Photo by: "Disco Sucks" DJ Steve Dahl at the Disco Demolition in Comiskey Park on June 12, 1979. Photo by Getty Images/Paul Natkin. In 1979, Chicago’s music culture, disparate and expansive as ever, ...

This Thursday (June 13), the Chicago White Sox are giving away 10,000 t-shirts to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night, Chicago journalist Robert Feder notes. Written on the ...

As Chicago shock jock Steve Dahl drove onto the field at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979, the 50,000-strong crowd in the stands was already fired up and nearly ready to explode. It wasn’t the loss of ...

Chicago White Sox pitcher Ken Kravec was warming up on the mound when he noticed the rush of people on the field. Preparing for a second game in a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers, the White ...

What to know about Chicago White Sox’s ALDS Game 3, including a mystery first pitch and special Rate Field cut It’s a beautiful day for a Blackout Game, though a little bit on the toasty side for ...

Just like he did just a little over 40 years earlier, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl walked out onto the White Sox field with a mission in mind. By Corbin Reiff Just like he did just a little over 40 ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

On July 12, 1979, a crateful of disco records was blown up in the middle of Comiskey Park, fans victoriously stormed the field, and the world was forever changed. Disco, an inescapable pop-music ...

It was a disco inferno; and no, not that one. Three years after The Trammps released their 1976 album, disco records were set ablaze in a cultural bonfire reminiscent of 1930s Germany. On a hazy July ...