Booking Ahead | Pearl Jam, Alicia Keys, She & Him and Pitchfork Music Festival headliners revealed

Pearl Jam

R. Kelly, Björk and Belle & Sebastian are set to headline this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival in what's turning out to be one of the most promising PMF lineups yet, not to mention one of the most eclectic. The fest is keeping the rest of the lineup under wraps for now, but we wouldn't be surprised to see local producer Mister Lies on the bill; Black Flag offshoot Flag seems like another possibility. In other concert news, Pearl Jam has announced it will make its Wrigley Field debut July 19 (tickets go on sale February 9 at tickets.com). The gig is a homecoming of sorts for PJ frontman Eddie Vedder, an Evanston native and die-hard Cubs fan who has already sung at Wrigley several times during the seventh-inning stretch, and more recently joined Bruce Springsteen for a few tunes when the E Street Band played there last fall. United Center welcomes Alicia Keys and Miguel April 18 while Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward reunite as She & Him at the Aragon June 29. Find these and many other new concert announcements below or visit timeoutchicago.com/bookingahead for a more extensive list of upcoming shows.

FEBRUARY
7 UPDATED BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall. Late show canceled.
7 Freddie Gibbs + Sasha Go Hard + Show You Suck + Tree Bottom Lounge. 17+
8 UPDATED Buke and Gase + Ahleuchatistas + Hemmingbirds Lincoln Hall.
9 Angel d'Cuba Mayne Stage. 18+
9 Choi Joonyong Hong Chulki Graham Foundation.
10 Exit Ghost + Project Film Lincoln Hall.
11 UPDATED Mawrcrest + Guards + J Fernandez Empty Bottle.
12 The Wallflowers Tivoli Theatre.
14, 15 UPDATED Ricardo Arjona Akoo Theatre at Rosemont. Feb 15 added.
14 Voz a Voz Excalibur.
15 Eleventh Dream Day + Miracle Condition Lake Forest College, Lily Reid Holt Memorial.
15 Sierra Hull Band Northeastern Illinois University, Salme Harju Steinberg Fine Arts Center Recital.
15 Kazy + Psychopathic Daze + Delightful Downfall + Storm the Front + Saviour Self Bottom Lounge. 17+
15 UPDATED Ed Kowalczyk + Red Light Saints City Winery.
15 UPDATED Prodigy + The Alchemist + Mass Hysteria The Shrine.
16 UPDATED Whitehorse + Rebecca Rego Schubas.
19 Sonoi + Pool Holograph Empty Bottle.
20 UPDATED G-Eazy + Skizzy Mars + Ground Up Lincoln Hall. AA
20 UPDATED Poundcake + Matt Andersen City Winery.
20 Strange Names Empty Bottle.
21 k.flay Subterranean. 17+
22 Country Mice + Birdcloud Empty Bottle.
22 UPDATED XXYYXX + Teen Daze (DJ set) + Uncle EL + Vapor Eyes Schubas. 18+
23 UPDATED The Congregation + Psalm One + Animal City Empty Bottle.
23 Trinidad James + ForteBowie Reggie's Rock Club. AA
26 Gramps the Vamp + Low Spark City Winery.
27 UPDATED Mountains + White/Cream with Frank Rosaly + Bitchin Bajas Hideout.

MARCH
1 Lamps + Useless Eaters + Running Empty Bottle.
1 Lucky Date Lucky Date + Bro Safari + Luminox + Zebo The Mid.
2 Balboa + Jeremy Lemos & Peter Speer The Burlington.
2 Crespo + Na Palm + Milk & Cookies + Kings of Class Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
5 UPDATED Caveman + Computer Magic Schubas. 18+
6 Desert Noises Schubas.
7 UPDATED Finch + The Almost Metro. AA
7 Will Hoge + The Cadillac Black Joe's Bar.
7 Lester Jay Reggie's Rock Club.
7 Secondhand Serenade + Alex Goot Bottom Lounge. AA
8 Simpleton & Cityfolk + Deanna Devore + Markit 8 + Andrew Fraker & Sons + Fletcher Rockwell Metro. 18+
8 Vintage Trouble Beat Kitchen. 17+
9 The James King Band American Legion Music Hall.
10 UPDATED Deathfix + Brokeback + Dubpixels + Robin Bell Schubas. 18+
11 The Specials Vic Theatre. AA
13 Funkadesi City Winery.
13, 14 Jeff Tweedy Vic Theatre. 18+
13 Wishbone Ash FitzGerald's.
16 UPDATED STS9 + Maserati Congress Theater. 18+
16 CANCELED Tomorrows Bad Seeds Beat Kitchen.
16 UPDATED The Tossers + Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers + The Blind Staggers + Continental Metro. 18+
18 SOLD OUT Kate Nash Empty Bottle.
19 UPDATED Fol Chen + Royal Canoe Schubas.
19 Quiet Company Beat Kitchen.
20 The Black Atlantic Beat Kitchen. 17+
21 Las Guitarras de España + Los Hombres Perdidos City Winery.
21 SOLD OUT Local Natives + Superhumanoids Vic Theatre.
21 UPDATED Purple Crush + JD Samson Berlin.
22 Big Daddy Kane The Shrine.
22 Eskmo + Andreilien + TYLR Bottom Lounge. 17+
22 Jess Godwin + Janelle Kroll + Diana Lawrence + Lady Laura Subterranean. 17+
22 Josh Krajcik Schubas. 18+
23 Big Dipper Bottom Lounge. 17+
23 Daphne Willis + Falldown + Korby Lenker Martyrs'.
24 Wax Reggie's Rock Club. AA
25 Moonrises + Toupée + Mako Sica Empty Bottle.
26 Esben and the Witch + Heliotropes Empty Bottle.
27 Beak + Ambassador Gun + Call of the Void Ultra Lounge.
29 Jonny Craig Bottom Lounge. AA
29 UPDATED Flux Pavilion + Carnage + Torro Torro Congress Theater. 17+
30 UPDATED Sky Ferreira + How to Dress Well Schubas.
30 Valerio Tricoli Graham Foundation.
30 Allison Weiss + Pentimento + Candy Hearts Beat Kitchen. AA
31 The Cave Singers Empty Bottle.

APRIL
1 Détective + Walking Bicycles Empty Bottle.
1 UPDATED Wavves + Fidlar + Cheetahs Subterranean. AA
4 Doldrums + Sean Nicholas Savage Schubas.
4 SOLD OUT Andrew McMahon + Barcelona + Erland Wanberg Lincoln Hall.
5 Fatoumata Diawara Mayne Stage. 18+
5 MarchFourth Marching Band Martyrs'.
5 Volbeat Aragon. AA
6 SOLD OUT Cold War Kids Metro.
6 SOLD OUT A Day to Remember + Of Mice & Men + Issues Congress Theater.
6 Modestep House of Blues. 17+
6 Wovenhand Empty Bottle.
10 UPDATED Iceage + Violent End + Final Grin Empty Bottle.
11 Bloodkin Martyrs'.
11–13 Jerry Joseph & Jackmormons House of Blues Back Porch Stage.
11 UPDATED The Men + Gun Outfit Schubas. 18+
12 Bloodkin Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
12 The Dear Hunter + Naive Thieves Bottom Lounge. AA
12 Family of the Year + The Mowgli's Schubas.
12 Man Overboard + The Story So Far + Tonight Alive + Citizen + The American Scene Reggie's Rock Club. AA
13 History of Freestyle Music: K7 & TKA + George Lamond + Judy Torres + Brenda K. Starr + Cynthia + Nice & Wild + White Knight + Keith Nunnally Congress Theater.
13 Talib Kweli Double Door.
13 Los Amigos Invisibles House of Blues. 17+
13 Lydia + From Indian Lakes + Sweet Talker Subterranean. AA
13 Phosphorescent Lincoln Hall.
17 Goatwhore + 3 Inches of Blood Reggie's Rock Club. 17+
17 Graham Parker & The Rumour City Winery.
18 Easton Corbin Congress Theater. AA
18 Alicia Keys + Miguel United Center.
19 David Allan Coe Reggie's Rock Club. 18+
19 UPDATED Tortured Soul The Shrine. Rescheduled from Mar 29.
19 The Werks Bottom Lounge. 17+
20 Bonobo + Shigeto House of Blues. 17+
20 Jim James Vic Theatre. 18+
20 Takehisa Kosugi Graham Foundation.
20 Rebelution + J Boog & Hot Rain Congress Theater. 18+
22 Mykki Blanco Empty Bottle.
26 He's My Brother She's My Sister Schubas.
26 William Tyler + Brokeback + Rebecca Gates Hideout.
27 Bleached Subterranean. 17+

MAY
2 James Blake Metro. 18+
2, 3 Southern Culture on the Skids City Winery. May 3 at FitzGerald's.
4 Steve Holy + Jason Michael Carroll Congress Theater. AA
4 John Bischoff Graham Foundation.
4 Ben Rector Park West. AA
6 Patti Smith & Her Band Vic Theatre. 18+
9 Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires Metro. 18+
9 Paramore Chicago Theatre.
10, 11 Boris Lincoln Hall. 18+
11 The Bellamy Brothers Viper Alley.
11 Black Moth Super Rainbow + The Hood Internet + Oscillator Bug Metro. 18+
11 Katchafire Bottom Lounge. 17+
16 Colin Stetson + Justin Walter Schubas.
17 UPDATED Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + thenewno2 Vic Theatre. 18+
17 Amina Figarova Trio Mayne Stage. 18+
20 Marina & The Diamonds + Charli XCX Vic Theatre. AA
22 Adam Green & Binki Shapiro Schubas.
31 Reckless Kelly + The Dirty River Boys Joe's Bar.

JUNE
1 Dispatch + Guster Charter One Pavilion.
8 Jason Lescalleet University of Chicago, Bond Chapel.
14 Katie Armiger + The Rankin Twins Joe's Bar.
14 Fleetwood Mac Allstate Arena.
21 Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine House of Blues. 17+
29 She & Him + Camera Obscura Aragon. AA

JULY
6 Victoria Justice Akoo Theatre at Rosemont.
9 OMD Metro. 18+
18 Ashley Monroe + Striking Matches Joe's Bar.
19 New Kids on the Block + 98 Degrees + Boyz II Men Allstate Arena.
19 Pearl Jam Wrigley Field.
19–21 UPDATED Pitchfork Music Festival 2013: R. Kelly + Björk + Belle & Sebastian Union Park.

SEPTEMBER
7 Colin Hay Park West. 18+