First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (originally World Music Theatre and formerly New World Music Theatre and Tweeter Center) is an outdoor music venue, in Chicago's southwest suburb of Tinley Park, Illinois, that opened in 1990. It is one of the largest music venues in the Chicago area, with capacities of up to 28,000 spectators.
It is a venue pulling fans from the city of Chicago, as well as surrounding suburbs and neighboring states. It is one of only a few large outdoor amphitheatres in the Chicago area.
Nederlander Concerts and Jam Productions co-managed the venue from 1994 to 1999.
First Midwest Bancorp acquired the naming rights, for seven years, beginning in 2006. The venue is owned by Live Nation.
Concerts and music festivals
The venue has hosted many concerts and music festivals, including All That! Music and More Festival, Anger Management Tour, Area Festival, B96 Pepsi SummerBash, Country Throwdown Tour, Crüe Fest, Crüe Fest 2, Curiosa Festival, Family Values Tour, Farm Aid, Furthur Festival, Gigantour, H.O.R.D.E. Festival, Honda Civic Tour, Lilith Fair, Lollapalooza, Loopfest, Mayhem Festival, Ozzfest, PIQNIQ, Projekt Revolution, Rock the Bells Festival, Sounds of the Underground Festival, Sprite Liquid Mix Tour, Uproar Festival, Vans Warped Tour and WKQX Q101.1's Jamboree.
Cher was the very first entertainer to perform at the venue - it was barely completed then - during her Heart of Stone Tour on June 2, 1990.
Depeche Mode performed 2 consecutive shows during their World Violation Tour on July 2-3, 1990, with Nitzer Ebb as their opening act. Live footage shot by longtime collaborator Anton Corbijn was used for the official music video to their song "World in My Eyes".
Janet Jackson performed 3 shows during her Rhythm Nation Tour on July 29-30, and August 1, 1990.
Whitney Houston performed at the venue during her I'm Your Baby Tonight Tour on June 30, 1991.
Phish performed during their Rift Tour on August 14, 1993, the show was recorded and later released, as Live Phish Volume 7, on April 16, 2002.
Rush performed during their Test for Echo Tour on June 14, 1997. Much of this show was featured on their live album, entitled Different Stages, released on November 10, 1998.
Disturbed performed during Q101.1's 2001 Jamboree, they used live footage of their song "Down with the Sickness" for its official music video.
Fall Out Boy and Paramore performed during their co-headlining Monumentour on July 11, 2014, with The New Politics as their opening act. Paramore used live footage from this show in the music video for their new song "Last Hope".
See also
- List of contemporary amphitheatres
References
- ^ "First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre". In Concert With You. First Midwest Bank. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
External links
- First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Official Site
- First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Seating Chart
- First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Schedule
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