*A reminder this week that the next benefit concert at Fairfield Theatre Company will be “Stop in the Name of Love: Band Together Benefit.” An evening of Motown, soul and blues to benefit The Children’s Burn Camp of Connecticut, the May 29 show will feature performances by JEN DURKIN, JAY STOLLMAN, CHRISTOPHER BROWN, CHRIS COOGAN and Band Together founders ROB FRIED and JERRY VIGORITO.

Tickets are $32 ($27 for members), showtime is 7:30 and doors will open at 7.

*FILTER is back and getting ready to hit the road for their first tour in nearly six years. Having just traveled to Kuwait to participate in the Operation MySpace concert in March and released (finally!) Anthems for the Damned just last week, Richard Patrick and crew will be making a stop in Hartford on Friday, May 30, at Pig’s Eye Pub.

The Hartford show is listed on the band’s website as an outdoor show at 50 Union Place in Hartford, so this may even be a freebie. Keep checking OfficialFilter.com or call the pub (which is at 356 Asylum Street), 860-278-4747, or tune in to WCCC, which is sponsoring the show.

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

MAY 16 — Scott Parker at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook, playing Bob Dylan open tribute show (musicians invited); Kanye West at Dodge Music Center, Hartford, Rihanna, N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco opening;

May 17 — Bill Devlin at Mocha Coffee House;

May 20 — Van Halen at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Ky-Mani Marley opening;

May 22 — The English Beat at Fairfield Theatre Company;

May 23 — Laura Warfield at Mocha Coffee House; Billy Joel at Mohegan Sun Arena (SOLD OUT); Ed Roland at Mohegan Sun’s Cabaret Theater; Slamm USA at Foxwoods Casino’s Hard Rock Café, Ledyard (Carmine Appice’s percussion ensemble, playing benefit for Hartford Children’s Medical Center), with special guests Gary Hoey and Bill Leverty;

May 24 — Jurman at Mocha Coffee House;

May 25 — Billy Joel at Mohegan Sun Arena (SOLD OUT); Stone Temple Pilots at The Chevrolet Theatre;

May 26 — Stone Temple Pilots at Mohegan Sun Arena;

May 29 — Billy Joel at Mohegan Sun Arena (SOLD OUT); “Stop in the Name of Love: Band Together Benefit” at Fairfield Theatre Company, featuring Jen Durkin, Jay Stollman, Christopher Brown, Chris Coogan and Band Together founders Rob Fried and Jerry Vigorito;

May 30 — Ryan Weber at Mocha Coffee House; Tab Benoit at Fairfield Theatre Company; The B. Willie Smith Band at Toad’s Place; Filter at Pig’s Eye Pub, Hartford

May 31 — Donovan Roberts at Mocha Coffee House; Foghat at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (two shows, 8 and 10 pm); Air Supply at The Palace Theater, Waterbury; Stayin’ Alive at Mohegan Sun’s Cabaret Theatre (tribute show, also June 1).