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And so it is: the record is out, the tour is over, the video is premiered. For three weeks I’ve been asked, “How does it feel to have a new record out? Are you excited? How was the show? How’s the tour going?” Etc., etc., etc. And I appreciate the inquiries. But the cold honest…

We’re going all out for the final show of The Love Below Tour. Join me and the band tonight for a track-by-track run through of “Love & Other Indoor Games” at Alphabet Avenue Lounge. After the show, catch “The Rest of My Life” video premiere at 12″, and stay for the after party. 8:00 PM…

Benjamin Wagner, songwriter and executive producer of MTV News Digital spoke and performed a song to an intimate crowd of about 30 students at the Bill Bordy Theater last Sunday. “It’s a lecture and a rock show,” Wagner said. Wagner summarized the last 34 years of his life in hopes of explaining how who he…

I left Chicago on a cold September morning 23 years ago. Tonight I have returned. The occasion is the third stop on my “Love Below Tour.” Tonight finds me performing in the living room of one Rebecca Ryan. Rebecca’s parents took my mom in during my parent’s divorce way back in 1980. And tonight Rebecca’s…

“If you wanna’ kiss the sky you’d better learn how to kneel.” I’m not sure what Bono meant by that line, or whether he even knows what he meant, but it somehow makes complete sense to me. It’s rare that I make it to my knees at one of my shows. My music just doesn’t…

Welcome to the planet. Welcome to existence. Everyone’s here. Everyone’s here … Everybody’s watching you now. Everybody waits for you now. What happens next? What happens next? I dare you to move. I dare you to move. I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor. I dare you to move. I dare you…