/Byrd/goHawks/goHawks_1000w_02.jpg)
The guys in Airbourne popped by my show last Saturday afternoon before their set at the Riviera to say hello and share a few laughs. After spending nearly 3 months living in Chicago recording their new CD "No Guts, No Glory", the band became big fans of my show and the Loop and were beyond thrilled by the experience. For those that missed the concert, you will get another chance to catch Australia's hottest new young band at the "Uproar Fest" August 21st at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre.
(See Airbourne's visit to the Loop here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjQ1Cc8Ttic)
This week on my show from ...
Win tickets to Styx, REO Speedwagon, Shinedown, Rush, Cinderella and conversations with Blackhawks legends Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull!
Posted 5/31/2010 9:30:00 PM
This week on my show from 3pm-7pm on 97.9 the Loop and worldwide at www.wlup.com: win tickets to 3 great upcoming shows at Charter One Pavilion featuring Styx, REO Speedwagon and Shinedown at 5:05pm daily, tickets to Cinderella in the first 5 rows each day, chances to win Rush tickets as well as 4-packs of passes to the award winning Rush documentary "Beyond The Lighted Stage" and conversations with Blackhawks legends Stan Mikita this Tuesday at 6:30pm and Bobby Hull on Thursday at 5:30pm. Don't miss out!
Win White Sox, Arlington Park tickets. See Ronnie James Dio's last interview. Hear conversations with Mike Anthony of Chickenfoot and Blackhawks legend Tony Esposito!
Posted 5/23/2010 9:00:00 PM
Stanley Cup fever has officially gripped Chicago! This is how the West was won. It took only 4 games (and cost Hawks defenseman Duncan Keith 7 teeth), but our Blackhawks jumped the Sharks to win the Western Conference Finals and earn their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 18 years and a chance at their first Stanley Cup win since 1961. Unfortunately it doesn't appear like we'll get that Original 6 match up of the Chicago Blackhawks vs. Montreal Canadiens we were hoping for. Long-time Hawks fans were relishing the chance to wipe out the bad voodoo from heartbreaking losses to the Canadiens in the 1965 and 1971 finals with a victory this year. Nevertheless, GO HAWKS!!!
(See the Chicago Blackhawks clinch a 2010 Stanley Cup Finals playoff berth here: http://blackhawks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlg=20092010,3,324)
(See Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks interviewed after the game here: http://blackhawks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=690&id=70464)
The guys in Airbourne popped by my ...
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