PILSEN — Award-winning blues duo the Blood Brothers are welcoming a third rocker, actor Bill Murray, for two sold-out shows at Pilsen’s Thalia Hall next month.
The Chicagoland native will join Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St. Advance tickets sold out online, but a limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
The Chicago shows kick off a short national tour for “Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers,” which runs through Feb. 15 and includes stops in San Francisco, Atlanta and New York City.
While he’s best known for his decades-long acting career in movies like “Stripes,” “Ghostbusters” and “Rushmore,” Murray has also made numerous appearances in the music scene over the years, including performing as Nick the Lounge Singer during his years on “Saturday Night Live,” recording the “New Worlds” album with classical musicians in 2017, and hosting Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival.
The Blood Brothers were introduced to the Murray family through comic and blues musician Chris “BadNews” Barnes, who was roommates with Murray’s younger brother John, the Sun-Times reported. John Murray began following the Blood Brothers’ career and suggested to his brother Bill that the band play their Caddyshack Charity Golf Tournament in Florida in April.
It was the beginning of “a fast friendship,” per the Sun-Times.
Murray and the Blood Brothers previously performed at the Big Blues Blender in Las Vegas in September and the Intrepid Artists’ 30th anniversary party in Charlotte in October.
Like Murray, Blood Brother Albert Castiglia also has Chicago ties; he lived in the city in the ’90s, according to the Sun-Times.
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