Date: Fri 10-Jul-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS

MIND TYDES will be playing this Saturday (July 11) at Madison Park in Hartford

during the Ski & Wake Board Championships. This is the day-long thing with

HEATHER NOVA headlining. Entertainment for the festival is being hosted by

radio 104, and the skiing is being taken care of by ESPN. If you are on your

way to Hartford for the LILITH FESTIVAL on Saturday, why not swing by the park

first and give the Newtown guys some support?

The band is working on booking another date soon for Tuxedo Junction in

Danbury. Details to follow...

Speaking of Tuxedo Junction, the club has a handful of new shows on its

schedule (and subsequently this one, of course), including another return to

the 80s. This month, shows just added include MONSTER MAGNET, July 22, with

Far and Second Coming (all ages, 7 pm start time); and July 26, THE PIETASTERS

headline a show that also includes Skinnerbox and Sgt Scagnetti (also all

ages, also 7 pm).

In August, RATT returns to the Danbury club. This time the band will be around

on Monday, August 3 -- an interesting, quiet night for a concert... Having

played Toad's Place a few months ago, OVERKILL is also returning to the area,

this time on Thursday, August 6 for a show in Danbury.

And in September, the aforementioned flashback show: THE KNACK, on Sunday,

September 6. Tickets for all of these shows are on sale now; the August and

September dates are 21-and-over only. Tuxedo Junction can be reached by

calling 748-2561.

SPRING HEELED JACK is about the hit the road again, with the release of its

second album. Songs From Suburbia will be released July 21 (watch for a story

next week; Mike Pellegrino rang in this week to say Hi before he and the band

hit the road again), and a big CD release party is being planned for Saturday,

July 25 at Tune Inn in New Haven.

MOPPIN SAUCE has another two shows to announce. The band will be at Fat

Daddy's in Watertown next weekend, on Saturday the 18th, and then at Boppers

in Danbury on Saturday, July 25.

Tickets for ROD STEWART next week at the Meadows are still available, probably

because they're so expensive! Stewart will be kicking off his world tour --

and maybe even a soccer ball or two -- at the Hartford venue on Wednesday,

July 15. Remaining tickets for the 8 pm concert are $45 for the pavilion, $25

for the lawn (the really-close-to-the-stage $75 tickets have sold out).

Both DAVE MATTHEWS SHOWS have sold out, July 31 and August 1.

Tickets will be going on sale Saturday morning (July 11) at 10 am for the

return of AEROSMITH to the Meadows. The band will be back this summer on

Saturday, August 22. No opener has been announced yet.

This Saturday is also the Hartford return of LILITH FAIR, the traveling

festival of female musicians (although some have male musicians in their

bands) in a wide range of styles. This year's itinerary was put together to

include some cities that were missed last year, and artists were added to the

lineup to make the musical offerings more eclectic.

A few notes about the Hartford show, which will be getting underway around

4:30 Saturday afternoon. First of all, a line-up change was announced

Wednesday morning: ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO has been added to Saturday's bill,

LAUREN HILL will not be appearing.

There are still three stages this year, with the Village Stage an acoustic

setup. There were rumors Sarah McLachlan was going to show up on the stage in

a surprise performance at last year's tour stop in Hartford, but that never

happened; maybe she'll show up this year. GARRISON STARR is scheduled to be

the final performance on the Village Stage; July 11 is the only date Starr

will be playing this year on Lilith.

On the Second Stage, the first act is still to be announced, to be followed by

IMANI COPPOLA and then HEATHER NOVA. Nova's a question right now, however,

because she is also due to perform across the city at the earlier-mentioned

Ski & Wake Board Championships. On the Main Stage, the performances will begin

with TRACY BONHAM, and run with Ndegeocello, BONNIE RAITT, NATALIE MERCHANT,

and finally SARAH McLACHLAN.

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

JULY 10 -- The Tornadoes at C.H. Booth Library, Newtown (7 pm, outdoors,

Saturday if rain); Shakedown at Toad's Place, New Haven, Union Groove, 4:20

and Carnival Dogs opening (all ages);

July 11 -- The Lilith Fair (Sarah McLachlan, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Merchant,

Tracy Bonham, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Heather Nova, Imani Coppola, Garrison

Starr and Donna Martin) at the Meadows Music Theatre; Blue Oyster Cult at

Sports Rock USA, New Britain;

July 13 -- Burning Spear at Toad's Place, Sneaky Pete opening;

July 15 -- Rod Stewart at the Meadows Music Theatre;

July 16 -- Stanley Jordan at Toad's Place, David Chevan & Warren Byrd opening;

July 18 -- Uncle Will's Dogs at The Cookhouse, New Milford; Moppin' Sauce at

Fat Daddy's, Watertown; Backstreet Boys at New Haven Coliseum; Third Eye Blind

at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Our Lady Peace and Eve 6 opening;

July 21 -- Metallica at The Meadows Music Theatre, Jerry Cantrell and Days of

the New opening;

July 22 -- Monster Magnet at Tuxedo Junction (all ages, 7 pm start), Far and

Second Coming opening;

July 23 -- Brian Setzer Orchestra at The Globe;

July 24 -- Gargantua Soul at Toad's Place, Sam Black Church and Miss Lonely

heart opening (all ages, pre-CD release party); The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction;

July 25 -- Spring Heeled Jack at Tune Inn, New Haven (CD release party);

Moppin' Sauce at Boppers, Danbury; Smokin' Grooves Tour at the Meadows (Public

Enemy, Cypress Hill, Busta Rhymes, et al);

July 26 -- The Jimmie Van Zant Band at Toad's Place, Steel Rodeo opening; The

Pietasters at Tuxedo Junction (all ages, 7 pm start), Skinnerbox and Sgt

Scagnetti opening;

July 30 -- Mighty Purple at Toad's Place, Paradise Vendors, Underpass and

Chemical Grooves opening (all ages);

July 31 -- Uncle Will's Dogs at Bobby R's, Monroe; Simple Jim at Toad's Place,

Uniquity and Tweed opening (all ages).

AUGUST 1 -- Iron Maiden at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Dirty Deeds opening;

August 3 -- Ratt at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

August 4 -- Tori Amos at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford; HORDE Tour at The

Meadows (Blues Traveler, Ben Harper, Barenaked Ladies, Paula Cole, Marcy

Playground, Smoke the Prophet, et al);

August 6 -- Culture Club, Howard Jones and Human League at the Oakdale,

Wallingford; Gravity Kills at Toad's Place, New Haven, Pitch Shifter opening

(all ages); Overkill at Tuxedo Junction, Grinspoon opening;

August 7 -- Deep Purple at the Meadows, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Dream

Theater opening; The Tubes (featuring Fee Waybill) at Toad's Place, New Haven,

Milestone, Creepin' Charlie & Crucible opening (rescheduled from June 19);

August 8 -- Uncle Will's Dogs at CityCenter Green, Danbury;

August 9 -- 28th Annual Reggae Festival at Woodbury Ski Area & Skate Park

(Alpha Blondy & The Solar Circus w/ Baaba Seth World Orchestra, Christafari,

Majek Fashek & The Prisoners of Conscience, Afire, Jump Start, et al);

August 10 -- Slaughter at Toad's Place;

August 14 -- Cinderella at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (rescheduled from

April, earlier tickets honored);

August 19 -- Southern Rock Jam at the Meadows Music Theatre (Charlie Daniels

Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet);

August 20 -- John Valby at Tuxedo Junction;

August 22 -- Gasball 5 at CityCenter Green, Danbury; Aerosmith at the Meadows;

August 25 -- Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band at The Meadows;

August 28 -- Max Creek at Toad's Place (all ages);

August 29 -- Van Halen at the Meadows, Kenny Wayne Shepherd opening.

SEPTEMBER 6 -- The Knack at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

September 9 -- Billy Joel at Hartford Civic Center;

September 12 -- Moppin' Sauce at Fat Daddy's, Watertown.

September 13 -- Pearl Jam at the Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, Ben Harper

opening.

OCTOBER 2 -- The Radiators at Toad's Place, New Haven;

October 3 -- Janet Jackson at Hartford Civic Center, Usher opening;

October 9 -- The Marshall Tucker Band at Toad's Place.