Did you now that Stevie Wonder nearly gave his smash No. 1 hit, "Superstition," to the one and only, Jeff Beck?

Maniacs: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 13-15, at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St., Chicago. Alternative rock. Tickets start at $235.

For various reasons, many cities have been the center of musical revivals, places where something special either started or was centered. Sometimes there doesn’t seem to be a rhyme (get it, rhyme?) or ...