*Here’s something that feels like one of those blasts from the past: BRYAN ADAMS will be offering an acoustic performance on Monday, April 6, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven.

Tickets will be going on sale tomorrow morning (Feb 21) at 10 am for the show, which has an 8 pm start time. There are a limited number of $150 VIP tickets, which will grant holders access to a preshow meet & greet with Adams, along with plenty of seats priced at $40 to $75.

Adams is continuing an already successful solo acoustic concert tour in select US cities this winter, with intimate theater performances interspersed between stadium dates in Europe and the US. The world tour has been in support of last year’s his new album 11, but it also includes plenty of material we’re all familiar with. His show just last week in The Winnipeg Sun, in fact, according to Darryl Sterdan’s review in that paper, was one “part Unplugged episode, part Storytellers installment, and wholly satisfying and entertaining to a politely enthusiastic crowd dominated by middle-aged couples.”

The show, which had Adams on the stage with only his guitar, harmonica and sheet music stand, “on a bare-bones stage illuminated by just a handful of min-spotlights on tripods and some footlights,” ran for just over two hours, with two set lists that covered 29 songs. “Basically you got almost every Bryan Adams song you ever wanted to hear,” wrote Sterdan.

The press release announcing the New Haven show sounds like we’ll be treated to the same presentation, which also included plenty of audience interaction and anecdotes from the Canadian.

*Also going on sale this weekend will be tickets for a LIL’ WAYNE show at the Chevrolet Theatre in Wallingford on Wednesday, March 18. These will actually be available this afternoon (Feb 20) beginning at 4, initially only through LiveNation.com. By tomorrow morning tickets — which have been priced from $50.25 to $90.25 — will also be available at the theater’s box office.

Keri Hilson will be opening.

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

FEBRUARY 20 — Bill Devlin & Friends at Mocha Coffeehouse, Sandy Hook; George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages); Tony Bennett at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville; Doug Wahlberg Band at Georgetown Saloon, Redding; Marc Huberman at Donna Marie’s Cucina Italiana, New Milford;

February 21 — J.D. Hill at Mocha Coffeehouse; Tony Bennett at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford; Curtis T at Georgetown Saloon; Shemekia Copeland at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

February 22 — George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Ridgefield Playhouse; Buckwheat Zydeco at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

February 26 — Buckwheat Zydeco at Infinity Music Hall; Eight to the Bar at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

February 27 — Molly Bryce at Mocha Coffeehouse; 3 Doors Down at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Hoobastank opening; Hat City Blues Band at Black Duck Café, Westport; John Waite at Infinity Music Hall; Hammer of the Gods/The Led Zeppelin Experience at The Palace Theater, Waterbury; Roxy Perry at Georgetown Saloon; Alexa Ray Joel at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Marc Huberman at Donna Marie’s Cucina Italiana;

February 28 — The Adults at The One-Eyed Pig, Newtown; Jon Slow at Mocha Coffeehouse; Aaron Lewis at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville (solo acoustic show); Lou Gramm at Ridgefield Playhouse, Doug Wahlberg Band opening; River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs at Georgetown Saloon.