Two shows coming in by Jim Koplik Presents will be going on sale this weekend, one at The Bushnell for next month and the other the first show to be announced for the 2005 summer season at The Meadows, also in Hartford.

TORI AMOS will bring her tour to The Bushnell on Sunday, April 10, at 8 pm, Tickets for her show are all set at $41.50 and will be going on sale Saturday, March 5, at 10 am, through the Bushnell’s box office (860-987-5900 or bushnell.org).

MOTLEY CRUE’S CARNIVAL OF SINS will also be going on sale Saturday at 10. This truly magical mystery tour will hit The Meadows on Sunday, August 20. Right now the only band officially announced as an opening band is Sum 41; plenty other others will be added in upcoming weeks and months.

Tickets for that show are $25 for the lawn, or $55 and $75 for reserved seating within the pavilion. Tickets may be purchased at Oakdale Theatre’s box office in Wallingford, and through all TicketMaster vendors. (The Meadows box office will not be open for this on-sale.)

*This week’s reminder is for the March 4 SLIPKNOT show at The Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford. That’s right — the Meadows will be hosting a special indoor-only show this weekend featuring Slipknot along with LAMB OF GOD, SHADOWS FALL and GIZMACHI. Tickets are $35 and doors open at 6 pm.

*I have a few more details about the special Hartford Symphony Orchestra “The Music of Led Zeppelin” concert coming up on April. Tickets have been put on sale for the concert, which will be on Saturday, April 16, at the Oakdale in Wallingford.

The show will feature the full orchestra, along with guest conductor Brent Havens and vocalist Randy Jackson (of Zebra fame).

*Mocha Coffee House, which opened recently in Sandy Hook (in the former Majolica location, right next to the former Red Brick General Store building), is hosting music on a regular basis.

On March 4 the coffee house will welcome RARE OCCASION, a doo wop quartet, from 7 to 10 pm. Admission is free, and there are plenty of refreshments available for purchase of course.

Next week’s featured show will be JOHN VOKET. You’ve read him in The Bee and listened to him on 99.1 WPLR and STAR 99.9… now see what his musical talents are all about. John will be the featured performer, also from 7 to 10 pm, on Friday, March 11.

*Third generation Louisiana musician and Island Records artist MARK BROUSSARD kicked off a headlining tour of the US last month that will bring him to The Webster Theater in Hartford in a few weeks. 

Wait! (wasn’t the name of the big hit for 80s hairband White Lion?)

Recent additions to The Webster’s schedule also include WHITE LION and ENUF Z’NUFF on March 13; BREAKING BENJAMIN and THE EXIES the following night; MOTORHEAD and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, March 15; JEFF TIMMONS of 98 Degrees, March 18; QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, March 26; and L.A. GUNS, March 29.

Also recently added is an April 8 show by MUDVAYNE; and COLLECTIVE SOUL on April 16.

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

MARCH 4 — Rare Occasion at Mocha Coffee House, Sandy Hook; Dickey Betts & Great Southern at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Slipknot at The Meadows, Hartford (special indoor show), Lamb of God, Shadows Fall and Gizmachi opening;

March 5 — Dickey Betts & Great Southern at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Hat City Blues Band at The Lodge, Southbury; “Women of Song: A Benefit for Abused Women” at The Acoustic Café (performers TBA); Ryan Cabrera & Bonnie McKee at The Wesbter Theatre, Hartford; Darik & The Funbags at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

March 10 — Dr John at The Ridgefield Playhouse, The David Morgan Trio opening;

March 11 — John Voket at Mocha Coffee House; Dennis DeYoung at Foxwoods’ Fox Theatre, Ledyard; The Nerds at Toad’s Place; Rock & Roll Army at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (Spencer Davis, Rick Derringer and Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels; one show; also Saturday, two shows);

March 12 — Black 47 at Toad’s Place; Rock & Roll Army at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (two shows; see March 11 notes);

March 13 — Tipperary Knights at Toad’s Place (St Patrick’s Parade Day, annual early show); The Commitments at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; White Lion and Enuf Z’Nuff at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

March 14 — Breaking Benjamin and The Exies at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

March 15 — Motorhead and Corrosion of Conformity at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

March 17 — Preservation Hall Jazz Band at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

March 18 — Eddie Money at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Ari Hest at The Webster Underground, Hartford; Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place, Stolin Cherry opening; Jeff Timmons at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

March 19 — Tower of Power at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

March 20 — Stella at Toad’s Place (tickets from January will be honored);

March 24 — The Beach Boys at The Warner Theatre, Torrington;

March 25 — Steve Vai at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Eric Sardinas opening (all ages); The Nelsons at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

March 26 — Queens of The Stone Age at The Webster Theatre (all ages); David Cassidy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

March 27 — Jani Lane (of Warrant) at The Webster Theatre;

March 29 — L.A. Guns at The Webster Theater; Elephant Man at Toad’s Place;

March 30 — Mark Broussard at The Webster Theatre;

March 31 — Rusted Root at The Webster Theatre (all ages).

APRIL 1 — New Found Glory at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (all ages); Badfish at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages);

April 3 — Duran Duran at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville; Zakk Wilde’s Black Label Society at The Webster Theatre, Meldrum opening (all ages); Buddy Guy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville;

April 7 — The Wailers at The Webster Theatre;

April 8 — Mudvayne at The Webster Theatre, Life of Agony and American Head Charge opening (all ages); Jack Wagner at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (also performing one show on April 9);

April 9 — Bob Weir & Ratdog at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre, Ledyard; Beatlejuice, Jim Florentine (of Crank Yankers) and Bob Levy at The Webster Theatre, Hartford; Don McLean at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Kevin Briody opening; Jack Wagner at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (also performing April 8);

April 10 — Tori Amos at The Bushnell, Hartford;

April 15 — Blue Oyster Cult at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Hat City Blues Band at The Lodge, Southbury;

April 16 — Collective Soul at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

April 17 — Little Feat at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

April 22 — Hat City Blues Band at The Georgetown Saloon; Fall Out Boy at The Webster Theatre, Silverstein, Academy Is and Gym Class Heroes opening (all ages); Night Ranger at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

April 23 — Lenny Kravitz at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford;

April 24 — Overkill at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

April 29 — John Valby at Toad’s Place;

April 30 — Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson at Foxwoods’ Fox Theatre; Quiet Riot at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den (two shows).

MAY 6 — Sting at Mohegan Sun Arena; The Nerds at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

May 10 — Reverend Horton Heat at Toad’s Place, The Supersuckers and Murphy’s Law opening;

May 13 — Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place;

May 14 — Glenn Frey at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre, Ledyard; Hat City Blues Band at The Lodge, Southbury;

May 21 — Hat City Blues Band at The Fireside Inn, Newtown (benefit concert for Newtown Youth Services);

May 26 — Richie Havens at The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and The Performing Arts;

May 27 — Sarah McLachlan at Mohegan Sun Arena, The Perishers opening.

JUNE 4 — Al Di Meola at The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and The Performing Arts;

June 21 — The Derek Trucks Band at The Ridgefield Playhouse.

AUGUST 4 — George Thorogood at The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and The Performing Arts;

August 20 — Mötley Crüe’s Carnival of Sin at The Meadows, Hartford, with Sum 41, et al.