*Tickets for CARLOS SANTANA’s April 5 show at Mohegan Sun went on sale last weekend, but I didn’t learn about the onsale details until after last week’s deadline. So sorry if this caused an inconvenience for anyone.

The show will open with a set by The Derek Trucks Band, and tickets are still available, priced at $48 and $68. Contact TicketMaster vendors or visit the casino’s box office for details.

*Tickets will be going on sale this weekend for LESS THAN JAKE, who will be playing The Jorgenson Center for the Performing Arts at UConn Storrs on Saturday, February 9. Showtime is 8 pm and Catch-22 will have an opening set.

Punk/pop/ske band Less Than Jake is not only hoping to have new music ready for a ninth studio album release within a few months, but they’re also queueing up four rereleases of previous albums (Goodbye Blue and White, Pezcore, Losers and Kings And Things We Don’t Understand) along with a release of the DVD Peoples History of Less Than Jake. The bad news is none of this new/old material will be available by the time of the Storrs show; the rereleases are all expected to be out on March 18. Enjoy the show nevertheless.

Tickets for the UConn show are $20 for the public (students will receive $10 discounts for buying their tickets in advance and $5 if there are tickets available at the door). Call the Jorgensen’s box office at 860-486-4226 (Monday through Friday, 11 am-5 pm) or visit Jorgenson.UConn.edu for tickets and additional information.

*This week I want to not only remind everyone that MICHELLE SHOCKED will be at The Ridgefield Playhouse next weekend, but also offer a teaser: John Voket had a great talk with the versatile entertainer this week and has promised a great story about her for next week’s Enjoy section.

Shocked will headline at the playhouse on Saturday, February 2, as part of the Doyle Coffin Architecture Singer-Songwriter Series. She is touring these days to support ToHeavenURide, which celebrates her love and respect of gospel music. Showtime is 8 pm, and the evening will begin with a set by rising singer-songwriter ERIN McKEOWN.

Tickets are $45, and are available by calling the theater’s box office (203-438-5795) or online at RidgefieldPlayhouse.org.

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

JANUARY 25 — John Cain & The Blues Busters at Georgetown Saloon; The Doug Wahlberg Band at The Atrium at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard (also January 26);

January 26 — Bob’s Your Uncle at Georgetown Saloon; The Doug Wahlberg Band at The Atrium at Foxwoods; Tale Spin at City Ale House, Danbury, Slight Return opening;

January 31 — Keith Urban at Mohegan Sun Arena, Carrie Underwood opening (also February 1).

FEBRUARY 1 — Keith Urban at Mohegan Sun Arena, Carrie Underwood opening; 2U at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard (U2 tribute band); The Mark Wood Experience with (members of) Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Waterbury Arts Magnet School Orchestra at The Palace Theater, Waterbury; Otis & The Hurricanes at Georgetown Saloon, Redding;

February 2 — Third Annual Black Rock Rocks Mardi Gras fundraising party at Acoustic Café, Bridgeport (3 pm start, all ages until 8 pm), featuring 930 Moon, Darian Cunning Band, Larissa DeLorenzo, Mike Falzone, Chelsea Genzano, Cosmic Jibaros, Nardy Boy, Dan Tressler’s String Fingers and John Torres; Michelle Shocked at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Erin McKeown opening; Curtis T at Georgetown Saloon;

February 8 — The Doug Wahlberg Band at The Atrium at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard (also February 9); Joe Perry at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre; Roxy Perry at Georgetown Saloon;

February 9 — The Doug Wahlberg Band at The Atrium at Foxwoods; Chance Browne & Friends at Georgetown Saloon;

February 15 — Ludacris at Fairfield University’s Alumni Hall, Fairfield; Fade To Blue at Georgetown Saloon;

February 16 — Charlie Karp & Friends at Georgetown Saloon;

February 18 — Matchbox Twenty at Mohegan Sun Arena, Alanis Morissette and Mute Math opening;

February 22 — Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre; Doug Wahlberg Band at Georgetown Saloon;

February 23 — Hammer of the Gods at The Palace Theatre, Waterbury; Blues Patrol at Georgetown Saloon;

February 27 — My Dad’s Truck at Georgetown Saloon (providing ive music for beer dinner event, starts 7 pm; call for details);

February 28 — Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at Hartford Civic Center; Toby Keith at Mohegan Sun Arena (also February 29);

February 29 — Toby Keith at Mohegan Sun Arena, with special guests Gary Allan, Carter’s Chord, Mica Roberts and Trailer Choir; Smokehouse at Georgetown Saloon.