*Tickets are on sale for CHULRUA — the internationally acclaimed trio with button accordion icon Paddy O’Brien, fiddler Patrick Ourceau and guitarist Pat Egan — who will be making their Connecticut debut with a concert on Wednesday, May 5, at Newtown Meeting House.

Tickets are $15 for adults, and $5 for students and children. This is another concert being sponsored by The Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society, which tend to sell out quickly. If you have any interest in this show I strongly suggest calling as soon as possible for tickets; call 203-256-8453.

The meetinghouse is at 31 Main Street (Route 25) in Newtown, opposite the flagpole.

*Legendary singer-songwriter BOB DYLAN will return to Connecticut on Saturday, June 5, when he headlines at Mohegan Sun Arena. Tickets, priced at $35 and $50, will be going on sale Friday, April 30, at 10 am.

Also returning to Connecticut this summer is SIMON & GARFUNKEL, who performed a sold out concert at Mohegan Sun Arena in September. The duo will be returning to the Uncasville venue on Friday, July 11. Tickets are priced at $95, $285 and $275 and are going on sale Saturday, April 24, at 10 am.

Wristbands will be distributed at 7 am on the respective days each of these shows go on sale. If you can’t get to Uncasville on Saturday or Friday, tickets can be purchased over the phone at 800-477-6849, online at tickets.com online, or by visiting any tickets.com vendor (usually a Strawberries Music store).

*My favorite incarnation of VAN HALEN will be at Hartford Civic Center this summer. Eddie, Alex, Michael and Sammy will be in Hartford on Monday, June 28, and tickets are going on sale this weekend.

Tickets have been set at $46.75, $66.75 and $96.75, and will be going on sale Saturday, April 24, at 10 am. Tickets can be purchased through any TicketMaster outlet (which includes Filene’s), but will not be on sale this weekend at the civic center. Remaining tickets will be available beginning Monday at the civic center.

*Tickets for two shows at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford will be going on sale this weekend as well.

On Saturday at noon tickets for JASON MRAZ’s May 22 show will be going on sale. All seats are $28.

Then on Monday tickets will be available at 10 am for HALL & OATES and MICHAEL McDONALD, with Average White Band opening. This show will be on Tuesday, July 13. Tickets for this show are $35, $45 and $55.

Tickets for either of these shows will be available at the box office, online at tickets.com or by calling 203-265-1501.

*HAT CITY BLUES BAND will be at The Black Duck in Westport on April 23. The guys will also be at The Georgetown Saloon on April 30, and Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues Café in Hartford on May 13. The band will be doing its second annual benefit for Newtown Youth Services on May 22. Details to follow on that show.

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

APRIL 23 — Soul Live & The Bomb Squad at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; John Valby at Toad’s Place, New Haven; Hat City Blues Band at The Black Duck, Westport; Story of the Year at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Adair, Motion City Soundtrack and Letter Kills opening (all ages); Hoodoo Band at The Georgetown Saloon; The Phil Guy Band at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues Café, Hartford;

April 24 — Tower of Power at Toad’s Place (all ages); The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction; SideShow at Stash’s, New London; Smokehouse at The Georgetown Saloon; The Phil Guy Band and The Nutmeg Horns at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

April 25 — Less Than Jake at Toad’s Place, The Early November opening (all ages); Cinnamon Sky Trio at The Georgetown Saloon;

April 26 — Rasputina and Murder By Death at The Webster Theatre, Running with Karma opening;

April 27 — Elton John at The Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport; Tiffany at The Webster Theatre, Lucinda & Friends, Maxxtone, Erica Richardson and Jerry Reed opening (all ages);

April 28 — Mary J. Blige at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Musiq and Glenn Lewis opening; Elton John at The Arena at Harbor Yard; Allister, Hidden in Plain View and Punchline at The Webster Theatre, Grover Dill and Drunken Beernuts opening;

April 29 — Johnny Vibrato & The Razorbacks at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

April 30 — Off The Hook at Proud Mary’s (The Inn at Newtown), Newtown; Hat City Blues Band at The Georgetown Saloon; SideShow at Sports Bar, North Windham; Blue Oyster Cult at Toad’s Place, Megahertz and Done Mama Proud opening; Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez at Black-Eyed Sally’s; Evolution and Unchained at Tuxedo Junction.

MAY 1 — Sophie B. Hawkins at The Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford; Rick Springfield at Foxwoods’ Fox Theatre, Ledyard; Bouncing Souls at Toad’s Place, New Haven, The Unseen, Randy and Let It Burn opening (all ages); Dr Mudd and Philip The Meatbox at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

May 2 — The Roots at Toad’s Place (all ages); Todd Rundgren & The Liars at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville;

May 3 — King’s X at Toad’s Place, Stealing Providence and Eblend opening (all ages).