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With Coachella coming up this weekend, it’s pretty obvious that a lot of the concert promoters, tour bookers and publicists in town are already packing, because this was a week of slim pickings.
The biggest show announcements came from ’90s acts whose stars have faded somewhat: Sheryl Crow, who’ll play the Greek on June 11; 311 and Snoop Dogg in an odd “Unity Tour” pairing at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on June 28; Matchbox Twenty at the Pacific Amphitheatre on July 31 (all tickets on sale Saturday). And, of course, there are the classic rockers: Santana at the Nokia on July 31 (tickets on sale Saturday); and Boston and Styx, touring together without either of their signature lead singers and coming to the Gibson Amphitheatre on July 1 anyway (tickets on sale Sunday).
Of course, metalheads old and young, respectively, will be happy to note that Motor City Madman Ted Nugent has a June 17 show at the House of Blues Anaheim and a June 20 show at Canyon Club (tickets for both on sale now), and that Slipknot, Disturbed, Underoath and more will be teaming up for the Mayhem Festival at the Glen Helen Pavilion on July 13. Tickets go on sale Saturday.
So who’s this week’s winner? I was tempted to give it to Spaceland, which after weeks of keeping mum announced a slew of shows with cool, up-and-coming indie rockers. But that was before I saw that bass-playing funkmaster Bootsy Collins was playing two tributes to the late, great James Brown — at the House of Blues on May 28 and the House of Blues Anaheim on May 29.
Credit where credit is due.
– Liam Gowing
