*After selling out a May 12 date at Mohegan Sun Arena last Saturday and a performance at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, THE BEACH BOYS’s 50th Anniversary Tour has added a second show at Mohegan Sun. The band will get around to a second show on Sunday, May 13, and tickets (still $55 and $75, same as the first show) go on sale Friday morning (February 24) through TicketMaster online, TicketMaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number (800-745-3000), and TicketMaster outlets.

If they don’t sell out again within 24 hours, tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun box office starting Saturday, February 25.

*BLINK-182 with special guests The All-American Rejects and Le Blorr will hit Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, May 18, and those tickets will be on sale this weekend as well.

Tickets are $49.50 and $69.50 (TicketMaster online, phone, etc), and you really want to make a mental note that the floor will be general admission standing if you’re thinking about those tickets. There will not be any chairs on the floor.

*Tickets will also be on sale Friday morning for DAUGHTRY at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods, booked for April 28. Tickets for the show in Mashantucket have been set at $75 to $95, and will be available through www.Foxwoods.com, by calling the MGM Grand Box Office at 866-646-0609 or Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000, or in person at the MGM Grand Box Office.

*Meanwhile, tickets have already been put on sale for THE FRAY, who will bring their North American tour to support new album Scars & Stories to Foxwoods Resort Casino on Saturday, April 14.

Tickets for the show — also at the MGM Grand Theater — are $35 to $55, and available through the same options as above (www.foxwoods.com, by calling the MGM Grand Box Office or Ticketmaster, or in person at the theater’s box office).

*Following a pre-Valentine’s Day show in Southbury, BOPLICITY will bring its show back to Newtown on Sunday, March 3.

The jazz band — Gregg Baimel on tenor saxophone and clarinet; Paul Fadus on trumpet, Warren McGuire on guitar, Michael Paes on bass, Bob Paquette on drums, and Robert Rabinowitz on flute and alto saxophone — performs everything from Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Herbie Hancock to Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and countless others, covering cool jazz, hot jazz, be-bop, big band, blues, funk, fusion, latin, rock, and even swing.

Showtime next weekend will be 9 pm, and there is no charge for the show.

And, as an extra special treat, for the first time ever, Robert tells me Boplicity plans to break out “The Wheel of Jazz,” where songs, and who solos on those songs, will be picked randomly by spinning a wheel. This will add a flavor of improvisation not only to the songs but the song and soloist choices.

If you’d like to sample some of the band’s music (or if you’d like a recap if you have seen them recently), visit www.reverbnation.com/boplicityjazzband.

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 24 — An Evening with Wilson Phillips at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk (CPTV filming); Old School at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Stretch at The One-Eyed Pig, Newtown; Blugruve at The Georgetown Saloon, Redding;

February 25 — River City Slim at The Georgetown Saloon; Scarab: A Tribute to Journey at Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Bridgeport (shows at 5 and 8 pm); Hat City at Redding Roadhouse, West Redding;

February 26 — Cowboy Junkies at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Blake Shelton at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Dia Frampton opening;

February 28 — Artie Tobia at The Georgetown Saloon (acoustic open mic).

MARCH 1 — Black 47 at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk; Taj Mahal Trio at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield;

March 3 — Van Halen at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville; Face To Face: A Tribute To Billy Joel & Elton John at Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Bridgeport (shows at 5 and 8 pm); Lou Bellofatto at Café on The Green, Danbury; Boplicity at My Place Restaurant & Bar, Newtown;

March 4 — The B-52s at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

March 7 — Jane’s Addiction at The Palace Theater, Waterbury;

March 9 — Terri Clark at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk; Old School at Junipers, Middlebury (also March 10); Travis Tritt at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Old School at Junipers Restaurant, Middlebury (also March 10);

March 10 — Dropkick Murphys at Mohegan Sun Arena, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls opening; Old School at Junipers Restaurant (also March 9);

March 14 — Jon Anderson at Infinity Music Hall;

March 15 — Jefferson Starship, David Freiberg, Slick Aguilar, Nona Hendryx, et al at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

March 16 — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Roger Sprung & The Progressive Bluegrassers opening; Brit Floyd at the Oakdale, Wallingford; Jackie Greene at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne, Fairfield;

March 18 — The Saw Doctors at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

March 23 — Toni Braxton at The MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, with special guest Babyface; Old School at Mona Lisa, Wolcott;

March 25 — Third Annual Ridgefield BandJam at The Ridgefield Playhouse (middle and high school age bands showcase);

March 28 — Shawn Colvin at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne;

March 30 — Joan Osborne at Infinity Music Hall; Old School at Proud Mary’s, Newtown;

March 31 — Thomas Dolby at The Ridgefield Playhouse, with special guests Aaron Jonah Lewis and Ben Belcher; Lou Bellofatto at Café on The Green, Danbury.

APRIL 1 — Los Lobos at Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk;

April 4 — Los Lobos at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield;

April 7 — Average White Band at Infinity Music Hall; Further featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford;

April 10 — Kevin Costner & Modern West at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

April 13 — Cee Lo Green at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Melanie Fiona opening; NRBQ at Infinity Music Hall;

April 19 — Merle Haggard at The Warner Theatre, Torrington;

April 20 — The Moody Blues at the Oakdale Theatre;

April 21 — The Charlie Daniels Band at The Palace, Waterbury (rescheduled from October; tickets from original date will be honored); Creed at Mohegan Sun Arena; Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas at the Oakdale Theatre; Greg Lake at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

April 26 — Dickey Betts and Great Southern at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield;

April 27 — An Evening with Paula Cole at Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University; Nickelback at the XL Center, Hartford, with special guests Bush, Seether and My Darkest Days;

April 28 — An Acoustic Evening with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin at Infinity Music Hall; Daughtry at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods;

April 29 — Chicago at The MGM at Foxwoods; Colin Hay at The Ridgefield Playhouse.