*Recent Grammy winners VELVET REVOLVER are bringing their “Electric Wonderland Show” to The Arena at Harbor Yard on Monday, May 2. Hoobastank will be opening. Tickets for that show will be going on sale this weekend – Saturday, March 25.

Tickets are $39.50 for general admission floor seating; higher priced arena bowls and special packages will also be available.

Tickets will be available from the arena’s box office at 600 Main Street in Bridgeport, and all TicketMaster vendors online, charge-by-phone or in stores.

*Fairfield University’s Quick Center for Performing Arts will host a pair of special concerts on May 7 that will celebrate the lives of Tim and Kim Donnelly, the Fairfield residents who were murdered in their jewelry store in February, while raising funds for a scholarship to be established in their name.

“With A Little Help From Our Friends: A Concert Celebration to Benefit The Kim & Tim Donnelly Music Scholarship” will include performances by the legendary Allman Brothers drummer JAMOIE with the FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE, FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA, Eric Donnelly’s band THE ALTERNATE ROUTES and the local band PROPHETS OF FUNK. Members of the university’s music faculty are also planning to perform.

The concert is planned for Saturday, May 7, with performances at 7 and 9:30 pm. The groups will put on two separate but identical performances.

The concert will feature a variety of selections, including songs by Brian Torff, the university’s director of jazz and popular music program; and music of the Beatles, a favorite of the Donnellys. The couple had a number of ties to the university, which is why a scholarship being created from proceeds of the concert will benefit an FU music student. Kim Donnelly worked in the university’s finance office for a number of years before joining her husband at Donnelly Jewelry; their son Eric and daughter both graduated from the university, and Eric has been teaching guitar at FU as an applied music teacher since his senior year (2002-03).

Tickets for the event are $50 and $100 and can be purchased through the box office at the Quick Center, or by calling 203-254-4010.

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 club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

MARCH 25 — Steve Vai at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Eric Sardinas opening (all ages); Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown at Black Rock Art Center, Black Rock (Bridgeport), Dan Stevens & The Fiery Band opening (opening night 2nd Annual Black Rock Blues Festival); Black Cat Bone at Ray Kelly’s Tavern, Bridgeport (part of 2nd Annual Black Rock Blues Festival); The Duke Robillard Band at The Acoustic Café (part of 2nd Annual Black Rock Blues Festival); The Nelsons at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville; Eclipse at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

March 26 — Queens of The Stone Age at The Webster Theatre (all ages); David Cassidy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Screaming Broccoli at Tuxedo Junction;

March 27 — Jani Lane at The Webster Theatre;

March 28 — Henry Rollins at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 29 — L.A. Guns at The Webster Theater; Elephant Man at Toad’s Place;

March 30 — Mark Broussard at The Webster Theatre;

March 31 — Rusted Root at The Webster Theatre (all ages); The Mighty Catbirds, Mighty Purple and The Swaggerts at Café Nine; Hoe at The Acoustic Café; Rock For Rights (Yale bands) at Toad’s Place.

APRIL 1 — Riders on The Storm at Pomperaug High School, Southbury; New Found Glory at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (all ages); Badfish at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages);

April 2 — Dr Mudd at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

April 3 — Duran Duran at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville; Zakk Wilde’s Black Label Society at The Webster Theatre, Meldrum opening (all ages); Buddy Guy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville; Ramblin’ Jack Elliott at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport; Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs at Toad’s Place (all ages).