concert-going

David Malitz: I've done well or not? to avoid truly chaotic scenes over the course of my concert-going career.

Taking sides: What's the craziest concert you've seen? Click Track 2011

His concert-going experiences began as a second-grader Lionel Richie at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, and ranged from James Brown to -- admittedly and unashamedly -- Rick Springfield.

Michael Bialas: Introducing the First Sweet Musical Treat of 2012: Sugar + the Hi-lows Michael Bialas 2012

His concert-going experiences began as a second-grader Lionel Richie at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, and ranged from James Brown to -- admittedly and unashamedly -- Rick Springfield.

Michael Bialas: Introducing the First Sweet Musical Treat of 2012: Sugar + the Hi-lows Michael Bialas 2012

The DVD also boasts the clever animated shorts that are part of the Rush concert-going experience and needless to say Geddy Lee and his bandmates are the greatest live act in the history of music.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: Musicpalooza with Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles and More! Michael Giltz 2011

His concert-going experiences began as a second-grader Lionel Richie at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, and ranged from James Brown to -- admittedly and unashamedly -- Rick Springfield.

Michael Bialas: Introducing the First Sweet Musical Treat of 2012: Sugar + the Hi-lows Michael Bialas 2012

Though Bonnaroo is known for its vast camping grounds on the festival's 700-acre site, 65 miles south of Nashville, Tenn., the promoters understand tent life may not suit most concert-going boomers, says Ashley Capps, founder of AC Entertainment Inc., co-producers of the festival.

Music Without the Mud Jim Fusilli 2011

It's the same technology used for hundreds of years, updated with a smattering of computer involvement, but it doesn't change the fact that the pipe instrument hasn't grown or changed very much since the days that it was the most popular concert-going experience.

Albert Imperato: Cameron Carpenter -- Taking His Organ on the Road 2010

It's the same technology used for hundreds of years, updated with a smattering of computer involvement, but it doesn't change the fact that the pipe instrument hasn't grown or changed very much since the days that it was the most popular concert-going experience.

Albert Imperato: Cameron Carpenter -- Taking His Organ on the Road 2010

While immigrants from other regions play some role in audience development, the bulk of the local audience is upwardly mobile and formally educated, but with an education that is not necessarily invested in a particular European canon, for whom Haydn and Bartok are equally new, and whose concert-going loyalties may well include as much pop music as classical.

E pur si muove Matthew Guerrieri 2008

Berlin Nightclub, 954 W. Belmont Ave. If you want to kick off your concert-going experience, go check out DEVO and the Dirty Projectors at the Congress Theater or the New Pornographers at the Metro.

Lollapalooza Takes Over Chicago: Parties To Fill Your Weekend Before, After And During The Festival 2010