*Local rockers THE ADULTS have two shows before the end of the month. Jim Sheridan and crew will be at Greenwoods Ale House & Grille in Bethel on Friday, April 22, and then return to Proud Mary’s at The Inn at Newtown, 19 Main Street, on Friday, April 29.

*Two on-sale reminders this week: For those who have opted to not go for the 2011 Country Megaticket, the individual shows that ticket would have covered have begun to go on sale including the June 4 Comcast Theatre show by BRAD PAISLEY. Tickets are $31.75 and $73.75 (including service fees) and will be on sale Friday, April 15, at 10 am, through www.LiveNation.com.

Also on sale on Tax Day will be tickets for the August 25 show JOURNEY with special guests FOREIGNER and NIGHT RANGER at The Comcast Theatre, priced at $32 (including service fees) for lawn seating and up to $156 for reserved seats, as well as tickets for the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival’s July 24 stop at the Comcast Theatre ($25.25 for the lawn, $59.75 general admission pit and $39.75 or $49.75 for reserved seats; see the complete line-up for Hartford at www.RockstarMayhemFest.com).

*New this week are the announcements for on-sale dates for The Happy Together Tour (THE TURTLES featuring FLO & EDDIE, THE ASSOCIATION, MARK LINDSAY, THE BUCKINGHAMS and THE GRASS ROOTS) on July 9 at the Oakdale Theatre, $29 to $49, which will be available beginning Friday morning at 10; along with tickets for the recently announced May 14 96.5 TIC All-Star Spring Fling, to be offered as an indoor show at The Comcast Theatre in Hartford and featuring DAUGHTRY, COLBIE CAILLAT and GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS, will run from $41 to $91, and will be available beginning 10 am Saturday.

All of these tickets (from the Brad Paisley show at the opening of this column to this point) are available through www.LiveNation.com or 800-745-3000.

*KE$HA will bring her Get $leazy Tour to Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, August 12, with special guests LMFAO and Spank Rock. Tickets are $40 and also go on sale Friday morning at 10 through TicketMaster. Saturday morning tickets will also be available through the casino’s box office in Uncasville.

*STYX and YES will co-headline a show at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods on Friday, July 8. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 15, at 10 am, ranging from $40 to $65, through TicketMaster.

*BlackRock Rocks is organizing a special musical event/fundraiser called “After The Smoke Clears,” which will benefit the eight families and two landmark businesses (Marty’s Brick Oven Pizza and Varsity Barber) that were all displaced following a fire at 2914 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport last month.

“After The Smoke Clears” will take place Saturday, April 23, from 2 to 10 pm, at the S.S. Norden Club, 4 Seabright Avenue in Bridgeport. 

Entertainment, the hallmark of all BlackRock Rocks events, will include performances by NARDY BOY, IRON CHICKEN FOOT and SEPARATE INCIDENTS, with additional local acts to be added as the date approaches.

Admission is $15, with a cash bar and food for purchase. There will also be a 50/50 raffle.

“Our focus for this event is to raise funds to help the tenants of the building at 2914 Fairfield Avenue, while also bringing the community together in a show of support,” explained Chairperson Angel Telesco.

Because this will an outdoor event, there is a rain date of April 30. Contact info@blackrockrocks.org or 203-400-9509 for information.

*Organizers of the 2011 Gathering Of The Vibes Festival announced 18 additional acts for this year’s event, which returns to Bridgeport’s Seaside Park the long weekend of July 21-24.

We already knew that 60s icon WAVY GRAVY would be returning as the master of ceremonies (fresh off his 75th birthday celebration at The Beacon Theatre, no less), and that FURTHUR featuring PHIL LESH and BOB WEIR, JANE’S ADDICTION, ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS and MOE would be among the headliners.

The new list of performers includes the following, who will be performing on “multiple alternating stages throughout the weekend”: BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION, THE MOTHER HIPS, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, TEA LEAF GREEN, ROOTS OF CREATION, GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD, SAM KININGER BAND, THE BRIDGE, RUBBLEBUCKET, KUNG FU, SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDS, DAVID GANS, WAYLON SPEED, LO FABER and AARON MAXWELL of GOD STREET WINE, CARAVAN OF THIEVES, DARIAN CUNNING BAND, KING FOR A DAY, ANDY THE MUSIC MAN, BAND TOGETHER, NICOS GUN and THE PRIMATE FIASCO.

In addition to all that, Grateful Dead vocalist DONNA JEAN GODCHAUX will return to join Dark Star Orchestra as a special guest Thursday evening, and PERPETUAL GROOVE will complete the Late Night Stage Throwdown Trifecta, joining THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS and BIG GIGANTIC to keep the music going until 3 am each morning.

More bands and special guests announcements are still forthcoming.

*Tickets for EDDIE VEDDER’s June 18 show at The Bushnell have sold out. The guy is doing a one-month tour to support a solo project that hasn’t even been released yet (Ukulele Songs), but the show sold out almost immediately.

Here’s hoping Vedder somehow finds time to add a second Connecticut show to his already tight itinerary.

*Two more shows have been added to the calendar for The Warner Theatre in Torrington. Tickets will be available this weekend for BUDDY GUY’s May 27 show as well as ARLO GUTHRIE’s November 11 and 12 shows.

*Western CT State University will host a two-day event next month, with headliners to include WEEZER, SNOOP DOGG, GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC, NEON TREES, STATE RADIO and dozens more – 30 national artists and more than 25 local artists will share four stages.

Bring Our Music Back, or BOMB Fest, will take place May 28-29 and the festival’s website (www.BOMBfest.com) says this will be on the university’s Festival Fields on the university’s westside campus.

Two-day general admission is $99, and tickets are available through TicketWeb. Visit the festival’s website for full lineup and ticket details.

*And finally this week, tickets for 93.7’s 10th annual HOT Jam will be on sale Saturday morning at 10, through TicketMaster.

This year’s show will include sets by LUPE FIASCO, FABOLOUS and JEREMIH, among others; tickets are $35 to $85.

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 15 — Poco at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasvsille;

April 16 — Dave Mason at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk; Lee Brice at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; All Stars of Boston Rock at The Palace, Waterbury (featuring J. Geils, Magic Dick, Danny Klein, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, David Hill, Elliot Easton, Sandy MacDonald, Johnny A., The Uptown Horns & many others), The Stompers and Ernie and The Automatics opening;

April 17 — Ricky Martin at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville;

April 18 — Fran Cosmo at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

April 20 — Diddy-Dirty Money at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket;

April 22 — Old School at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; The Adults at Greenwoods Ale House & Grille, Bethel; Harry Connick Jr & Orchestra at The MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods; Rusted Root at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

April 23 — Nardy Boy, Iron Chicken Foot and Separate Incidents at The S.S. Norden Club, Bridgeport (fundraiser, 2-10 pm, April 30 if rain; contact BlackRock Rocks for details, weather questions, at 203-400-9509), additional performers TBA; Old School at Blue Chip Restaurant, Danbury; The Doobie Brothers at The Warner Theatre, Torrington; The Blue Yodels, Mark Miller, Don Lowe, Austin Gold, et al at Busters Billiards, New Milford (2 pm show, fundraiser for The Alzheimer’s Association);

April 28 — Jon Anderson at Infinity Music Hall;

April 29 — Alan Jackson at Mohegan Sun Arena, Sunny Sweeney opening; Roomful of Blues at Infinity Music Hall; The Adults at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; The Trolls at The Redding Roadhouse; The Bacon Brothers at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

April 30 — Eddie Money at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den.