*Thanks to the snow storm late last week that blanketed the area with snow that’s still around this week, the planned show on February 18 by TREBLEHOOK at The Fireside Inn has been rescheduled. If you didn’t make the trek out to see the band in the midst of the snow storm, it’s OK. The guys will be at the bar next week instead. Treblehook will be at 123 Main Street South on Friday, March 3.

*CREED is now a definite concert for the New Haven Coliseum. The band will be headlining a show on Wednesday, April 12, that will include special guests SEVENDUST and UPO. Tickets, at $25.50 and $27.50, are going on sale Friday, February 25, at 10 am. Showtime is 7:30.

Tickets for this concert will be available through TicketMaster (203/624-0033 or 860/525-4500), online at www.ticketmaster.com, and in person at TicketMaster outlets at Filene’s stores. Of course, you can also visit the coliseum’s box office in person, too.

*On Friday at 3 pm, tickets for a concert by PHIL LESH & FRIENDS, a tour that has been hinted at for a few months, will be going on sale. Lesh and pals will be at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on Thursday, April 6. The Lesh tickets are all $38.50 apiece, and available directly through the Oakdale’s box office. Visit the theatre, at 95 South Turnpike Road, or call 203/265-1501.

*And finally this week, the second concert to be announced for this summer at The Meadows will be going on sale this weekend (TINA TURNER’s June 15 return went on sale last weekend). BRITNEY SPEARS will be at the Hartford amphitheatre on Wednesday, June 21, for an 8 pm concert. Her tickets are $25 for the lawn area and $40 for pavilion seating.

Because the Meadows’ box office is still not open for the season, these tickets are going to be sold through tickets.com (which was formerly Pro-Tix). You can charge them by calling 860/422-0000 or visit www.tickets.com. For in-person purchases, visit any Strawberries Music & Video store in Connecticut and western Massachusetts.

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

FEBRUARY 25 — Peter Obre at The Inn at Newtown; Suzanne Vega at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y., Willie Porter opening; The Mojomatics at Luigi’s Nitelife Café, Danbury; The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; Max Creek at The Webster Theatre, Hartford; Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Epic, Hype and Public Disturbance opening;

February 26 — Future Tense at Tuxedo Junction; El Dorado Kings at Luigi’s Nitelife Café;

February 28 — Cowboy Junkies at Toad’s Place (all ages), Josh Rouse opening;

February 29 — The Sam Green Jazz Combo at Luigi’s Nitelife Cafe.

MARCH 3 — Treblehook at The Fireside Inn, Newtown; The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury (band’s 5th Anniversary Party), The Notions opening; Bunny Brains & Drop Jaw at Laszlo’s Arts Café, Monroe;

March 4 — LFO at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (all ages); Zero Chance and Malpractice at Laszlo’s Arts Café; The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction;

March 5 — Blue Floyd at The Webster Theatre; Lit at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages), 22 Jacks opening;

March 6 — Dance Hall Crashers at Toad’s Place (all ages), One Man Army opening;

March 8 — The Wolfe Tones at Toad’s Place *(early show, call for details; 203/624-8623);

March 9 — W.A.S.P. at City Limits, Waterbury;

March 10 — The Wallbangers at Tuxedo Junction;

March 11 — The Broke & Hungry Blues Band at Newtown Coffee House, Newtown; Big Orange Cone at Tuxedo Junction;

March 12 — Tipperary Knights at Toad’s Place (***early/afternoon show, traditional post-New Haven St Patrick’s Day Parade Show);

March 14 — Kenny Wayne Shepherd at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 16 — Paula Cole at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 17 — The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction; Loose Groove and Adva at Laszlo’s Arts Café; Kittie at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 18 — Darik & The Funbags at Tuxedo Junction;

March 19 — BR5-49 at Toad’s Place, The Souvenirs and The Honeydews opening;

March 20 — Buckwheat Zydeco at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y.;

March 23 — The Clancy Brothers at Toad’s Place;

March 24 — Mighty Purple at Toad’s Place (all ages, CD release party); The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction;

March 25 — Amnesty Underground and Outspoken at Laszlo’s Arts Café; Peat Moss & The Fertilizers at Tuxedo Junction;

March 31 — The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction; Slackjaw at Laszlo’s Arts Café, with two openers TBA; Shakedown at Toad’s Place (all ages).

APRIL 1 — The Toybox at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

April 6 — Tower of Power and Average White Band at Toad’s Place, New Haven; Phil Lesh & Friends at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford.

April 8 — Dave DeAngelis & Friends at Newtown Coffee House, Newtown;

April 12 — Creed at New Haven Coliseum, Sevendust and UPO opening; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Hartford Civic Center.

JUNE 15 — Tina Turner at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford;

June 21 — Britney Spears at The Meadows.

JULY 24 —The Slackers at The Webster Theatre, Hartford.

AUGUST 23-24 — Eddie Money at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville.