*TREBLEHOOK returns to The Fireside Inn in Newtown this weekend. The trio has a show scheduled for Friday, May 26, at the 123 South Main Street/Route 25 establishment. The show will be starting around 9 pm.

*No tickets yet, but the other Queen of Teen, that being young miss CHRISTINA AGUILERA, will be at The Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford on Friday, September 1. That will very likely be one of the final shows of the summer at the amphitheatre, which closes down for the winter months. Her bookend opposite, BRITNEY SPEARS, will be at the venue June 21; tickets are selling already for that show.

Also at The Meadows, on Saturday, June 24, will be this summer’s incarnation of the radio 104 fest. Anyone who listens to the radio station with Dee Snider as its morning host cannot not know that; the station has reminders and ticket giveaways every ten minutes or so. But for anyone who skips that station and has managed to miss the news as of yet, the event on the 24th will feature 30 bands, with CREED as the main headliner. Tickets are $43.50 for the pavilion area, $30 for the lawn. The band list to date also includes SEVENDUST, 3 DOORS DOWN, KOTTONMOUTH KINGS, EVE 6, THE AMAZING CROWNS, SHADES APART, DEATHRAY, ELWOOD, BOWLING FOR SOUP, MILE, MIKE ERRICO and PAT McGEE. As I said, the bad list will number 30 by the day of the event, and doors will open that morning at 10 am.

*I didn’t even know — and this isn’t me trying at sarcasm — MR BIG was still even together, but apparently it is. The band will be at Toad’s Place in New Haven on Tuesday, June 6. Jonny Law and Chain Reaction both have opening sets for the all ages show.

Also coming to Toad’s Place, albeit in a few months, will be LITTLE FEAT. Tickets are $20 in advance and will be $25 at the door for the band’s Tuiesday, August 22 appearance in New Haven. No opener has been announced yet.

Until next week, I’ll be seeing you... on the road.

Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown 06470, or shannon@thebee.com. Include a phone number for confirmation, please. If you don’t have a stamp or a piece of paper or a writing utensil that works, give me a call! The phone number at the office is 426-3141. Shows listed on the calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

MAY 26 — Treblehook at The Fireside Inn, Newtown; Off The Hook at Sogno, Newtown; Future Tense at Tuxedo Junction; Indigenous at Toad’s Place, New Haven;

May 27 — The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction; Stroke 9 and Local H at The Webster Theatre;

May 28 — Rearview at Toad’s Place, Cubistic Jack and Mokijam opening (all ages).

JUNE 1 — The Amazing Crowns at Tune Inn, New Haven; Dope at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Primer 55 and Pimpadelic opening (all ages);

June 2 — Eiffel 65 at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Reno opening (all ages); Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place, Public Disturbance and Hype opening;

June 3 — Shadablue, D-fused and Headstrong at Laszlo’s Arts Café, Monroe;

June 4 — Colin Hay (of Men at Work) at Tune Inn;

June 6 — Don Henley at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford; Mr Big at Toad’s Place, Jonny Law and Chain Reaction opening (all ages);

June 8 — “An All-Star Tribute to Rick Danko” at Edmond Town Hall, Newtown, with performances by Garth Hudson, “Professor Louie” Hurwitz & The Crowmatix, The Honky Tonk Gurus, Artie Traum, Michael Bacon, Mary Ellen Bernard, et al (benefit for WPKN-FM); Uncle Jr at Toad’s Place, Mark Place opening;

June 9 — Peter Obre at The Inn at Newtown; Hour Zero and Point of View at Laszlo’s Arts Café; Rane at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (performance & CD release party); Shakedown at Toad’s Place, Electric Mayhem and Silent Majority opening (all ages);

June 10-11 — 28th Annual Woodbury Rock n’ Reggae Festival at Woodbury Ski Area;

June 13 —Red Hot Chili Peppers at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Blonde opening; Lynyrd Skynyrd at The Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford;

June 14 — 311 and Incubus at The Oakdale;

June 15 — Tina Turner at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford; Mary J. Blige at The Oakdale, Jagged Edge opening;

June 16 — Poison, Cinderella, Dokken and Slaughter at The Meadows Music Theatre; Macy Gray at the Oakdale; Sub City Project, Kurt/Underpass and Lloyd’s Hill at Laszlo’s Arts Café;

June 17 — Mighty Purple at The Arts Barn, Madison; Electric Monks and Crossroads at Laszlo’s Arts Café;

June 20 — Morgan Heritage at Toad’s Place (all ages);

June 21 — Britney Spears at The Meadows;

June 23 — Peter Obre at The Inn at Newtown; Love Gun at Toad’s Place, 13 O’Clock and Seahorz opening (all ages); Little Lilith event at The Webster Theatre with Swivel Hips, Sweeter Than Wine, Heavy 7 and Ruby Fruit;

June 23-25 — 5th Annual Gathering of the Vibes Festival at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, including performances by Ratdog, David Grisman, John Scofield, Merl Saunders & Friends, Max Creek, Harlem Gospel Choir, et al;

June 24 — radio104 fest 2000 at The Meadows featuring Creed and Sevendust, also Amazing Royal Crowns, Three Doors Down, Kottonmouth Kings, Eve 6, Shades Apart, Deathray, Bowling For Soup, et al; The Trag Band at Laszlo’s Arts Café;

June 25 — The Allman Brothers Band at The Meadows, Hot Tuna opening;

June 26 — The Limit at Laszlo’s Arts Café;

June 29 — Mighty Purple on the New Haven Green (part of annual Arts & Ideas Festival, free show, begins 5:30 pm); Far Cry Fly at Laszlo’s Arts Café;

June 30 — Phish at The Meadows; Yellowman at Toad’s Place.

JULY 1 — Phish at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford;

July 7 — Earth, Wind & Fire at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford;

July 8 — Kiss at The Meadows, Skid Row and Ted Nugent opening; Natalie Merchant at Ives Concert Park, Danbury, Wilco and Carrie opening;

July 9 — Steely Dan at The Meadows;

July 11 — Brian Setzer at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard;

July 13 — Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Oakdale; Culture at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Crucial Massive opening (all ages);

July 14 — The Moody Blues at The Meadows Music Theatre; The Beach Boys at the Oakdale Theatre, The Four Tops opening;

July 15 — The Moody Blues at Ives Concert Park, The Peter Spink Group opening;

July 15-16 — Alternative Rock n’ Skate Jam Fest at Woodbury Ski Area;

July 17 — Robin Trower at Toad’s Place;

July 18 — The Neville Brothers at Toad’s Place;

July 19 — Less Than Jake at The Webster Theatre, Hartford (all ages);

July 21 — Bob Dylan and Phil Lesh & Friends at The Meadows; Jethro Tull at Foxwoods Casino;

July 22 — Yes and Kansas at The Meadows; Peter Frampton at Foxwoods Casino; King’s X at The Webster Theatre (all ages);

July 24 —The Slackers at The Webster Theatre, Hartford;

July 25 — Widespread Panic at Toad’s Place (all ages);

July 29 — Jethro Tull at Ives Concert Park, XRC opening;

July 31 — Incubus at The Webster Theatre (all ages); George Thorogood & The Destroyers at Toad’s Place.

AUGUST 3 —Burning Spear at Toad’s Place, New Haven, The Lightning opening (all ages);

August 5 — Motley Crue at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, Anthrax and Megadeth opening;

August 9 — Santana at The Meadows Music Theatre, Macy Gray opening;

August 10 — Kid Rock at The Meadows Music Theatre;

August 12-13 — Chicago at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard;

August 22 — Little Feat at Toad’s Place;

August 23 — Live and Counting Crows at The Meadows;

August 23-24 — Eddie Money at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville;

August 25-27 — Dave Matthews Band at The Meadows.

SEPTEMBER 1 — Christina Aguilera at The Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford (no tickets yet);

September 4 — The B.B. King Bluesfest at Ives Concert Park, Danbury, with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, James Montgomery & The New England All-Stars, The Blue in the Face Duo, et al;

September 15 — Blue Oyster Cult at Toad’s Place.