*Remember last week when I mentioned that tickets for FIONA APPLE would be going on sale May 6, but I didn’t have ticket prices yet?

Well those prices showed up, but after my deadline of course. Tickets for Apple’s show at Mohegan Sun Arena on July 24 have been set at just $25 and $35. Not bad at all. Damien Rice and David Garza will have sets that evening as well.

*Newtown’s Paint The Town PurpleFest continues this weekend when John Voket returns to Mocha Coffee House in Sandy Hook. JV will be joined by guitarist Brendan Walsh for this, John’s third of four planned Relay For Life fundraiser events. John has once again pledged $15 per hour donations, which he is asking attendees to match. His first two shows have already raised more than $300 for Newtown’s 2006 Relay For Life.

Speaking of that event, the high school track will be filled with walkers of all ages during the June 10-11 overnight, when the Relay returns. John’s final PurpleFest event at Mocha will be on June 10, and then he’ll head over to the high school to perform some more. He’s hoping some of us will follow him to one, the other, or both events as well.

*You know it’s summer, or at least approaching that time of the year, when concerts go on sale at a wicked pace.

This weekend alone, tickets for PHIL LESH & FRENDS (TREY ANASTASIO & MIKE GORDON), TRAIN, STEELY DAN with MICHAEL McDONALD, SHAKIRA with WYCLEF JEAN, SAMMY HAGAR & THE WABOS and SHAWN MULLINS are all going on sale.

Here are the details: Tickets for Phil Lesh & Friends, at the Dodge Music Center on July 3, priced at $28.50 lawn and $49.50 pavilion, are going on sale Friday at 10 am through LiveNation.com and TicketMaster vendors.

Tickets for Train (priced at $35 and $45), playing the Chevrolet Theatre in Wallingford on August 4, will also be on sale Friday morning at 10.

Tickets for Steely Dan, at Dodge Music Center on August 24, will be on sale Saturday at 10 am, priced at $25 for the lawn, or $55, $75 and $95 for reserved seats.

Tickets for Sammy Hagar and The Wabos, with Van Halen guitarist Michael Anthony, at Mohegan Sun Arena on July 5, will be on sale Saturday at 10 am, all priced at just $20. For the Livin’ It Up 2006 Tour, the show’s first set will feature Hagar’s solo material, while the second set will have Anthony on the stage and a will feature Van Halen material. Tickets will be available from Mohegan Sun’s box office on Sunday; TicketMaster will handle all of Saturday’s sales.

Tickets for the bilingual singer and songwriter Shakira, who will be at Mohegan Sun Arena on September 4 with special guest Wyclef Jean, are priced at $95 and $125, and going on sale Saturday at 10 through TicketMaster vendors. Any remaining tickets will be offered through the arena’s box office beginning Sunday morning.

Tickets for a special acoustic show by Shawn Mullins in The Cabaret at Mohegan Sun, scheduled for June 26 and 27, will be on sale Monday morning, priced at $25 for all seats.

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 club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

MAY 12 — High school open mic night at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; The Outlaws at Premier Music Hall, Danbury, Blackberry Smoke opening;

May 13 — Pearl Jam at Dodge Music Center, Hartford, My Morning Jacket opening; John Voket at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; Liz McNichol at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Leon Russell at Toad’s Place;

May 16 — Jani Lane at The Webster Theater, Hartford;

May 18 — George Thorogood & The Destroyers at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Jon Paris opening;

May 19 — Edgar Winter at The Ridgefield Playhouse, with special guest Montrose; Fairfield Crossing at Molten Java Coffee, Bethel;

May 20 — Lez Zeppelin (female tribute band) at The Webster Theater, Violent Rein opening; John Valby at Toad’s Place; Paul Rodgers at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre;

May 21 — The Charlie Daniels Band at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, with The Marshall Tucker Band and Dickey Betts & Great Southern opening; Rick Springfield at Mohegan Sun Arena;

May 26 — Willie Nelson at Mohegan Sun Arena, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band opening; Michael Bolton at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre;

May 27 — Montgomery Gentry at The Dodge Music Center, Hartford;

May 28 — Twiztid at The Webster Theater;

May 31 — Suzanne Vega at Mohegan Sun Cabaret, Uncasville (also June 1).