*The long, long, long awaited full CD by Alan Morgan, Brian Morgan and Andy Spencer — collectively known as TREBLEHOOK — has been recorded, remixed, mastered, pressed, and is now official.

The work is called Hooked, and the band will be hosting a CD release party this weekend in Newtown. Doors will open at 8 pm on Friday, June 16, at The Fireside Inn for the big event, which will include plenty of live music by the guys. The album contains 12 tracks, with songs written by all three members of this band.

*Tickets have gone on sale for a band that was once referred to as a leader of the Second British Invasion back in the Eighties. DURAN DURAN — with original members Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor — will be at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on Sunday, Augsut 6. Showtime is 7:30 pm and right now it looks like there won’t be an opener for that show. Tickets are $30 and $40 apiece and available directly from the Oakdale’s box office (203/265-1501) or online at Tickets.com.

*BON JOVI is back on the charts with its latest release. On the UK charts, anyway. The New Jersey boys released their new album, called Crush, on June 4 and the album went straight to #1 on the Official UK Album Chart. The band’s first US single, “It’s My Life,” was officially released this week, but it looks like it’s going to be some time before we see JON BON JOVI, et al, in concert in our area any time soon. The band begins touring for Crush on June 24 with a show in Bonnert Springs, Kansas, and then plays in Indiana on July 3. After that it’s overseas for JBJ and the boys, hitting Japan, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, et al… Touring dates continue to September 10, but no return time for the US has been announced yet.

*SHAWN COLVIN, on the other hand, is coming into Connecticut this summer. Colvin’s summer tour began June 10 in Iowa. The performer continues to tour on the strength of her October 1998 release, Holiday Songs and Lullabies. In addition to her own headlining tour, Colvin will be opeing six STING concerts this summer, which is how Connecticut fans will have their chance to see her. Colvin will be opening the Sting show at The Meadows in Hartford on Wednesday, July 28.

Her closest solo date right now appears to be on July 1, when she will take part in a free show with BILLY BRAGG at New York City’s Battery Park. She’ll be back in our wide-ranging neck of the woods on August 5, which also really isn’t a solo date: Colvin has a set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island that day.

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

Questions and comments 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! The 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

JUNE 16 — Treblehook at The Fireside Inn, Newtown (CD release party); Poison, Cinderella, Dokken and Slaughter at The Meadows Music Theatre; Macy Gray at the Oakdale; Sub City Project, Kurt/Underpass and Lloyd’s Hill at Laszlo’s Arts Café; The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction; Greedwell Miserly, Showcase and American Degenerate at The Maxx, New Milford;

June 17 — Lucinda at The GW Tavern, Washington Depot; Mighty Purple at The Arts Barn, Madison; Electric Monks and Crossroads at Laszlo’s Arts Café; Them Bones at Tuxedo Junction;

June 20 — Morgan Heritage at Toad’s Place (all ages), LMS opening;

June 21 — Britney Spears at The Meadows, BBMak, No Authority and Innocense opening;

June 22 — Transatlantic at Toad’s Place (all ages), Crucible and Paranoise opening;

June 23 — Peter Obre at The Inn at Newtown; Love Gun at Toad’s Place, 13 O’Clock and Seahorz opening (all ages); Little Lilith event at The Webster Theatre with Swivel Hips, Sweeter Than Wine, Heavy 7 and Ruby Fruit; The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction;

June 23-25 — 5th Annual Gathering of the Vibes Festival at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, including performances by Ratdog, David Grisman, John Scofield, Merl Saunders & Friends, Max Creek, Harlem Gospel Choir, et al;

June 24 — radio104 fest 2000 at The Meadows featuring Creed and Sevendust, also Amazing Royal Crowns, Rane, Three Doors Down, Kottonmouth Kings, Eve 6, The Catherine Wheel, Shades Apart, Deathray, Bowling For Soup, et al; Aimee Mann and Michael Penn at Toad’s Place; The Trag Band at Laszlo’s Arts Café; The Wallbangers at Tuxedo Junction;

June 25 — The Allman Brothers Band at The Meadows, Hot Tuna opening;

June 26 — The Limit at Laszlo’s Arts Café;

June 28 — Sting at The Meadows, Shawn Colvin opening;

June 29 — Mighty Purple on the New Haven Green (part of annual Arts & Ideas Festival, free show, begins 5:30 pm); Far Cry Fly at Laszlo’s Arts Café; Dillinger Escape Plan at Toad’s Place (all ages), Candiria opening;

June 30 — Phish at The Meadows; Yellowman & The Sagittarius Band at Toad’s Place, Holy Smoke opening; Future Tense at Tuxedo Junction; E-Town and Concrete at The Webster Theatre.

JULY 1 — Phish at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford; Darik & The Funbags at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

July 5 — The Psychedelic Furs at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

July 6 — Marc Anthony at The Meadows;

July 7 — Earth, Wind & Fire at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford; George Clinton & Parliament at Toad’s Place, Rearview opening;

July 8 — Kiss at The Meadows, Skid Row and Ted Nugent opening; Natalie Merchant at Ives Concert Park, Danbury, Wilco and Carrie opening;

July 9 — Steely Dan at The Meadows;

July 11 — Brian Setzer at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard; Kottonmouth Kings at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (all ages);

July 13 — Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Oakdale; Culture at Toad’s Place, Crucial Massive opening (all ages);

July 14 — The Moody Blues at The Meadows Music Theatre; Mighty Purple at Toad’s Place (all ages), SiMent opening; The Beach Boys at the Oakdale Theatre, The Four Tops opening.

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July 15 — The Moody Blues at Ives Concert Park.

, The Peter Spink Group opening;

July 15-16 — Alternative Rock n’ Skate Jam Fest at Woodbury Ski Area;

July 17 — Robin Trower at Toad’s Place;

July 18 — The Neville Brothers at Toad’s Place;

July 19 — Less Than Jake at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

July 21 — Bob Dylan and Phil Lesh & Friends at The Meadows; Jethro Tull at Foxwoods Casino;

July 22 — Yes and Kansas at The Meadows; Peter Frampton at Foxwoods Casino; King’s X at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

July 24 —The Slackers at The Webster Theatre, Hartford;

July 25 — Widespread Panic at Toad’s Place (all ages);

July 29 — Jethro Tull at Ives Concert Park, XRC opening; Reggae Summer Splash Festival at The Meadows with Beres Hammond, Luciano, Cocoa Tea, et al;

July 31 — Incubus at The Webster Theatre (all ages); George Thorogood & The Destroyers at Toad’s Place.