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Keane’s Richard Hughes on the Award-Winning Band’s History With Chicago, Playing in Town on March 20th & Moreon March 12, 2020 at 3:33 pm

Best-selling and award-winning British band Keane — comprised of lead vocalist Tom Chapin, multi-instrumentalist Tim Rice-Oxley, drummer Richard Hughes and bassist Jesse Quin — formed in the mid-1990s and first found mainstream success with 2004’s Hopes And Fears album. Hopes And Fears was not only the second best-selling British album of 2004, but also the 11th-best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. On the critical level, Q Magazine ranked the album at #34 on the “250 Best Albums of Q’s Lifetime 1986–2010” list in 2011.

The followup album, 2006’s Under The Iron Sea was another #1 album in the UK beyond reaching the #4 spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. 2008’s Perfect Symmetry was another platinum-seller in the UK, also charting high around Europe, Australia, and North America. 2012’s Strangeland became Keane’s fifth consecutive #1 release on the UK Albums Chart, and it would Keane’s last album before the hiatus that proceeded 2019’s Cause And Effect.



Last summer Keane blew away festival crowds across Europe — beyond U.S. fans through a series of intimate shows — in support of Cause And Effect. The album hit Top 20 on the U.S. Billboard Albums chart and the #2 spot on the UK charts. Meanwhile, CBS’s The Late Late Show With James Corden hosted Keane in June for performances of “The Way I Feel” — which went Top 20 within the AAA radio format — and “Love Too Much.”



U.S. touring in support of Cause And Effect continued this month, and Keane will be in Chicago on March 20th for a show at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. I had the pleasure of speaking with Keane drummer Richard Hughes about his history with Chicago and plenty more on March 10, 2020. The full chat is embedded below for your listening pleasure and is slated to appear on an upcoming episode of the Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz podcast. More on Richard Hughes — who kindly took the time to reschedule our original phone call after a last-minute mishap which involved yours truly — and Keane can be found online by visiting www.keanemusic.com.

On Keane’s history with the great city of Chicago:



Richard Hughes: Yeah, I think we filmed a show there many years ago, back when people used to make DVDs. (laughs) It’s a place we’ve been to many, many times. We were treated to a Cubs game one of the first times we were there. We had a great time with our Cubs caps on. (laughs) It’s always been a fun place to go. And for me as a drummer, it’s a place where a lot of the drum-related manufacturers are, in Illinois especially.



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Chicago Events That Have Been Canceled Over Coronavirus COVID-19 Concernson March 12, 2020 at 4:37 pm

With the NBA announcing that their entire season is canceled over coronavirus COVID-19 concerns, we know a lot of Chicago events will follow. Mayor Lightfoot has said that any gathering of over 250 people is unsafe and should consider postponing or canceling. That being said, here’s a running list of the big Chicago events that are canceled over coronavirus concerns. 

Northwestern University Dance Marathon

March 6 – 8 | Canceled



American Lung Association Fight for Air Climb

March 8 | Canceled

Ace Hardware Spring Convention

March 11 – 14 | Canceled



Illinois Holocaust Museum Humanitarian Awards Dinner

March 12 | Canceled

Big 10 Men’s Basketball Tournament

March 12 | Canceled



World Kidney Day

March 12 | Canceled

CME Group’s Chicago Trading Floor

March 13 | Closed



Naval Station Great Lakes

March 13 | Canceled

Joe Biden’s Illinois Campaign Event

March 13 | Canceled



State of the City Luncheon and Robert Crown Community Center and Library Open House

March 13 – 14 | Postponed

Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade, South Side Irish Parade, and River Dyeing

March 14 | Postponed



Naperville St. Patrick’s Day Parade

March 14 | Canceled

East Dundee St. Patrick’s Day Parade and 5K

March 14 | Canceled



St. Charles’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade

March 14 | Canceled

Old St. Pat’s Church Civic Celebration Mass and Brunch and Other Weekend Events

March 14 – 15 | Canceled

Chicago Children’s Choir World Music Festival

March 14 | Canceled

2020 SheBelieves Summit

March 14 | Postponed

Navy Pier Holi Celebration

March 14 | Canceled

Special Olympics Illinois State Basketball Championships

March 14 – 15 | Canceled

Illinois High School Association State Championships

March 14 – 15 | Canceled

Oracle Conference

March 14 – 17 | Canceled

International Housewares Association Inspired Home Show

March 14 – 17 | Canceled

Common Threads Chef Takeover

March 16 | Canceled

Chicago Flower & Garden Show

March 18 – 22 | Canceled

32nd Annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards Dinner

March 19 | Postponed

Chicago Children’s Choir Allegro Connection Day

March 21 | Canceled

University of Chicago D.C. Spring Break Trek

March 22 – 25 | Canceled

University of Chicago Detroit-Flink Trek

March 22 – 25 | Canceled

Chicago Children’s Choir Open Rehearsal

March 25 | Canceled

American College of Cardiology Annual Convention

March 28 – 30 | Canceled

Suburban Chicago National College Fair

Eight Spring Fairs | Canceled

Hyde Park Court Theatre Stage Productions

Entire Season Limited to Audiences Under 100 People

Cole’s Bar Open Mic Comedy Night

Wednesdays | Postponed

University of Chicago Bridging the Divide Trek

April 3 – 5 | Canceled

University of Chicago

All Speaker Events Through April 15 | Canceled

Chicago Roboto Conference

September 28 – 29 | Postponed

Check back in with UrbanMatter to monitor other events that will be canceled or postponed as this continues.

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Chicago Bears: Compensatory pick gives Pace more optionson March 12, 2020 at 11:00 am

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Chicago Bears Rumors: Evan Engram trade packages, why it makes senseon March 12, 2020 at 12:00 pm

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The New York Giants could be a perfect trade partner for the Chicago Bears in the coming days.

As we near free agency in just a few days, it is blatantly clear the Chicago Bears have some key positions in need of an upgrade. One of those positions, towards the top of that list, is at tight end.

General manager Ryan Pace has several options over the next several weeks. Free agents at the position include bigger names like Austin Hooper, Hunter Henry and Eric Ebron. Any of those three would be intriguing in Chicago, to say the least.

Pace could also opt for the 2020 NFL Draft, which holds a chunk of mid-round prospects worth selecting and a couple which might make sense in the second or third rounds. Unfortunately, the Bears don’t have a pick in the third, so they may end up reaching there.

Even yet another option would be to trade for a tight end. One name in particular, which makes sense, is Cameron Brate from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — who is also a potential cap casualty. Aside from Brate, the most interesting name to come up in a recent report is New York Giants tight end Evan Engram.

ESPN’s Matthew Berry said the Giants could look to shop Engram, and if that’s the case, the Bears should at least make a phone call.

New York’s tight end room could shrink in a big way if they dealt Engram, especially after veteran Rhett Ellison announced his retirement earlier this week. Daniel Jones will have a much different tight end group going into 2020, but so would the Bears in this case.

So, what would it take to land Engram? That’s the first question. Beyond that, why make the deal? I assess the risk later on.

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