Hailed as one of the most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era, Chicago came in as the highest charting American band on Billboard Magazine’s “Top 125 Artists of All Time.” From the signature sound of the Chicago horns, their iconic vocalists, and a few dozen of ever-classic songs, this band’s concerts are celebrations. 2022 will mark the band’s 55th consecutive year of touring, with the original three band members, Robert Lamm on keyboards and vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and vocals, and James Pankow on trombone. The band line-up also includes Wally Reyes, Jr. on drums, Tony Obrohta on guitar, Lou Pardini on keyboards and vocals, Ray Herrmann on sax and flute, Neil Donell on vocals, Brett Simons on bass and Ramon “Ray” Yslas on percussion.
Chicago has received The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the GRAMMYS® and was inducted into the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades. Chicago was the first non-classical group to perform six nights in a row at Carnegie Hall in 1971, and in October of that year, featured performance highlights on its first-ever live album, Chicago at Carnegie Hall. To honor the 50th anniversary of those historic concerts, in 2021 the band released all eight Carnegie Hall shows in their entirety for the first time.