Date: Fri 14-May-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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Laszlo's-Dave-Matthews-Tydes

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ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS

As of late last week, tickets for one of the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND shows at the

Meadows had finally sold out, but tickets were still available for the band's

second show in Hartford. A few tickets are still available for Friday, August

6. Lawn seats, which is all that remains, are $32 and can be purchased through

any Pro-Tix outlet or charged by calling 860/422-0000. The tickets for the

Saturday, August 7, show are the ones that are all gone.

Additional news concerning Meadows events includes the announcement from TOMMY

LEE last week that he will not be touring with MOTLEY CRUE this summer. That

includes, of course, the stop the band has on July 3 co-headlining with THE

SCORPIONS.

For the August 1 BARENAKED LADIES SHOW, The Beautiful South will be playing

the opening set.

The Newtown band MIND TYDES has another performance at Toad's Place coming up

this weekend. The band will be playing an opening set on Sunday, May 16, as

will The Pete Scheips Band. Both bands are opening for MERL SAUNDERS & THE

RAINFOREST. The show is open to all ages.

Laszlo's sent late notice last week of a just-added jazz performance this

coming Monday. On May 17 at 8 pm, SCOTT SHERWOOD, PAUL HANNAH and MIKE NUNNO

will be performing. The cafe is at 179 Main Street in Monroe. Details, call

Laszlo's at 459-8889.

Also in the flavor of local rock bands news, MOPPIN SAUCE has some new dates

to let its fans know about. The band will be at Classic Rock Brew Pub in

Danbury next Friday (May 21), Fat Day's in Watertown on June 5, TK's in New

Haven on June 12, and Shennanigan's in Norwalk on July 2.

One of the biggest glam bands of the Eighties, DURAN DURAN will be at Foxwoods

Resort Casino on August 13. That's the night following a PAT BENATAR concert.

Tickets are still available for both shows, call 800/200-2882 for details.

In the event you missed the announcement elsewhere in the paper this week,

Ives Concert Park began to announce its summer schedule this week. Among the

headlining shows that fit into "On the Road"'s vein will be THE BEACH BOYS on

July 18 and BRUCE HORNSBY on August 21. Also performing at the outdoor theatre

on the westside campus of Western CT State University this summer will be

DONNA SUMMER, July 24; HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS, July 31; LYLE LOVETT, August 1;

and ANNE MURRAY, September 4. Tickets for all of these shows will be available

as of Saturday morning through all TicketMaster outlets. All shows carry

ticket prices of $35 for reserved seats, $22 for lawn seats, and $7 for

children age 12 and under. And except for the Hornsby show, each of these

concerts also offer Gold Circle seating for $50 each. The local TicketMaster

number is 744-8100, or contact Ives Park's box office at 837-9226.

Two days before their third full-length album is released, MUSTARD PLUG will

be playing at The Tune Inn in New Haven. The band will no doubt be playing a

lot of its new music, as well as stuff from the 1993 debut album, Big Daddy

Multitude , as well as the 1997 follow-up Evildoers Beware . The

self-proclaimed "ska-punk demi gods" will be in New Haven on Friday, May 14,

which will actually be a warm-up a full tour that starts on March 26.

Oh, and the new album is called Pray For Mojo . Nearly forgot to mention that.

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

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 shannon @thebee.com. Include a phone number for

confirmation, please . 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 calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and

over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

MAY 14 -- Pete Moss and The Fertilizers at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; Love Gun

at Toad's Place, New Haven, Matt's Altar, Atmosfear and X-IT opening; The

Listings at Laszlo's Arts Cafe, Monroe; Mustard Plug at The Tune Inn, New

Haven; Lunasa at Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling, NY;

May 15 -- Zero Chance and Point of View at Laszlo's Arts Cafe; Double Dare at

Tuxedo Junction;

May 16 -- Merl Saunders & The Rainforest at Toad's Place, Mind Tydes and Pete

Scheips Band opening (all ages); John Gorka at Towne Crier Cafe, Jennifer

Kimball opening;

May 17 -- Scott Sherwood, Paul Hannah & Mike Nunno at Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

May 18 -- Toots & The Maytals at Toad's Place, Sneaky Pete opening (all ages);

May 20 -- Fuel at Tuxedo Junction, Virgo's Merlot and Finger Eleven opening

(all ages); The Manny Pavone Group at Laszlo's Arts Cafe; Propain at The

Webster Theatre;

May 21 -- Maggie Atwell at Laszlo's Arts Cafe; The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction;

Moppin Sauce at Classic Rock Brew Pub, Danbury; Darik & The Funbags at Toad's

Place, DOA 2000, Prezens and Epic opening; Popa Chubby at Towne Crier Cafe;

May 22 -- Plutonia and Taproot at Laszlo's Arts Cafe; The Zoo at Tuxedo

Junction; The Mollys at Towne Crier Cafe;

May 23 -- Sans Cherubs at Towne Crier Cafe, Peter Spink opening;

May 24 -- Fountains of Wayne at Toad's Place (all ages), Owsley and Logan 3

opening;

May 27 -- Side Project at Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

May 28 -- Future Tense at Tuxedo Junction; Santana at the Oakdale Theatre,

Wallingford, Ozomatli opening; John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band at Toad's

Place, St Tone and The Mercury Seed opening; Frank McGoldrich at Laszlo's Arts

Cafe;

May 29 -- WPLR Picnic at Yale Field, New Haven (Edgar Winter Band, NRBQ,

Hubinger Street, et al); F.A.C.E. Benefit Concert at Laszlo's Arts Cafe

(performances by My Dad's Truck, Gail Rombin Simon, Kent Aldrich, Water Bacon

and The Bonaccorso-Lewis-Shanley Trio); Big Toe at Tuxedo Junction;

May 31 -- radio 104 Fest at The Meadows (Live, Silverchair, Fuel, Crash Test

Dummies, Spin Doctors, Local H, Orgy, Sponge, Reel Big Fish, Dovetail Joint,

Fountains of Wayne, Joy Drop, Zebrahead, Tenstar, My Friend Steve, Babe The

Blue Ox, Train, et al).

JUNE 2 -- Flotsam and Jetsam at The Webster Theatre, Hartford;

June 4 -- Free Style at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

June 5 -- Harvey and the Wallbangers at Tuxedo Junction; Moppin Sauce at Fat

Daddy's, Watertown; The John Whelan Band at Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling, NY,

Matthew Phelps opening;

June 6 -- Leftover Salmon at Toad's Place, New Haven (all ages), Blueground

Undergrass opening; The McKrells at Towne Crier Cafe;

June 11 -- Channeling Jim at Tuxedo Junction; Shakedown at Toad's Place (all

ages), Carnival Dogs and Smoke the Prophet opening;

June 12 -- Big Orange Cone at Tuxedo Junction; Moppin Sauce at TK's, New

Haven;

June 13 -- Volunteer Jam at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford (Charlie

Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker Band and Molly Hatchet);

June 18-20 -- 4th Annual Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Memorial Park,

Bridgeport (with Gov't Mule, John Scofield, Deep Banana Blackout, Strangefold,

Percy Hill, et al);

June 19 -- Men at Work at Mohegan Sun Casino (Wolf Den), Uncasville; Ozzfest

'99 at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford (Black Sabbath, Rob Zombie,

Deftones, Slayer, Primus, et al);

June 22 -- Beenie Man at Toad's Place (all ages);

June 24 -- Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan & Shemekia Copeland at the Oakdale;

June 25 -- Hootie & the Blowfish at Mohegan Sun Casino (Wolf Den); Simple Jim

at Toad's Place, What Up! and 13 O'Clock opening;

June 26 -- J. Geils Band at The Meadows;

June 27 -- The Verve Pipe at Toad's Place (all ages), Papa Vegas opening; The

Allman Brothers Band at The Meadows; Susan McKeown & The Chanting House at

Towne Crier Cafe, Kila opening;

June 29 -- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers at The Meadows, Lucinda Williams

opening.