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Harry Styles has postponed the first of his concerts in Chicago due to illness in his touring party. The As It Was hitmaker was meant to kick off his six-night run of gigs in the Windy City on Thursday (October 6) but hours before the show, the United Center revealed the show had been moved to Monday ‘out of an abundance of caution’. In a statement, the venue tweeted: ‘Out of an abundance of caution, tonight’s Harry Styles show on Thursday, October 6, 2022 at United Center has been rescheduled to Monday, October 10, 2022 due to band/crew illness.

Roy Trakin As the new documentary on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group puts it, Chicago is “The Last Band On-Stage,” marking its 55th anniversary since its founding in the city of the same name in 1967. The feature film is the second about the band from director Peter Curtis Pardini, who also helmed 2016’s “Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago,” and catches us up on the last six years, the title referring to their 18-month absence due to the pandemic after a final performance on March 14, 2020 at Las Vegas’ Venetian before everything shut down. From the members’ beginnings as part of Windy City cover bands to their incarnation as Chicago Transit Authority on their groundbreaking debut, the band has had 28 different members over the years, with only vocalist/keyboardist Robert Lamm, trumpet player Lee Loughnane and trombonist Jimmy Pankow remaining from that original lineup. Their contemporaries include Joe Mantegna, now the star of TV’s “Criminal Minds,” but then just a member of fellow Chitown cover group the Apocryphals — hence his presence as narrator of the documentary, and moderator of a recent panel hosted by the Grammy Museum in L.A., joining the three band mainstays in front of an audience of adoring fans.

pulled off a big surprise in the season 8 premiere when a major character returned, leaving open the possibility that their reappearance could potentially be a permanent(-ish) one. In the final minutes of Wednesday's season opener, «How Do You Begin to Count the Losses,» the OneChicago series welcomed back former series regular Yaya DaCosta, who plays Dr. April Sexton.

Chicago Fire fans saw Matthew Casey and Sylvie Brett return to the Windy City at the end of season 10 and have an emotional conversation that revealed they were unsure whether their long-distance romance would last.MORE: Chicago PD star Marina Squerciati shares first day back on set pictureNow, executive producer Derek Haas has confirmed that fans will get "clarification" on the future of Brett and Casey's romance in the season 11 premiere.WATCH: One Chicago returns to NBC"We’ll definitely get some answers to where she stands with Casey," he told HELLO!, adding: "I’d say that Brett is going to face some major turmoil this season."Fans saw Casey decide to leave Chicago to move to Oregon and help raise his late best friend's children, with him and Brett attempting to try long distance.He returned for the finale of season 10 and the wedding of Kelly Severide and Stella Kidd, and during an emotional dance together Brett asked: "Can we keep this up with so much time apart?"Casey paused before cryptically telling her: "I don't know, but we're together tonight." Season 11 will see Brett go through 'turmoil'Elsewhere the season opener will pick up immediately where season 10 left us - with Severide and Kidd on their honeymoon and being tracked by unknown attackers."We like doing these immediate pick-ups, because the show really launches out of a cannon when you do that," shared Derek. The premiere picks up where season 10 left off"Pace is so important to us as a show, and we like it when the audience can’t take a breath until the first commercial.

Coming off a bruising season-opener loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers had something to prove on Sunday Night Football last night up against the Chicago Bears.

A close call. Filming on the set of Chicago Fire reportedly came to a sudden halt after a shooting occurred a few blocks away from the NBC series.

J. Kim Murphy Filming on “Chicago Fire” was halted on Wednesday afternoon after a gunman fired at a group of people nearby the production set for NBC’s marquee drama series. In a statement to news media, the Chicago Police Department shared that an unidentified individual carrying a handgun shot at a group of people standing in the 5900 block of W. Madison Street at approximately 1:45 p.m local time. The suspect then fled the area in a dark-colored SUV. Authorities shared that nobody was struck by the gunman. The incident is currently under investigation. A source close to the production shared that reports regarding the decision to suspend filming after the shooting were accurate. Immediately following the incident, the production entered its standard security protocols.

The board of Madison Square Garden Entertainment said today that it is considering a spinoff of its live entertainment business that would include MSG Networks and NYC’s Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre, among other assets.

tiny Chicago suburb where at least six people were fatally shot at a Fourth of July parade Monday was previously best known as a backdrop for some of most iconic movies of the 1980s.From “Risky Business to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the sprawling homes and tree-lined streets of Highland Park, Ill., gave movie fans a sense of the affluence and comfort in which wealthy kids courted trouble outside the Windy City.The suburb also was the place where teen misfits conjured up their ideal woman in “Weird Science” and heartthrob high-school senior Jake Ryan’s wild party took place in “Sixteen Candles.”Late director John Hughes set most of his movies in and around Chicago, with Highland Park among his go-to locations.Ferris Bueller’s best friend, Cameron Frye, lived in a stunning local glass-sided house overlooking the wooded ravine where he destroyed his dad’s prized 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Spyder convertible in one of the movie’s most memorable scenes.Known as the Ben Rose House after its first owner, the landmark home was designed by the late Chicago architect A.

NBC has made its plans for the fall.

his “Ferrari” biopic starring Adam Driver in Italy, but he did leave the crowd with a video message. Mann’s “Heat 2,” meanwhile, begins one day after the events of “Heat” as Val Kilmer’s character is holed up in Koreatown desperately trying to escape Los Angeles while still being pursued by Hanna after he killed McCauley in a gunfight.

Taylor Kinney and his girlfriend Ashley Cruger are enjoying a day out together.

What to expect from FX’s latest original show on Hulu? A hot kitchen, family, Chicago –and the occasional searing burn. “The Bear” stars Jeremy Allen White as a young chef who returns to the Windy City after a tragic family death to take over the family sandwich shop.

Taylor Kinney is getting married on the season finale of Chicago Fire!

Emily Longeretta Jesse Spencer is officially set to return to “Chicago Fire” for the Season 10 finale, Variety confirms. The actor exited the show last October, but will come back to the Windy City for Severide (Taylor Kinney) and Stella’s (Miranda Rae Mayo) wedding.“Basically, we went to Jesse a month ago or so. We officially said, ‘Severide’s getting married and there’s no way that Severide can get married without his best friend and his best man at the wedding.

confirmed by her representative, Variety first reported.The native of Chicago’s South Side launched her plaster-casting career in the Windy City circa 1968 after meeting an unlikely patron: Iconoclastic rocker Frank Zappa found the 20-year-old’s artistic vision funny and creative — although he declined to, uh, sit for her — and helped her relocate to Los Angeles.Although guitar god Jimi Hendrix — she “met him” at the Chicago Hilton and Towers in ’68 — was her first cast, she later expanded her oeuvre to include male filmmakers — and eventually the breasts of female artists such as Peaches, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many others. (Albritton famously revealed that she found many will assistants who helped prep her subjects for her art.)“I was trying to figure out a way to mold a penis so I thought, ‘Well, let’s get together a kit because that will make it even more absurd and ridiculous — and professional look, and create more laughs,” she said in a 2000 interview.

Some Like It Hot, the stage musical adaptation of the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film comedy, will make it to Broadway next fall, following a couple pandemic-bedeviled years that saw the cancelation of a once-planned 2021 pre-New York engagement in Chicago.

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have never let their political parties stop them from working together — and the two former presidents have once again joined forces to support Ukraine. Bill and George, both 75, made a joint appearance at a Ukrainian church in Chicago, IL on Wednesday, March 16. The Windy City (a nickname for Chicago) is notably known to have one of the largest Ukrainian populations in the United States and has been a “sister city” to Kyiv since 1991.

After less than a week behind bars on a 150-day sentence for faking a hate crime, Jussie Smollett will be walking out of the Cook County Jail today.

Just over three months after being found guilty on five felony counts, including lying to Chicago cops about an alleged 2019 hate crime attack, former Empire actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail today starting immediately. The incarceration comes as a part of an overall sentence of 30 months probation, $120,106 in restitution to the Windy City and a further $25,000 fine.

Kanye West called out Kim Kardashian yet again, only this time around he’s also bringing other celebrities into their drama!

Travel blog by Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) – Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) - A trip to Chicago, the Windy City, is the appropriate place due to the numerous exciting places. With all the outdoor activities, indoor activities, and seasonal festivities, you need to plan well to have a hassle-free trip. You should therefore keep the following in mind: Plan for the Memorable Activities and Places You wish to Visit Finding yourself in the Windy City without a clear idea of the sites to visit and activities to engage in may make you have an uneasy time wondering what to do or where to go in the city.

A rom-com for the ages! Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney and more of Hollywood’s finest starred in My Best Friend’s Wedding.

Emily in Paris, stop reading now and come back later.

Wednesday's fall finale of, «Secret Santa Has a Gift for You,» it's Christmastime in the Windy City, but the doctors and nurses aren't exactly brimming with excitement over the arrival of the festive holiday.With the outcome of Will’s (Nick Gehlfuss) secret investigation into Matt (Michael Rady) weighing heavily on his mind, he switches gears and works with Dylan (Guy Lockard) to help a 4-month-old patient.

The opening day of former Empire star Jussie Smollett’s felony trial in Chicago was long and painted two very different portraits of what actually went down in January 2019.

Kanye West knows how to make headlines, that’s for sure!

Pitchfork.Windy City music outlet The Triibe reported that the artist often hailed as a “genius” in the rap community was involved in a fatal shooting on Monday evening. The Chicago Police Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for confirmation of this report.Meanwhile, Squeak’s death follows the passing of fellow Pivot Gang member John Walt, 23, who was stabbed to death during a street fight on the West side of Chicago in 2017.

Rap fans are once again praying for Lil Reese, the Chicago rapper, who was reportedly shot on May 15, 2021. The 28-year-old is one of three who were shot in a parking garage on Saturday morning, TMZ reports. The incident occurred in the River North area of the Windy City, and all three men have suffered gunshot wounds with all three sent to hospital in both critical and serious condition. HollywoodLife has reached out to the Chicago PD for a statement.

In it for the romance. Ever since Chicago Fire debuted in 2012, the romances have run high in the Windy City — and that expanded to Chicago P.D. when it launched in 2014 and Chicago Med, when it began in 2015.

Bach, please. Windy City blow-in Anna Redman is fanning the flames of fury on “The Bachelor.” Proving that all is not fair in love and the tug of war for Bachelor Matt James’ heart, Anna, 24, accused fellow contestant Brittany Galvin of allegedly being an escort to wealthy men in Chicago.

Billy Connolly 's hilarious verdict on what he thought would happen if Donald Trump ever ended up as president.

Mark David Though hardly commonplace, it’s not as unusual as one might imagine to be able to buy a home in the Chicago area designed by innovative American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Murders in Chicago have surged by more than 50% year-over-year with 739 homicides reported through Sunday, as one police official opined on what he called an “extremely challenging year” for detectives in the Windy City.

Another weekend of gun violence in Chicago left one man dead and at least 21 others wounded across the city, according to reports. Violence in the Windy City fell from the previous weekend, during which police said seven people were fatally shot among the 41 shooting victims.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faced intense backlash Thursday for her recent round of lockdown orders, which came days after she joined large crowds celebrating Joe Biden's election victory.  Amid national spikes of coronavirus cases, the Windy City's top Democrat announced a 30-day stay-at-home advisory that will take effect Monday.  The advisory calls on all Chicagoans to do the following: "Stay home unless for essential reasons, Stop having guests over — including family members you do not