Celebrating “40 Years Of XRT” by devoting two days to one of Chicago’s most popular traditions, the series of annual free concerts hosted by XRT at Taste of Chicago. Each hour throughout the weekend, we’ll present highlights from the most memorable performances of the past 25 years, each of them originally broadcast live on 93XRT, including John Mayer, Counting Crows, The Kinks’ Ray Davies, Cheap Trick, My Morning Jacket, The Replacements, BoDeans, Moby, and Sheryl Crow.
SATURDAY
12N: COUNTING CROWS – 2004
1PM: CHEAP TRICK – 1999
2PM: JOHN MAYER w/SPECIAL GUEST, BUDDY GUY – 2007
3PM: THE REPLACEMENTS – 1991
4PM: MOBY – 2005
5PM: GENERAL PUBLIC – 1995
6PM: INDIGO GIRLS – 2002
7PM: THE TRAGICALLY HIP – 2000
8PM: PASSION PIT – 2010
9PM: ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO – 2008
10PM: GUSTER – 2009
11PM: BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS – 1997
SUNDAY
10am: THE KINKS’ RAY DAVIES – 2006
11am: BODEANS – 1998
12N: SHERYL CROW – 2003 (7/5/03)
1pm: POI DOG PONDERING – 1994
2pm: MATTHEW SWEET – 1993
3pm: MY MORNING JACKET – 2006
4pm: DEL AMITRI – 1996
5pm: ROBERT CRAY BAND – 1992
6pm: THE WALLFLOWERS – 2003
7pm: SQUEEZE – 1992
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