*TRAIN will be performing a special 96.5 TIC-FM All Star Christmas show at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on Saturday, December 8, and tickets for that show go on sale this week.

LiveNation will have tickets online as well as through its Charge-By-Phone line (800-745-3000), beginning at 10 am Friday.

Andy Grammar and Phillip Phillips will have opening sets.

*A reminder this week that tickets for DAVE MATTHEWS BAND’s December 8 show at Mohegan Sun Arena are going on sale this week.

Tickets are $70 and $80, and will go on sale Friday, October 19, at 10 am, through TicketMaster online, through its national toll-free Charge By Phone line (800-745-3000), and outlets.

Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, October 20, subject to availability.

*Multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning musician DIANA KRALL will bring her Glad Rag Doll World Tour to The Bushnell in Hartford on Sunday, April 14, and tickets go on sale Friday morning at 10 through the theater’s box office.

Tickets have been set at $55 to $125, plus a $3 facility fee; visit Bushnell.org or call 860-987-5900. Of course if you’re in Hartford any time soon you can also visit The Bushnell’s box office, at 166 Capitol Avenue.

*The folk-rock duo AZTEC TWO-STEP will be at Fairfield Theatre’s Stage one on Friday, November 9, and tickets are on sale now.

Prices are $42 in advance (www.FairfieldTheatre.org or 23-259-1036) or $47 at the door. Showtime is 7 pm.

*GOMEZ&SADLON, the smooth jazz duo featuring guitarist Thom Gomez and saxophone/flutist Rick Sadlon, will return to Twisted Vine’s Birmingham Lounge in Derby, from 7:30 to 10:30 pm, on Saturday, October 27.

The duo performs a wide range of music including popular jazz, pop, rock and even some country musical selections from the American Songbook performed in an easy jazz style.

The restaurant is at 285 Main Street in Derby. There is no cover charge, but reservations can be made by calling 203-734- 2462.

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

OCTOBER 19 — Alanis Morissette at The Palace, Waterbury; Renaissance at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Junior Brown at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk; Tired On Sunday at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; The Alternate Routes at Fairfield University’s Quick Center, Ari Hest opening;

October 20 — Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson at Mohegan Sun Arena, J Devil opening; Al Stewart at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne; Albert Cummings at Infinity Music Hall; Otis & The Hurricanes at The One-Eyed Pig; Gopherbroke at Proud Mary’s; Future Tense at Stone River Grille, Sandy Hook;

October 21 — Al Stewart at Infinity Music Hall; Australian Pink Floyd at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford;

October 23 — Huey Lewis & The News at The Ridgefield Playhouse (12th anniversary gala event);

October 25 — Asia at The Ridgefield Playhouse (original members); Off The Hook at My Place Restaurant, Newtown;

October 26 — Asia at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Tired On Sunday at Proud Mary’s;

October 27 — Meat Loaf at Mohegan Sun Arena; Eight To The Bar at Infinity Music Hall (Halloween masquerade and dance party); Darryl Gregory at The Funky Monkey Café & Gallery, Cheshire; No Clue at The One-Eyed Pig; Alternate Universe at Proud Mary’s; Gomez&Sadlon at The Twisted Vine’s Birmingham Lounge, Derby;

October 28 — Kingston Trio at Infinity Music Hall (two shows, 3 and 7 pm);

October 30 — Toots and The Maytals at The Ridgefield Playhouse (unplugged performance) with special guest Anders Osborne;

October 31 — Joe Proc at Two Boots, Bridgeport (solo acoustic, 5 pm).

NOVEMBER 1 — Three Dog Night at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, with special guest The Characters; Lez Zeppelin at Stone River Grille, Sandy Hook;

November 2 — Journey at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Loverboy opening; David Bromberg at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk; Henry Rollins at The Webster, Hartford; Pretty Lights at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford;

November 3 — Roger Hodgson at The Ridgefield Playhouse; The Tubes (featuring Fee Waybill) at Infinity Music Hall;

November 4 — Smashing Pumpkins at Mohegan Sun Arena;

November 7 — Chris Isaak at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

November 8 — Leon Russell and Little Feat at The Klein, Bridgeport;

November 9 — Aztec Two-Step at Fairfield Theatre  Stage One, Fairfield;

November 10 — Carrie Underwood at The XL Center, Hartford; Fountains of Wayne at Infinity Music Hall; Vince Neil at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

November 11 — The Doug Wahlberg Band at Trinity On Main, New Britain (5 pm start);

November 13 — Megadeth at The Toyota Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Kyng opening;

November 14 — G. Love and Special Sauce at The Ridgefield Playhouse, with special guest Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad;

November 15 — Fountains of Wayne at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne, Fairfield;

November 16 — Midnight Rodeo Band at The Cookhouse, New Milford; Fountains of Wayne at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

November 23 — Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Mohegan Sun Arena (shows at 3 and 8 pm); Lamb of God at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, with special guest In Flames, Hellyeah, and Sylosis;

November 24 — Max Creek at Infinity Music Hall; Blood, Sweat & Tears at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Maxwell at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket;

November 29 — Dave Mason at Infinity Music Hall;

November 30 — One Direction at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville (also December 1); Darryl Hall & John Oates at The MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, Mashantucket; Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den.