The Hardest-Working Paper in America | 
Friday, April 19, 2024
Music Entertainment and Culture Celebrities

Billy Joel returns to Wrigley Field for record-setting fifth year

By  Miriam Di Nunzio
   
SHARE Billy Joel returns to Wrigley Field for record-setting fifth year
billyjoel_081217_03_70569237.jpg

Billy Joel performs at Wrigley Field, Friday night, Aug. 11, 2017. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Grammy Award-winner Billy Joel returns to Wrigley Field in late summer for the fifth consecutive year of headlining the ballpark.

Joel is slated for a Sept. 7 concert, marking his 7th overall appearance at Wrigley (he previously co-headlined twice with Elton John).

Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m Jan. 29 at Cubs.com/BillyJoel. A special pre-sale begins 10 a.m. Jan. 24 for Citi credit card holders.

Previously announced Wrigley concerts slated for 2018 include Def Leppard/Journey on July 14, Foo Fighters on July 29-30 and Fall Out Boy on Sept. 8. And then there are those rumors about Pearl Jam also returning this summer for a pair of show, though no official announcement has been made.

Next Up In Entertainment
Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads
Dear Abby: Dinner date urges me not to regain the weight I lost
Horoscope for Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Johnny Depp denies hitting Amber Heard: ‘Nothing of the kind ever happened’
Drawing fun out of a hat
Ari Emanuel talks about pizza, brotherly fisticuffs and ice baths during a visit to Chicago
The Latest
The Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks beat the Royals on Sunday for only his second win in two months.
Cubs
Polling Place: Is it time for the Cubs to pull Kyle Hendricks from the rotation?
Other poll questions: Do you wish Tim Anderson were still with the White Sox? And how sure are you that Caleb Williams is the best QB in next week’s NFL draft?
By Steve Greenberg
 
20221111028.bmp
Crime
Kim Foxx won't take sides on request by man facing rape trial for 'certificate of innocence' in murder case
William Dukes Jr. was acquitted of the 1993 killings of a Cicero woman and her granddaughter after a second trial in 2019. In 2022, he was arrested in an unrelated sexual assault case in Chicago.
By Frank Main and Matthew Hendrickson
 
Northwestern football helmets at an NCAA college football against Stanford in Evanston, Ill, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015.
College Sports
NCAA approves helmet radios for next football season
An NFL-style two-minute warning was also OK’d.
By Associated Press
 
Blackhawks
Blackhawks
Analyzing most encouraging, discouraging aspects of Blackhawks’ 2023-24 season
From Connor Bedard to Lukas Reichel, from Alex Vlasic to Arvid Soderblom, from leadership to coaching, the Hawks’ just-finished season was full of both good and bad signs for the future.
By Ben Pope
 
Jim Gwinn, who has worked at Conn-Selmer for 11 years, works on a trombone at the factory in Elkhart, Indiana Wednesday, March 27, 2024. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Photography
Picture Chicago: 18 must-see Sun-Times photos from this week in news
Hundreds gathered for a memorial service for Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, a mysterious QR code mural enticed Taylor Swift fans on the Near North Side, and a weekend mass shooting in Back of the Yards left 9-year-old Ariana Molina dead and 10 other people wounded, including her mother and other children.
By Sun-Times staff