*OK, here’s the scoop for those who had tickets from the canceled LADY GAGA show from January. Online customers of the Oakdale and Mohegan Sun performances will have first access to the new date, which is Thursday, September 16, at the XL Center in Hartford, beginning at 10 am Friday, April 9, and continuing through 5 pm Thursday, April 15. You should have received an email with a custom password that will allow you to purchase tickets for the new date during these times.

If the show doesn’t sell out by then, the public onsale will be Monday, April 19, at 10 am, through LiveNation.com and TicketMaster.

*THE DOUG WAHLBERG BAND will return to Georgetown Saloon in Redding this weekend, performing Friday night.

*Tony Summo and Lou Bellofatto will be back at Proud Mary’s this weekend and then again later the month.

The duo, who perform as OLD SCHOOL, will be performing this Saturday night from 8 to 11 pm. Their next show will be Saturday, April 24, during the same hours.

*THE WAY-BACK MACHINE will be playing music of the 60s and 70s at Rivalry Sports Grille, 262 Main Street in Monroe, on Saturday, April 17, starting at 9:30 pm.

*The second show in WPKN’s live music series Sundays at Six will be on Sunday, April 18, at The Acoustic Café in Bridgeport, with master jazz guitarist PAUL MEYERS joined by trombone player STEVE DAVIS.

Admission is $15 and benefits community radio station WPKN. Advance tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.com, and tickets may also be available at the Acoustic Café, 2926 Fairfield Avenue in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, on the day of the show.

*Veteran rockers YES and PETER FRAMPTON will be performing at Mohegan Sun Arena on Wednesday, June 16. Tickets are $35 and go on sale Friday, April 9, at 10 am through TicketMaster. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun box office beginning Saturday at 10, subject to availability.

*Also going on sale Friday at 10 am will be tickets for a return by THE BACKSTREET BOYS, who continue to tour to support October’s release of This Is Us. The boy band will return to Mohegan Sun Arena for an 8 o’clock show on Tuesday, June 15, and tickets are $40 for that show.

These will also be available through TicketMaster for the first 24 hours of their availability, and then through the casino’s box office beginning Saturday morning.

*Tickets will be going on sale Saturday morning at 10 for RIHANNA, who will bring her Last Girl On Earth Tour to Mohegan Sun on Wednesday, August 11. Tickets are $80 and $110, and will be available through TicketMaster.

Until next week, I’ll 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 clubs are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING SHOWS

APRIL 9 — Kevin Briody at Redding Community Center (Lyrics Coffeehouse series), Redding; Wilco at The Bushnell, Hartford; Doug Wahlberg Band at Georgetown Saloon, Redding;

April 10 — Jim Allyn at The Blue Z; Old School at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Average White Band at Infinity Music Hall.

ll; Midnight Rodeo at Redding Roadhouse;

April 11 — Christopher Cross at Infinity Music Hall; Todd Rundgren at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

April 17 — Crystal Pyramid at The One-Eyed Pig, Newtown; The Way-Back Machine at Rivalry Sports Grille, Monroe;

April 18 — Patty Larkin at Infinity Music Hall, with special guest The Nields; Paul Meyers and Steve Davis at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport;

April 23 — Montgomery Gentry at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Darryl Worley opening; Graham Parker at Fairfield Theatre Company; WCCC Homegrown Showcase at The Webster Underground, Hartford, featuring Domeringer, Tempest Edge, Limited Sight, Big Moon and Agrippa 93;

April 24 — Old School at Proud Mary’s;

April 25 — The Fray at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods; Disco Biscuits at The Webster;

April 28 — “One Night of Queen” performed by Gary Mullen & The Works at The Ridgefield Playhouse.