#Riviera Theatre

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I was too emotional to take good pics :’)

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The Backseat Lovers – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL – November 10, 2022

Photos by Mae Saunders © 2022

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Photo Series: PUP play the Riviera Theatre Chicago

Photo Series: PUP play the Riviera Theatre Chicago

PUP is back and better than ever! The other week, I was lucky enough to attend the bands first headlining show back in Chicago since COVID shook the world and the music scene. The excitement, charisma, and genuinely happiness of the fans was evident. To top it off, the performance PUP and openers Cloud Nothings and Pinkshift gave matched the energy. This tour genuinely blew me away, and I don’t…

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Photos & Review: King Princess' sad songs create joy at Chicago's Riviera Theatre

Photos & Review: King Princess' sad songs create joy at Chicago's Riviera Theatre via @Lauriefanelli - @KingPrincess69 @TheRivChicago @JamUSA @kilokish @imirregulargirl

In his 1995 mix-tape musing masterpiece High Fidelity, Nick Hornby writes, “Sentimental music has this great way of taking you back somewhere at the same time that it takes you forward, so you feel nostalgic and hopeful all at the same time.”

This is where Mikaela Straus, AKA King Princess, resided on Wednesday, Feb. 5, during a performance at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago as she turned…

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caiden shredding at the riv 11/29/19

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TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY

A Riviera Holiday in Three Rivers

by Charles McKelvy

You had every intention of catching a foreign film at the Vickers Theatre in Three Oaks, Mich. but you went too far on U.S. 12 and ended up in Three Rivers.

The end of the world?

Hardly, because the latter Michigan hamlet has much of the same charm as the former, but it’s just farther afield from The Beacher circulation area.

Three Oaks, in…

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Gogol Bordello June 1, 2019 Riviera Theatre, Chicago

I had a great time with my wife seeing Gogol Bordello at the Riv. I have seen them twice before, both at Riot Fest. Their shows are incredibly fun. I always thought seeing them in a smaller venue would be awesome. I was not disappointed. With their unique brand of Gypsy Punk, they are very theatrical on stage with non-stop energy. Eugene Hutz has energy that exceeds that of Mick Jagger. He is always moving, jumping up on stage plinths while he sings and plays acoustic guitar, leaning into the audience, and dancing around the stage. Early in the show, he opens a bottle of wine. He drinks some of it but most of the contents get spilled out during his frenetic stage movements. Late in the show, he sends an old-style marching band bass drum out into the audience. The audience members, arms stretched high, hold the drum about their heads while Eugene sings both on his knees and standing on the drum. He is having so much fun and it is like he does not want the show to end. The band played a five-song encore and after they left the stage, Eugene stuck around and finished with a solo acoustic song. The Riviera is an old ornate movie theater that was built in 1917. The seats on the main floor have been removed and it was jammed with fans. We were up in the balcony and we had as much fun watching the moshing fans below as we did the show. The Riv is in the Uptown neighborhood on Chicago’s north side. Uptown was quite a seedy area a few decades ago. It has changed quite a bit, for the better, but not in a gentrified way. There are dozens of independent restaurants within a few blocks of the theater. My wife and I like Asia on Argyle, a section that is lined with Asian restaurants. This time we ate at Tank Noodle on the corner of Argyle and Broadway. The Riv is also less than a block from two other old theater/concert venues; The Aragon Ballroom and The Uptown Theatre. Sadly, The Uptown has been closed for several years now and its future is uncertain. (My best memory of The Uptown is attending Frank Zappa concerts). The Aragon is still alive and well, and on the same night we saw Gogol Bordello, Wu-Tang Clan was at the Aragon. Both shows got out at the same time and a throng of people spilled out onto the streets. With the revelry of the crowd and sirens screaming from emergency vehicles, it was quite a classic Chicago scene on an early-summer night.

Set List:

1.       Through the Roof 'n' Underground

2.       Not a Crime

3.       Immigrant Punk

4.       I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again

5.       Saboteur Blues

6.       My Companjera

7.       Alcohol

8.       Rebellious Love

9.       Trans-Continental Hustle

10.   Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher)

11.   Passport

12.   Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley cover)

13.   When the Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind of Guy)

14.   Last One Goes the Hope

15.   Start Wearing Purple

16.   Wonderlust King

17.   Pala Tute

Encore:

18.   Sacred Darling

19.   I Can't Find My Mind / Wild On (The Cramps cover)

20.   I Just Realized

21.   Baro Foro / Undestructable

22.   60 Revolutions

23.   Sun Is on My Side (acoustic)

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LANY CONCERT WAS AMAZING!!!!

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MY BLOODY VALENTINE at the Riviera Theatre, 7/27/2018. Photo by me.

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Bendigo Fletcher – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL – November 10, 2022

Photos by Mae Saunders © 2022

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02APR18 Took a "bathroom break" while I was working and was able to catch Shannon Shaw's two solo songs! She's an angel!

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Robert Plant, Riviera Theater, February 20, 2018, Chicago, Illinois. (Taken with my cheap android phone).

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