Greg Kot

Attendees sit on the ground near the Perry's stage after the final act of the day at Lollapalooza 2015.

Looking back at Lolla: Highlights, lowlights, rain, wind, mud, cancellations all set to a summer soundtrack

July 31, 2020 at 9:12 p.m.

Lollapalooza is a vastly different festival from the one that began as a one-and-done farewell carnival in 1991. From the coverage of former Tribune critic Greg Kot, here's a look...

U2 singer Bono (R) was one of the many performers who spilled to Greg Kot over a long tenure as Chicago Tribune music critic.

Greg Kot says farewell to readers, industry folks but most importantly to the thing that made it all matter, the music that sparked so many amazing things

February 14, 2020 at 11:29 p.m.

As a Tribune music critic for the last 30 years, I've attended more than 2,000 concerts where pretty much anything could happen, and often has. While scrawling in my notepad,...

Beach Bunny is guitarist Matt Henkels, singer/guitarist/songwriter Lili Trifilio, bassist Anthony Vaccaro, and drummer Jon Alvarado.

Meet Chicago’s newest rising band Beach Bunny

February 5, 2020 at 4:54 p.m.

Concerts by Chicago quartet Beach Bunny often resemble a community catharsis, with hundreds of voices reinforcing singer Lili Trifilio's heartbreak lyrics. The band-plus-fans combo turns sad songs into exuberant, let-it-all-out...

Singer Jennifer Lopez and her daughter Emme Maribel Muñiz perform while a Puerto Rican flag is displayed on stage during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium on February 2, 2020 in Miami, Florida.

Super Bowl music review: Jennifer Lopez, Shakira conquer, make it Latin pop night in America

February 3, 2020 at 2:36 a.m.

No way, no how were Shakira and Jennifer Lopez going be ignored. They seized their big nationally televised Super Bowl halftime moment, and likely stopped more than a few million...

Drive By Truckers review: A chronicle of personal and political ‘Unraveling’

January 31, 2020 at 2:16 p.m.

Drive By Truckers' cofounders Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley have been playing together since meeting in college in the mid-'80s. That's several lifetimes of potential burn-out in the creative cycle...

The band My Chemical Romance pose in the press room for Spike TV's "Scream Awards 2006" at the Pantages Theatre on October 7, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.

Riot Fest announces first headliner: My Chemical Romance

January 29, 2020 at 8:25 p.m.

My Chemical Romance will headline Riot Fest when the festival returns Sept. 11-13 to Douglas Park. The band reunited last year after a seven-year hiatus. During its initial 11-year run,...

Tyler, the Creator performs at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards.

Commentary: Grammys’ diversity blindspot shows no signs of clearing up

January 28, 2020 at 10:22 p.m.

Tyler, the Creator wasn't going to be ignored. Amid the slow-moving nationally televised spectacle last weekend that was the Grammy Awards, the California rapper donned a blond wig and shades,...

YG, from left, John Legend, Kirk Franklin, DJ Khaled and Meek Mill perform during a tribute in honor of the late Nipsey Hussle at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles.

Commentary: Grammys get it half right on a night of mourning

January 27, 2020 at 4:23 p.m.

As usual, the Grammy Awards got it partly right Sunday. Newcomer Billie Eilish swept the big awards, including album of the year ("When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We...

Torres album review: ‘Silver Tongue’ turns a relationship inside out

January 24, 2020 at 5:40 p.m.

"I stutter through really personal conversations, I'm terrible at it," Torres, aka Mackenzie Scott, once said. "That's why I write songs." Torres' lyrics prize concrete imagery and emotional specificity, rather...

Lizzo performs at Sydney Opera House on January 06, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.

Grammy preview: Will the sound of the new — Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Rosalia — have staying power?

January 25, 2020 at 8:01 p.m.

The nominations for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards that will be handed out Sunday provide a window into now, the artists that defined 2019: Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Rosalia, Lil Nas...

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