Date: Fri 13-Nov-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

Quick Words:

Hole-Merchant-Spring-Heeled

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ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS

Saturday morning, tickets will be going on sale for the always-unpredictable,

never-apologetic (and we do love her that way!) Courtney Love and HOLE, who

will be performing at the O'Neill Center at WestConn in Danbury on Friday,

December 4. Costs are $25 for tickets in advance (seating is all general

admission), or $27.50 at the door.

Tickets can be purchased directly from the O'Neill Center's box office; call

837-8437 or visit the building, on the university's westisde campus, on

University Boulevard (the same area where the outdoor Ives Center is located).

They're also available through any TicketMaster outlet, whether in person or

by charge line.

Tickets for NATALIE MERCHANT at The Oakdale in Wallingford next month are also

going on sale Saturday morning. Fresh off this summer's Lilith Fair touring

festival, Merchant will return to Connecticut on Thursday, December 10. Those

tickets are going to be obtainable only through the theatre's box office. Call

203/265-1501.

Now here's something I hadn't planned on seeing in my lifetime: MEN AT WORK

are on a comeback tour. The Aussies will be at Toad's Place next week, on Nov

16. Original members Colin Haye and Greg Ham are still with the group, which

is touring to support the recently-released Brazil . Opening will be Sweeter

Than Wine and Prezens.

Looks like most of the band members in SPRING HEELED JACK will be able to

enjoy Thanksgiving at home this year. The band has a post-Thanksgiving show

scheduled for November 27 at The Webster Theatre in Hartford. With some of the

band members coming from Newtown, Monroe and Trumbull homes, it's a good bet

most, if not all, of the band will be enjoying a home-cooked meal at some

point on Thursday before heading up to Hartford on Friday. Opening the

November 27 show will be Bim Skala Bim and The Infamous Gnomosexuals.

A New Year's Eve concert/party will be held at the CT Expo Center, the

building which was the former's BJ's Warehouse, next to the Meadows in

Hartford. MAX CREEK will be performing. The band moved its December 31 show

from The Webster Theatre because a large crowd is expected. Sassagrass will be

opening the New Year's Eve festivities.

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

NOVEMBER 13 -- Peat Moss at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; Tricky at Toad's Place,

New Haven (all ages), Whale opening; The Flys at The Brickyard, Hartford,

Janus Stark opening; Pushmonkey at the Webster Underground, Hartford;

November 14 -- Scream at Tuxedo Junction; The Nudes at Night Lights

Coffeehouse (United Methodist Church), Norwalk; Blues Traveler at the Oakdale

Theatre, Wallingford, Agents of Good Roots opening; The Dickies at the Webster

Theatre, Hartford, Blanks 77 opening; Ferron at Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling, NY,

Sans Cherubs opening;

November 15 -- Greg Brown at the Towne Crier Cafe, Karen Savoca opening;

Little Feat at The Globe, Norwalk; Eight to the Bar at Toad's Place (Swing

Night, dance instruction w/ Jitterbug Jane); Patti Smith at The Webster

Theatre;

November 16 -- Men at Work at Toad's Place, Sweeter Than Wine and Prezens

opening;

November 17 -- The Itals at Toad's Place (all ages), Holy Smoke and Sneaky

Pete opening; Warrant at Tuxedo Junction;

November 19 -- The Pat McGee Band at The Globe Theatre;

November 20 -- Tori Amos at UConn's Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, The Unbelievable

Truth opening; The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction;

November 21 -- Chris Isaac at the Oakdale, Sean Mullins opening; The Kennedys

at Towne Crier Cafe, Grey Eye Glances opening; The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction;

November 22 -- Gary & The Moodswingers at Toad's Place (Swing Night, dance

instruction w/ Jitterbug Jane); James Cotton Band at Towne Crier Cafe;

November 24 -- Phish at New Haven Coliseum; Dude of Life at Toad's Place

(Phish lyricist, all ages), Dirty Sanchez opening;

November 25 -- Kiss (The Psycho Circus Tour) at Hartford Civic Center; Max

Creek at The Webster Theatre (all ages); The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction;

November 27 -- Them Bones at Tuxedo Junction; NRBQ at Toad's Place, Big Bad

Johns and The Bandidos opening; Leon Redbone at the Towne Crier Cafe; Spring

Heeled Jack at The Webster Theatre, Bim Skala Bim and The Infamous

Gnomosexuals opening;

November 28 -- Guster at The Webster Theatre (all ages); Nils Lofgren at

Cheney Hall, Manchester; Big Orange Cone at Tuxedo Junction;

November 29 -- Sick of It All at Toad's Place (all ages), Shutdown and Ensign

opening.