*After selling out seven shows, BILLY JOEL put one more show on sale for Mohegan Sun Arena last weekend. If you’re still interested it looks like there may be seats available for the June 28 Connecticut finale.

Tickets are $49.50 and $98.50 and are available through all TicketMaster vendors and directly from the arena’s box office in Uncasville.

*Also going on sale this weekend will be the tickets for the return of ERIC CLAPTON to Connecticut. Clapton’s tour of North America will stop at Mohegan Sun on Monday, June 3, for a 7 pm performance.

Tickets are $125, $175 and $195, and will be going on sale Saturday, March 15, at 10 am, through TicketMaster vendors (online, over the counter and over the phone). Tickets will also be available at Mohegan Sun’s box office beginning Sunday, if any still remain.

Robert Randolph and The Family Band will offer the opening set.

*Also from Mohegan Sun Arena comes news that also saxophonist DAVID SANBORN will be playing in The Cabaret Theatre on Sunday, May 4, at 7 pm. Tickets are $50 for that performance and are available through TicketMaster.

*I missed letting you guys know about the onsale of the 2008 IGA Country Megaticket, and I do apologize for that. I was seriously under the weather for the first half of the week, and missed the email announcement.

Here are the details: The ticket will provide admission to six major country concerts this summer, all coming to the Dodge Music Center. The Gold Package is priced at $499 and a Premiere Parking Pass for every two of these tickets purchased. The Festival Lawn Package offers general lawn admission at the Hartford venue. The tickets cover the following shows: TIM McGRAW with JASON ALDEAN, on Sunday, June 8; BROOKS AND DUNN with RODNEY ATKINS, Saturday, June 21; BRAD PAISLEY, Thursday, July 24; TOBY KEITH with MONTGOMERY GENTRY, Sunday, August 10; RASCAL FLATTS with TAYLOR SWIFT, Friday, August 22; and MARTINA McBRIDE with JACK INGRAM, Friday, September 29.

These tickets are available online only, through MegaTicket.com.

*KANYE WEST will hit the Dodge Music Center on Friday, May 16, and those tickets have gone on sale. They’re priced at $29.50 for the lawn and $53.50 and $89.50 for the reserved seating area. Go online to LiveNation.com or through TicketMaster for these; the Dodge Music Center’s box office is not yet open for ticket sales.

Rihanna, N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco will all perform opening sets.

*Toad’s Place will welcome THIRD EYE BLIND on Wednesday, May 7. Tickets are $30 and available already through etix. This will be an all ages event.

THE B. WILLIE SMITH BAND will be at the Toad on Friday, May 30, and then in June Toad’s will present former Marillion lead singer FISH. Tickets for the Tuesday, June 24 show will be on sale March 14. Prices are $17.50 in advance or $20 day of.

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

MARCH 7 — Bon Jovi at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Daughtry opening (also March 8); Doug Wahlberg Band at The Atrium at Foxwoods, Ledyard (also March 8); Rane at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

March 8 — Bon Jovi at Mohegan Sun Arena, Daughtry opening; Doug Wahlberg Band at The Atrium at Foxwoods; J. Geils and Gerry Beaudoin at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

March 9 — John Waite at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

March 11 — Los Lobos at The Ridgefield Playhouse;

March 12 — Little Feat at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Gregory Isaacs at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 13 — The Walkmen at Toad’s Place (all ages);

March 14 — Black Sun Music Festival at Toad’s Place (also March 15, all ages); Brian Auger & The Oblivion Express at Black-Eyed Sally’s; Felix Cavalier’s Rascals at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Way-Back Machine opening;

March 15 — Black Sun Music Festival at Toad’s Place (all ages); The Savage Brothers at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

March 16 — k.d. lang at The Palace Theater, Waterbury; The Jonas Brothers at Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Rooney opening;

March 18 — The Jonas Brothers at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, Rooney opening;

March 21 — Robin Trower at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Shakedown at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

March 22 — Johnny Rawls at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

March 25 — Drive-By Truckers at Toad’s Place, The Felice Brothers opening (all ages);

March 26 — Van Halen at Mohegan Sun Arena, Ky-Mani Marley opening;

March 27 — Say Anything at Toad’s Place, Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro and Weatherbox opening (all ages);

March 28 — Stanley Maxwell at Black-Eyed Sally’s;

March 29 — Johnny Winter at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Eight to the Bar at Black-Eyed Sally’s.

APRIL 5 — Carlos Santana at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, The Derek Trucks Band opening;

April 6 — Jackson Browne at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford (solo, acoustic show); The Bacon Brothers at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Chris Barron opening;

April 7 — Toots & the Maytals at Toad’s Place;

April 8 — Def Leppard and REO Speedwagon at Mohegan Sun Arena;

April 11 — Jefferson Starship at The Ridgefield Playhouse; Badfish at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 12 — Avril Lavigne at Mohegan Sun Arena, Boys Like Girls opening;

April 18 — Kenny Chesney at Mohegan Sun Arena, LeAnn Rimes opening (also April 19); KRS-One at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 19 — Kenny Chesney at Mohegan Sun Arena, LeAnn Rimes opening;

April 20 — Stevie Nicks at Mohegan Sun Arena;

April 25 — Roseanne Cash at The Ridgefield Playhouse; The Girl Talk at Toad’s Place (all ages);

April 27 — T-PAIN at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

April 30 — Colin Hay at The Ridgefield Playhouse.

MAY 4 — David Sanborn at The Cabaret Theatre at Mohegan Sun, Uncasville;

May 7 — Third Eye Blind at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

May 8 — Aiden and Scary Kids Scaring Kids at Toad’s Place;

May 10 — Panic at The Disco at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound and Phantom Planet opening;

May 16 — Kanye West at Dodge Music Center, Hartford, Rihanna, N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco opening;

May 23 — Billy Joel at Mohegan Sun Arena (SOLD OUT);

May 25 — Billy Joel at Mohegan Sun Arena (SOLD OUT);

May 29 — Billy Joel at Mohegan Sun Arena (SOLD OUT);

May 30 — The B. Willie Smith Band at Toad’s Place.