Date: Fri 31-Oct-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

Quick Words:

Wallflowers-Treadmill-Cole

Full Text:

ON THE ROAD FOR OCTOBER 24

Tickets for the WALLFLOWERS show mentioned here last week will be going on

sale Friday morning at 10 am. That's this Friday, as in October 24.

The show is November 23 at the O'Neill Center - that's the athletic events

auditorium building on the westside campus of Western CT State University in

Danbury. O'Neill Center tickets are available through TicketMaster (744-8100).

TREADMILL TRACKSTAR's New York City gig as part of an Atlantic Records new

artists showcase last week was a major success, I hear. We're always very

interested in Trackstar happenings thanks to a strong Newtown connection with

band member Angelo Gianni. The guitarist and lead vocalist for Treadmill

Trackstar, Angelo grew up here but has since relocated to South Carolina,

where the band is out of.

Following on the heels of last week's show is the release of the band's newest

album, due in record stores next Tuesday (October 28). The album will be

available not only in stores, but via the Internet. The band has a home page

on the Web, with a bit of the band's history, photos and an ordering list of

band related material, including their first album, Excessive Use of the

Passive Voice . Find Treadmill for yourself next week, or check the band out

at treadmilltrackstar.com

PAULA COLE, fresh from her summer of touring with The Lilith Fair and now on

the road on her own, will be returning to Connecticut on November 30 for a

solo performance at Toad's Place in New Haven. Rapture!

Cole was certainly one of the highlights of the Lilith Fair when it pulled

into Hartford this past summer. The only bad part about the Fair was the with

so many different musicians being showcased on the same bill, it meant

abbreviated sets by each performer. This new tour of hers gives Cole's fans a

much more concentrated opportunity to see Cole, her vibrant personality on

stage, and hear works from her current album, This Fire , as well as her

previous solo release, Harbinger .

Cole's show will be open to fans of all ages, by the way.

Another addition to the Toad's Place calendar, JOHN HIATT & THE NASHVILLE

QUEENS, November 9. A new artist, SHERRI JACKSON, opens that one. RIC OCASEK

has also been added to the calendar at Toad's Place, for a November 17 show.

Mollycoddle will open PAT BENATAR's show when she plays her only Connecticut

date on her current schedule, November 2.

WHY, when lunch hour and rush hour traffic always has been and always will be

at the same time of the day Monday through Friday, do managers of grocery

stores/post offices/banks insist on putting one cashier/teller at the counter

during lunch hours and rush hours?! (In the same vein, why do grocery stores

continue to put so many cash registers into the front of a store, when all of

those registers are never going to be put to use at the same time??)

Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the road, or waiting on line

somewhere.

Questions and comments concerning "On The Road" (or anything music related)

should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road,

Newtown 06470, or send me your cyber thoughts at editor @thebee.com (put

Attention Shannon on the subject line). Include a phone number for

confirmation, por favor . If you don't have a stamp or a piece of paper or a

writing utensil that works, give me a call! Phone number at the office is

426-3141.

Shows listed on the concert calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and

over unless specified.