Summer music heats up 2024
After tour dates were postponed in late 2023 under doctor's advice as the Boss recovered from peptic ulcer disease, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were back on the road - all the more reason to celebrate the return of summer music.
Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring images by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones brought their "Hackney Diamonds" tour to Soldier Field in Chicago, June 27, 2024. Pictured: Ron Wood, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger at Soldier Field in Chicago, June 27, 2024.
The Stones' set list included songs from their most recent album, "Hackney Diamonds" ("Mess It Up," "Sweet Sounds of Heaven," and "Tell Me Straight"), as well as some classics that, well, they could not let go unplayed: "Start Me Up," "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "Honky Tonk Women," "Gimme Shelter," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
The Rolling Stones
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones at Chicago's Soldier Field, June 27, 2024.
The fan-voted song performed that night was "She's a Rainbow," from the Stones' 1967 album, "Their Satanic Majesties Request."
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols, an alternative rock band from Portland, Ore. (whose name is a play on the 20th century pop artist), performed at Metro in Chicago, June 27, 2024. Their 12th studio album, "Rockmaker," was released in March.
Their setlist included "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth," "We Used to Be Friends," "You Were the Last High," "Bohemian Like You," and a cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
Modest Mouse
The indie rock band Modest Mouse, led by vocalist-guitarist Isaac Brock, performed at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, June 19, 2024.
Marking the 20th anniversary of their platinum album, "Good News for People Who Love Bad News," the band performed "Float On" and "Black Cadillacs," along with "Heart Cooks Brain," "Third Side of the Moon," and "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes."
The Pixies
Hailing from Boston, the alternative rock band The Pixies originated in 1986, split, and then reformed nearly 20 years later. On June 19, 2024, at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, The Pixies performed such hits as "Monkey Gone to Heaven," "Velouria," and "Here Comes Your Man."
Pictured: Drummer David Lovering, lead guitarist Joey Santiago, guitarist and lead vocalist Black Francis, and bassist Emma Richardson.
Jon Batiste
Grammy-, Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning musician Jon Batiste brought his "Uneasy" tour to the Fairgrounds at the Salt Shed in Chicago, June 13, 2024.
Khruangbin
Khruangbin (guitarist Mark Speer and bassist Laura Lee, plus drummer D.J. Johnson) performed at the Salt Shed in Chicago, June 9, 2024. The band, whose music is a blend of world influences, takes its name from the Thai word for airplane.
Their setlist included songs from their recent album "A La Sala," including "Fifteen Fifty-Three," "Ada Jean," "A Love International," and "Les Petits Gris."
Marcus King
Blues musician Marcus King performed at the Salt Shed in Chicago, June 2, 2024. His setlist included songs from his new album, "Mood Swings," including "Hero," "Me or Tennessee," "Save Me," and "F*ck My Life Up Again," and his 2019 hit, "The Well."
Judah & the Lion
The band Judah & the Lion, whose genre-bending music blends folk, rock, hip hop and bluegrass, performed at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northernly Island, Chicago, May 28, 2024. Pictured are founding members Judah Akers (left), Brian Macdonald (center), and Nate Zuercher.
Their latest studio album is "The Process."
Hermanos Gutiérrez
Brothers Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez, who perform as Hermanos Gutiérrez, brought a spaghetti western vibe to Thalia Hall in Chicago on May 12 and 13, 2024.
Their most recent album is 2022's "El Bueno y el Malo."
Judas Priest
Rob Halford, of the British metal band Judas Priest, performs at Wing's Event Center in Kalamazoo, Mich., May 4, 2024.
In March the group released the album "Invincible Shield."
Sabaton
Bassist Pär Sundström of the Swedish metal band Sabaton, performing at Wing's Event Center in Kalamazoo, Mich., May 4, 2024. The group is celebrating their 25th anniversary.
The band's most recent album is 2022's "The War to End All Wars." Their setlist included "Carolus Rex," "Soldier of Heaven," and "To Hell and Back."
Maynard James Keenan
The Sessanta Tour features the rock groups Puscifer, Primus and A Perfect Circle, in a mash-up on stage that celebrates the 60th birthday of Maynard James Keenan, the singer behind A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Tool.
Sessanta Tour
Maynard James Keenan is joined by English singer-songwriter Carina Round, of Puscifer, to perform "Grand Canyon" during the Sessanta Tour, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, May 1, 2024.
Sierra Ferrell
Singer-songwriter Sierra Ferrell played two sold-out shows at Chicago's Thalia Hall on April 23 and 24, 2024. Her setlist included songs from her latest album, "Trail of Flowers" ("American Dreaming," "Fox Hunt," "I Could Drive Youi Crazy"), along with "In Dreams," "Jeremiah," and "Why'd Ya Do It."
In a recent interview with Anthony Mason for "CBS Mornings," Ferrell, who said she was singing as soon as she could talk ("I was a pretty annoying child!"), struggled for years – hitchhiking, train hopping, and busking her way across the country, while running from addiction. Her life began to change in Nashville, playing Honky Tonk Tuesday Nights at American Legion Post 82. A buzz started to build, leading to a record deal. "Long Time Coming" was released in 2019.
"It's kind of funny how the attention comes, because it's like: nothing, nothing, nothing, all at once," she said.
Uli Jon Roth
On a tour of North America, German guitar virtuoso Uli Jon Roth stopped at Reggies in Chicago on April 20, 2024, to perform two sets: One, an electric guitar interpretation of music by Mozart; and second, songs from his time with the rock band Scorpions.
His guitar features two extra strings – one tuned to go as high as a violin, and the other as deep as a cello.
He closed out the show with "The Sails of Charon."
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
On April 4, 2024, in the first of two sold-out shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened with a cover of blues legend John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom."
The three-and-a-half-hour (!) show featured 32 songs, including encores.
Alkaline Trio
In January the punk band Alkaline Trio released their first album in six years, "Blood, Hair and Eyeballs." They performed March 16, 2024, at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.
Pictured, from left: Bassist Dan Andriano, guitarist Matt Skiba, and drummer Atom Willard.
Hermanos Gutiérrez
Guitarist Estevan Gutiérrez.
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