*Wilton High School will be hosting a concert this weekend by THREE DOG NIGHT. The band is reportedly performing a benefit concert for Wilton's Trackside Teen Center. Tickets are hefty - at $80 and $100 - and reservations are suggested.
*Wilton High School will be hosting a concert this weekend by THREE DOG NIGHT. The band is reportedly performing a benefit concert for Wiltonâs Trackside Teen Center. Tickets are hefty â at $80 and $100 â and reservations are suggested.
A silent auction will begin at 7, and the show will be starting at 8. Fairfield County band FUTURE TENSE will have the opening set.
*Itâs already been a big year for FALL OUT BOY. The Chicago-based band has been named one of the Ten Artists To Watch by Rolling Stone, and has been picked by MTV as One Of The Bands To Watch in 2005.
Now that the band has completed work on its major label debut album, From Under The Cork Tree, Alternative Press has already named it one of the Most Anticipated Releases of 2005 in its Most Anticipated issue (released in January). Produced by Neal Avron (New Found Glory, Everclear and Yellowcard), the band has hit the road on its Fueled By Ramen Tour that arrives in Hartford on April 22. Fall Out Boy will be headlining at The Webster Theatre that evening, following sets by Gym Class Heroes and The Academy Isâ¦
The Websterâs website also mentions REGGIE AND THE FULL EFFECT on the roster that night. Not bad for a $15 ticket.
Following the seven-week, 38-city tour, Fall Out Boy will hook up with the 2005 Vans Warped Tour, also moving into a Main Stage slot for that summer fest. The closest Vans Warped Tour stop right now is August 13 at Randalls Island in New York.
*Speaking of The Webster, GOLDFINGERâS May 1 has been postponed. The band will now, according to its website, be performing in Montreal that night.
*SOPHIE B. HAWKINS is returning to Hartford, on May 19, to play a show at The Webster Underground. Tickets for that show are $20.
*And also in the Webster vein, I see that the EDWIN McCAIN show, with JEFFREY GAINES opening, that will be in New Haven at Toadâs Place on June 9 will also be making a stop at The Webster, on June 15. The Toadâs Place show will be on my birthday, for anyone whoâs keeping track.
*SIDESHOW has reformed for at least one show. The band will be part of The Funbags Productions Showcase this weekend at The Thirsty Turtle in Stamford. An 11-band show will be the highlight of Sunday, April 3; SideShowâs 20-minute set will start at 7 pm.
*The Meadows Music Centre in Hartford is getting ready for summer: Tickets for the annual shows by DAVE MATTHEWS BAND are going on sale this weekend. This yearâs concerts will be Saturday and Sunday, June 18-19.
Tickets have been priced at $40.50 and $58 and will be going on sale Saturday, April 2, at 10 am.
Next weekend tickets will be going on sale for JAMES TAYLOR, who will be in Hartford on Friday, June 17. Tickets for that show are going to run from $20 (presumably for the lawn area) to $65, and will be going on sale at 10 am on April 9.
The weekend after that itâll be time for OZZFEST tickets. The show will be in Hartford on July 17, and tickets will be available at 10 am on Saturday, April 16, priced from $30.50 to $81.
*HAT CITY BLUES BAND continues to play regularly throughout Fairfield County, with shows coming up at familiar and new locations. The guys will be at The BoxCar in Southport next weekend, The Lodge in Southbury on April 15, The Georgetown Saloon on April 22 and then at a new place for them, 95 North in Norwalk (280 Connecticut Avenue in Norwalk; telephone 203-855-0135).
Additional shows are already planned on May 21, when HCBB performs its 3rd Annual Newtown Youth Services Benefit Concert at Fireside Inn in Newtown; along with just added shows on June 10 at The Lodge and June 18 at The Georgetown Saloon.
Until next week Iâll be seeing you⦠on the road.
Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks c/o The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470, or shannon@thebee.com, or call the office at 426-3141.
Shows listed at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
APRIL 1 â Riders on The Storm at Pomperaug High School, Southbury; New Found Glory at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (all ages); Badfish at Toadâs Place, New Haven (all ages); Rasta Chinela at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;
April 2 â Dr Mudd at Tuxedo Junction; Three Dog Night at Wilton High School, Future Tense opening;
April 3 â Duran Duran at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville; Zakk Wildeâs Black Label Society at The Webster Theatre, Meldrum opening (all ages); Buddy Guy at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den, Uncasville; Ramblinâ Jack Elliott at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs at Toadâs Place (all ages); Pimenta Malagenta at Tuxedo Junction;
April 7 â The Wailers at The Webster Theatre; Fro at The Acoustic Café.
April 8 â Mudvayne at The Webster Theatre, Life of Agony and American Head Charge opening (all ages); Jack Wagner at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den (also performing one show on April 9);
April 9 â Bob Weir & Ratdog at Foxwoods Casinoâs Fox Theatre, Ledyard; Beatlejuice, Jim Florentine (of Crank Yankers) and Bob Levy at The Webster Theatre, Hartford; Don McLean at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Kevin Briody opening; Jack Wagner at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den (also performing April 8); The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction;
April 10 â Tori Amos at The Bushnell, Hartford; John Voket at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; Mos Def at Toadâs Place (all ages);
April 12 â Cher at Mohegan Sun Arena, The Village People opening; Hat City Blues Band at The BoxCar, Southport.