Tonight’s Umphrey’s McGee show at The  Pageant in St. Louis will be webcasted via iClips for $6.99.  You can stream the concert as it happens as well as have access to an archived version for streaming soon after.

And for $4.99  you can download video from the band’s July 4, 2009 performance at the Rothbury Music Festival also via iClips. Here’s a sample clip from that set of “The Floor.”

Introducing Monday Afternoon Quick Fix! A brand new series that will run every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed.

• Democratic Cheryle Jackson, who’s running for U.S. Senate, has tapped Lupe Fiasco to perform at a fundraiser for the candidate Thursday, January 28 at the Shrine Chicago.
• Jennifer Hudson will join Usher Celine Dion,  Carrie Underwood, and Smokey Robinson as part of a 3-D tribute to the late Michael Jackson at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, January 31.

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