*ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA will make a second appearance in Connecticut. This tour — Dweezil Zappa & The Zappa Family Trust, presenting the music of Frank Zappa — has been getting great reviews from its onset, and will return just about a year after its first show in Connecticut.

Tickets are going on sale this morning (Friday) at 10 through LiveNation.com and all TicketMaster outlets, priced at $38 and $48. The show will be Thursday, November 1, at the Chevrolet Theatre in Wallingford.

*The final rock concert at Ives Concert Park this season will be tonight’s show by THE BLACK CROWES. Advance tickets are no longer available, but gates will be opening at 5:30 this afternoon and tickets can be purchased there. Lawn tickets will be $31, and reserved seats range from $65 to $81, and there may be a day-of-show surcharge for each of these price levels. Children’s lawn seating, I believe, is $14 per child.

 

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

AUGUST 17 — The Black Crowes at Ives Concert Park, Danbury;

August 21 — Velvet Revolver at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, with special guests Alice in Chains and Kill Hannah;

August 24 — Rascal Flatts at Dodge Music Center, Hartford, Jason Aldean opening;

August 26 — Projekt Revolution 2007 at Dodge Music Center featuring Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo and Julien-K on the Main Stage, Mindless Self Indulgence, et al on second stage;

August 30 — Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band at Mohegan Sun Arena; Merle Haggard at The Palace Waterbury, Johnny Lee opening.