Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and activist Bonnie Raitt is coming to Chicago this May, playing two shows in support of locally-based Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS).
Tickets for the influential singer-songwriter’s May 19 and 20 shows at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., are on sale now, with prices ranging from $89.97 to $500. The most expensive tickets are for seats in the first two rows of the pit and allow for a “meet-and-greet” reception after the show. Tickets for the post-show reception are partially tax-deductible.
The tickets are available at www.guacfund.org and www.ticketmaster.com.
This year marks Raitt’s return to performing live after a two-year hiatus. She is touring in support of her 16th solo studio album, Slipstream, scheduled for release April 10.
Raitt released her debut album in 1971 and is known for her Americana-flavored sound, which incorporates elements of folk, blues, country and rock. She has won nine Grammys, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and is a founding member of The Blues Foundation and Musicians United for Safe Energy.
“Bonnie is not only well known as a great musician, but a dedicated social activist,” NEIS director David A. Kraft said in a press release. “We are grateful that she would support NEIS so generously to carry on work for something so personally important to her — a less nuclear world.”
NEIS, founded in Chicago 30 years ago, is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending nuclear power and promoting safe energy alternatives.
“We’re thrilled that Bonnie would pick Chicago – the birthplace of the Nuclear Age – to highlight the safe-energy anti-nuclear message,” Kraft said. “She’s been supporting this message for over 30 years, and all the events – Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and now Fukushima – have proven her right. NEIS is honored by Bonnie’s support to continue to promote this vision for a safe-energy future, a vision we both share.”
Fellow folk singer Marc Cohn is slated to perform with Raitt.
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