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Dec

Top Chicago Music Picks For the Weekend of Dec. 14, 2007

Author: Adam Fendelman, Category: Music

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Who needs casinos when you have the bloody prince of darkness? That’s right, Ozzy Osbourne – that dude who starred in the 2003 reality series and used bite off bat heads on stage – is coming to Rosemont’s Allstate Arena on Sunday night with opening act Rob Zombie. Tickets range from $50 to $100.

While the Oz man may have lost a leap since his Black Sabbath days or when he used to tour with the late Randy Rhodes, he’s a consummate performer who knows how to wink at his legacy of contrived decadence while thrilling crowds with power chords of yesteryear.

Ride that crazy train into the holiday season and check out Ozzy before you can see him wallow in retirement on Nick at Nite.

What can be more fun than waiting outside the Chicago Theatre on a frozen December evening trying to score a ticket to the sold-out Duran Duran show? Just about everything.

Finally, for those of us not fortunate enough to make it to London’s Wembley Stadium this week to catch the first full-length concert performed by Led Zeppelin since the Carter administration, breathe a collective “Thank You” in Elmhurst on Friday night night as Zep cover band Kashmir performs at the Good Times Pub.

While clips from the Wembley show can still be found on YouTube, the IP police at Warner Bros. are scavenging unauthorized clips of “Black Dog,” “Trampled Under Foot” and “Stairway to Heaven” more quickly than a Bears three and out. Let’s just hope Page, Plant, Jones and young Jason Bonham make their way to the Midwest in 2008.

By Brad Spirrison