Chicago to rock Topeka
One of the most popular bands in US music history for more than four decades, Chicago comes to the Topeka Performing Arts Center Sunday, August 7.
Chicago, at first dubbed The Chicago Transit Authority, immediately stood out due to their unique, horn-driven instrumentation and top-notch songwriting, a combination that quickly found a home on free-form FM radio in the late '60s.
After 45-plus years in business, Chicago's music has never left the airwaves and the band remains on tour more often than not, playing concerts in every corner of North America. With a catalog of hits including Saturday in the Park, Beginnings, If You Leave Me Now, Baby What a Big Surprise, You're the Inspiration, and Hard Habit To Break, fans are always eager to snap up tickets to catch one of the most successful American rock bands in history.
Four members of the group's current lineup - vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Robert Lamm and horn section members Lee Loughnane, James Pankow and Walter Parazaider - date back to Chicago's formation in 1967. Even today, the band isn't just about nostalgia; Chicago continues to record new singles and albums regularly.
After seeing the tour, one fan wrote, “I have always been amazed by the way that Chicago blends all the instrumentation, guitar, keyboards, drums/percussion and the horn section to produce one of the signature sounds in classic rock. This group still provides an amazing concert with outstanding replication of the original Chicago sound and vocals. Basically, one goes to a Chicago concert to hear the hits, and they deliver in spades. Kudos to a group of classic rockers that continue to put out amazing renditions of hit after hit.”
Considered one of the longest running and most successful pop/rock ‘n’ roll groups in history, Chicago is the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s list of Top 100 artists of all time, coming in at number 13.
Lifetime achievements include a Grammy Award, multiple American Music Awards, elected as Founding Artists to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Chicago street dedicated in their honor and Keys to and Proclamations from an impressive list of US cities.
Tickets for the August 7 performance at 7:30 p.m. range from $81 to $483 and are available online at www.eventticketscenter.com. The Topeka Performing Arts Center is at 214 SE 8th Ave, Topeka, KS.
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