DS Photo Gallery: Viagra Boys w/The Steens – The Salt Shed, Chicago IL (2/24/23) 

The Viagra Boys rocked and sold out Chicago’s newest indoor/outdoor music venue, The Salt Shed, as part of their 2023 US tour. The facility once housed- you guessed it- salt for the Morton Salt company. The factory operations stopped in 2015 and eventually work began to transform it into an iconic music venue and community […]

The Viagra Boys rocked and sold out Chicago’s newest indoor/outdoor music venue, The Salt Shed, as part of their 2023 US tour.


The facility once housed- you guessed it- salt for the Morton Salt company. The factory operations stopped in 2015 and eventually work began to transform it into an iconic music venue and community space, first opening their doors in 2022. The Salt Shed already has a stacked line up this year so far (Iggy Pop? Bikini Kill? Hell yeah!) and what better way to experience my first time at the iconic Salt Shed than with another truly iconic band, The Viagra Boys.


The Chicago stop of their tour featured Orange County fuzz-garage rockers The Steens. They released their debut album Life One in October 2022. This is definitely a band to keep an eye on!


Viagra Boys, a gritty, satirical post-punk band from Sweden just released a deluxe version of their 2022 album Cave World featuring four new songs: “It Ain’t Enough,” “Stretch My Arms,” “Milk Farm,” and “Only Friend.” To support the latest album they’ve been touring the US with their “Shrimp City Beach 1993 Reunion Tour.”


This show will certainly be hard to top. Shrimp costumes? Someone from the crowd handing Sebastian Murphy a bong? You’re going to have to check out the full gallery below to see what you missed!


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