*Tickets for OzzFest 2003 are going on sale this weekend. Ozzy’s festival returns to the Meadows in Hartford on Saturday, August 9, and tickets will be going on sale Saturday morning at 10 through tickets.com outlets and the Oakdale Theatre’s box office (the Oakdale and the Meadows are both operated by Clear Channel Entertainment, and the box office at the Meadows has not yet opened for the season).

There are a limited number of $10 lawn tickets being sold Saturday. Remaining tickets are $45 for the lawn, $85 general admission mosh pit, and $65 and $85. On the bill for the Hartford show is OZZY, KORN, MARILYN MANSON, DISTURBED, CHEVELLE, and TRUST COMPANY. Additional bands TBA.

*Going on sale Monday morning will be tickets for CHICAGO, who plays the Oakdale Theater on Saturday, June 14. Tickets for that show are $30.25, $40.25 and $50.25, and are available through the same venues as the OzzFest tix.

*The onsale date for tickets to JETHRO TULL, who will be at Mohegan Sun Arena on August 10, has been moved to March 28 (two weeks earlier than the on-sale date I was given last week). The prices for these tickets are about the most reasonable I’ve seen in years: $20 and $30. Sales are being handled through tickets.com (800-477-6849).

*Mohegan Sun will reportedly host the tour opener for BOSTON on June 8. No word on tickets.

*The show by NELSON this weekend at Mohegan Sun is actually being called “Gunnar & Matthew Nelson’s Garden Party.” That’s Saturday night in the Wolf Den. Showtime is 8 pm. Because it’s in the Wolf Den, the show’s admission is nil.

*Also no word on DAVE MATTHEWS BAND tickets, but the band has announced shows for August 30-31 at ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre in Hartford.

*With a new album out this week, EVERCLEAR hits the Webster Theatre April 19. Tickets, at $20, went on sale Saturday. Authority Zero, Az-Iz, Fend, Mile Marker Zero, Offshoot and The Exies all have opening sets. Singer-guitarist Art Alexakis, bassist Craig Montoya and drummer Greg Eklund will be concentrating on college and club stops for most of the tour to support Slow Motion Daydream, although the trio also has one show in Atlanta on May 4 where they are reportedly going to share a bill with DEF LEPPARD and DRIVIN’ N’ CRYIN.

*BÉLA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES will perform on Friday and Saturday, April 4-5, at 8 pm, at the University of Connecticut’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs. Regular tickets are $20 to $30 with discounts available for students and seniors. For tickets and information, contact the Jorgensen box office (Monday through Friday, 11 am to 5 pm) at 860-486-4226.

*JOE PROC and OFF THE HOOK have a number of shows coming up, including a return tonight to The Rathskeller in Southbury. Tomorrow night the trio is at The Blue Heron in Brookfield, and coming up are shows at Murphy’s Law in Bridgeport on March 21; Carl Anthony’s in Monroe, March 28; and Murphy’s Law again, March 29.

Until next week I’ll bee 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 14 — Off The Hook at The Rathskeller, Southbury; The Monster at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; The Marshall Tucker Band at Toad’s Place, New Haven; CT Unsigned Artists 1st Annual CTRock Awards at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, featuring performances by Grey Cell Green, The Eventide, Side Effect, Base 2 and CO2 (all ages); The Nields: Nerissa & Katryna at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, N.Y.;

March 15 — Peter Obre and Alan Johnson at 707 On Main, Monroe; Off The Hook at The Blue Heron, Brookfield; The Gyst at Tuxedo Junction; Blue Oyster Cult at Toad’s Place; Little Hands at The Webster Theatre; Deborah Coleman at Black-Eyed Sally’s, Hartford; Gunnar & Matthew Nelson’s Garden Party at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville; The Clancy Tradition at Towne Crier Café;

March 16 — Pigface, Thrill Kill Kult, Bile and Tragedie Ann at The Webster Theatre, also Collapse Into Reason and Intricate Unit opening (all ages); Tipperary Knights at Toad’s Place (annual Parade Day/afternoon show); Culture at Toad’s Place (post-parade show, all ages);

March 17 — Ani DiFranco at The Bushnell, Hartford;

March 19 — (SOLD OUT) Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds at careerbuilder.com Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford;

March 20 — Eric Nassau & Lys Guillorn at Acoustic Café; Biohazard at Toad’s Place; John Scofield at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

March 21 — Hipnotic at Tuxedo Junction; Tim Sather Band at Acoustic Café; The Nerds at Toad’s Place; Off The Hook at Murphy’s Law, Bridgeport;

March 22 — Sol Dog at The Avenue Café, Black Rock/Bridgeport; Screaming Broccoli at Tuxedo Junction; Hat City Blues at Classic Rock Airport Pub, Danbury; Club Lucy at The Webster Theatre (all ages); The Duke Robillard Band at Black-Eyed Sally’s; Bouncing Souls at Toad’s Place, The Casualties opening (all ages); Jonatha Brooke at Towne Crier Café;

March 23 — Afterdark Punkfest featuring Doozer at The Webster Theatre, also A Certain Something, AKA Preston, Far From, Faulter, et al (doors open at noon, all ages); Zen Tricksters at The Webster Underground, Hartford;

March 26 — Queens of The Stone Age at The Webster Theatre.

March 27 — Renata at The Bistro/Koeppel Student Center at Trinity College; Barbie Anderson at Acoustic Café; S.P.A.D. Management Showcase at Toad’s Place (all ages, call for details).

March 28 — Sol Dog at The Brew House, SoNo; Off The Hook at Carl Anthony’s, Monroe; The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction.

; Jez Lowe at Acoustic Café; De La Sol at Toad’s Place (all ages); Taking Back Sunday at The Webster Theatre, From Autumn To Ashes, Recover and Breaking Pangaea opening (all ages);

March 29 — Peter Obre and Alan Johnson at 707 On Main; Dry Kill Logic, Downfall, Dioxide and Redefined at The Empress Ballroom (all ages); Off The Hook at Murphy’s Law; Them Bones at Tuxedo Junction; Sum 41 at The Webster Theatre, The Starting Line, No Use For A Name and Authority Zero opening (all ages);

March 30 — The Tony Levin Band at Toad’s Place (all ages); Project/Object at The Webster Theatre, The Goods and Circus Fire opening (all ages); Susan Tedeschi at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

March 31 — Concrete Blonde at The Webster Theatre (all ages).