Charter One Pavilion
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Charter One Pavilion is an outdoor concert hall in Chicago
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. It is located on Northerly Island
Northerly Island
Northerly Island is a man-made peninsula along Chicago's lakefront. The site of the Adler Planetarium, Northerly Island connects to the mainland through a narrow isthmus along Solidarity Drive dominated by Neoclassical sculptures of Kościuszko, Havliček and Copernicus...

 on the grounds of the former Meigs Field
Meigs Field
Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport , was a single strip airport that operated from December 1948 until March 2003. It was built on Northerly Island, the man-made peninsula that was also the site of the 1933–1934 Century of Progress in Chicago....

 general aviation
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 airport. Construction started in 2005. The venue seats 7,500 people and hosts many different musical artists and shows. Charter One
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, a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, owns the naming rights.

Due to a settlement agreement made by the city of Chicago to maintain the island as a nature preserve, the Charter One Pavilion is a temporary structure.http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1371/Charter_One_Pavilion.php It must be assembled each spring and disassembled each fall.

The Incubus
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Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...

 DVD Look Alive was recorded at Northerly Island on July 25th, 2007.

The O.A.R.
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 album Rain or Shine was recorded at the Pavilion on June 18 and 19, 2009.

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