Gallery: Transforming Chicago's Union Station Into a Cavernous Concert Hall

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    White Mystery

    *Miss Alex White of White Mystery tosses back a few stiff riffs.*
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    Prep

    *The crew sets up in Chicago’s Union Station.*
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    Soundcheck

    *Nicole Flood and her son Liam, 13 months, listen in on Mavis Staples'€™ band during soundcheck in Chicago'€™s Union Station while they await their train out of town.*
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    Tim Koh

    *Tim Koh, bassist for Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, autographs Station to Station posters.*
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    Soundcheck

    *Seen through the mixing board, Yaw Agyeman and Kiara Lanier of Theaster Gates’ Black Monks of Mississippi sing during soundcheck.*
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    Justin Stanley

    *Musician and producer Justin Stanley monkeys around after posing on the side of the Station to Station train as it's parked in a Chicago railyard.*
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    Conductor

    *Amtrak Conductor Glen Steven Johnson ended up recording in the studio car once he saw all the "eye candy" in the room.*
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    Crowd

    *The crowd mingles in and out of yurts before the first official performance of the night in Chicago's Union Station.*
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    No Age

    *No Age—playing with a scaled-down three-piece drum kit—makes use of the Union Station space with amps pointed toward the skylight and drumsticks tapping the marble floor.*
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    Spoken word

    *Emanuel Vinson appears to levitate as he performs spoken word on stage.*
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    Rich South High School

    *Chicago'€™s Rich South High School Marching Band performs for the crowd.*
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    Thurston Moore

    *Thurston Moore takes the stage with John Moloney once again.*
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    Black Monks of Mississippi

    *The Black Monks of Mississippi harmonize on stage.*
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    Audience

    *Right to left: Justin Booz stands with Emanuel Vinson (who later performed spoken-word for the crowd), Viviana Gentry, and Erin Delaney as they listen to Theaster Gates'€™ Black Monks of Mississippi.*
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