{"id":71871,"date":"2021-05-18T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=71871"},"modified":"2021-05-17T23:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T03:48:25","slug":"chicago-rock-band-lucky-boys-confusion-celebrates-20th-album-anniversary-with-global-streaming-event-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/chicago-rock-band-lucky-boys-confusion-celebrates-20th-album-anniversary-with-global-streaming-event-memorial-day-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Rock Band Lucky Boys Confusion Celebrates 20th Album Anniversary with Global Streaming Event Memorial Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, Ill., May 18, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; It\u2019s been twenty years since Lucky Boys Confusion arrived on the global scene with their 2001 debut, \u201cThrowing the Game.\u201d During the TTG era, the hard-touring Chicago five-piece crisscrossed the U.S. innumerable times over, made their national television debut on the CBS Late Late Show, and even made a pit stop in Japan to play for their enthusiastic overseas fan base.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/21-0518-luckyboysconfusion-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"Lucky Boys Confusion\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/21-0518-luckyboysconfusion-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/21-0518-luckyboysconfusion-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ensuing two decades have been a story of artistic growth (see 2003\u2019s follow-up, \u201cCommitment\u201d) and perseverance through tragedy (the unexpected loss of founding member Joe Sell in 2012) as the band has continued to perform and create, culminating with their 2017 comeback record, \u201cStormchasers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the \u201cThrowing the Game 20th Anniversary Special\u201d the boys are back, and ready to celebrate their legacy. This special global streaming event &#8211; an \u201cin-studio concert &amp; documentary special\u201d &#8211; is a combination of recently recorded live footage (including TTG classics such as \u201c40\/80\u2019\u201d and \u201cFred Astaire\u201d), new interviews with the band members, and unearthed archival footage from the recording of the album, as well as the ensuing 2001-2002 tours. Oh, and maybe a few surprise guests will drop by to say hello!<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cThrowing the Game 20th Anniversary Special\u201d streams worldwide on Thursday, May 27 at 8 p.m. Central Time on the Moment House streaming platform (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.momenthouse.com\/co\/luckyboysconfusion-throwing-the-game-20-year-anniversary\">https:\/\/www.momenthouse.com\/co\/luckyboysconfusion-throwing-the-game-20-year-anniversary<\/a>), where the band will be doing a live, virtual &#8220;VIP after party&#8221; with fans immediately following the airing.\u00a0Virtual tickets are available now, which will provide users a link to the event.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Lucky Boys Confusion on social:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/luckyboysconfusion\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/luckyboysconfusion\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/luckyboysconfusion\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/luckyboysconfusion\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, Ill., May 18, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; It&#8217;s been twenty years since Lucky Boys Confusion arrived on the global scene with their 2001 debut, &#8220;Throwing the Game.&#8221; During the TTG era, the hard-touring Chicago five-piece crisscrossed the U.S. innumerable times over, made their national television debut on the CBS Late Late Show, and even made a pit stop in Japan to play for their enthusiastic overseas fan base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8987,"featured_media":71830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,12804,64,37,53,197],"tags":[16116,16117,9550],"class_list":["post-71871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-recording-news","category-ap","category-chicago-news","category-entertainment-news","category-illinois-news","category-event-news","tag-moment-house-streaming-platform","tag-rock-concert","tag-rock-music","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4991,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8987"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}