Chicago is turning 50, and the band is celebrating the landmark anniversary with a new box set looking back on its remarkable onstage history.  On April 6, Rhino will release Chicago: VI Decades Live (This is What We Do), featuring 4 CDs and 1 DVD of previously unreleased live music recorded between 1969 and 2014.  This exciting new collection coincides with the group's current tour in which they're playing the complete Chicago II every night before a lengthy encore set of greatest hits.

The first two discs capture the band's complete, raw, early performance at the Isle of Wight Festival on August 28, 1970 as they shared a bill with The Doors and Jimi Hendrix.  You'll hear songs from their first two albums including "Beginnings" and the multi-part "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon" (including "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World," as well as "Mother" from their third album, which hadn't yet been released.

Discs 3 and 4 have a total of eighteen selections culled from six decades of live shows beginning with three songs taken from a December 8, 1969 show in Paris ("Poem for the People," "25 or 6 to 4," and "Liberation").  The discs continue with a number of collector-oriented deep cuts and just a sprinkling of hits like "If You Leave Me Now" (Oakland Coliseum; December 1, 1977) and "Look Away" (an acoustic version from A&E's Live by Request in 2002).  A March 1987 Pensacola show has yielded Robert Lamm's "Forever" and a soulful medley of "In the Midnight Hour," "Knock on Wood" and "I'm a Man" with the then-recent "Get Away."  A couple of standards ("Night and Day" and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore") have been taken from the 1994 big band tour previewing the next year's Night and Day album.  The eight songs on Disc 3 all feature the guitar wizardry of Terry Kath, while Disc 4 picks up after his tragic passing on January 23, 1978 with Greek Theater performances from later that year of "Hot Streets" and "Little One," which Kath had sung on Chicago XI.

On February 12, 1977, Chicago played live on the German music television show Rockpalast . The entire concert is included here in its DVD premiere. Here's where you'll hear more of the band's biggest hits like "Saturday in the Park," "Just You 'n' Me," and "(I've Been) Searching So Long" plus a cover of The Beatles' "Got to Get You Into My Life."   As a bonus, the DVD also includes the band's performance of "What's This World Comin' To" from the 1973 ABC television special Chicago In The Rockies.

Chicago: VI Decades Live (This is What We Do) captures the strength and power of the various lineups over the years of the legendary band started by Peter Cetera, Terry Kath, Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, Jimmy Pankow, Walt Parazaider, and Danny Seraphine.  Look for this live retrospective on April 6 from Rhino Records.  You can pre-order and peruse the track listing below!

Chicago: VI Decades Live (This is What We Do) (Rhino, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Disc One: Isle Of Wight Festival (8/28/70) (*)

1. Introduction
2. "South California Purples"
3. "Beginnings"
4. "In The Country"
5. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Free Form Intro)"
6. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
7. "Mother"

CD 2: Isle Of Wight Festival (8/28/70) (*)

1. "It Better End Soon"
2. "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon"
3. "25 Or 6 To 4"
4. "I'm A Man"

CD 3 (*)

1. "Poem For The People" (Paris, France, 12/8/69)
2. "25 Or 6 To 4" (Paris, France, 12/8/69)
3. "Liberation" (Paris, France, 12/8/69)
4. "Goodbye" (The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts, Washington D.C., 9/16/71)
5. "Now That You've Gone" (Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia, 6/26/72)
6. "A Hit By Varèse" (Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, 8/13/73)
7. "If You Leave Me Now" (Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, 12/1/77)
8. "Takin' It On Uptown" (Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, 12/1/77)

CD 4 (*)

1. "Hot Streets" (Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 8/11/78)
2. "Little One" (Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 8/11/78)
3. "Forever" (Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL, 3/21/87)
4. "Medley: In The Midnight Hour/Knock On Wood/I'm A Man/Get Away" (Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL, 3/21/87)
5. "You're Not Alone" (Starplex Amphitheater, Dallas, TX, 5/30/92)
6. "The Pull" (Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, NV, 3/20/94)
7. "In The Mood" (Caesar's Palace, Atlantic City, NJ, 7/28/94)
8. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Caesar's Palace, Atlantic City, NJ, 7/28/94)
9. "Look Away (Acoustic)" - A&E Network, Live By Request, 9/5/02)
10. "America" (WHYY, The Grand, Wilmington, DE, 5/7/14)

DVD: Rockpalast (2/12/77) *

1. "Anyway You Want"
2. "Saturday In The Park"
3. "Skin Tight"
4. "Just You 'n' Me"
5. "Hope For Love"
6. "You Are On My Mind"
7. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
8. "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon"
9. "Beginnings"
10. "Scrapbook"
11. "A Hit By Varèse"
12. "Call On Me"
13. "Takin' It On Uptown"
14. "If You Leave Me Now"
15. "Once Or Twice"
16. "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long"/"Mongonucleosis"
17. "25 Or 6 To 4"
18. "Got To Get You Into My Life"
19. "I'm A Man"

(*) denotes previously unreleased track