Freak Out: Devendra Banhart Kicks Off Tour!

The singer-songwriter stays on the less freaky side of folk on the first night of his new tour in Chicago.
Devendra Banhart / Photo by Sally Ryan

His hair long (but not excessively so), his face slightly obscured by five o'clock shadow (but not fully-bearded), and wearing jeans and a T-shirt underneath an open long-sleeve button-up, Devendra Banhart sang roughly half of his new What Will We Be (Warner Bros.) during a 90-minute set at Chicago's Vic T

U2 Dazzle the Senses at Chicago Tour Opener

The Irish quartet toned down the politics, amped up the spectacle, and rolled out the hits at Soldier Field.
U2 / Photo by Sally Ryan

If U2's latest, No Line On the Horizon, didn't get people talking, the band seemed on a mission to make damn sure their U2 360° Tour -- which debuted Stateside in Chicago Saturday night (Sept. 12) after romping through Europe all summer -- did just that.

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