*Tuxedo Junction will play host to JEFFERSON STARSHIP on Tuesday, June 3. Tickets are available through the club’s website (TuxedoJunction.net) and are $45 for private seating (tables on the loft, with private waitress service), $33 for regular reserved seating, and $28 for general admission seating. Online presale continues until Sunday, June 1, at 4 pm; tickets can be purchased at the club up until the night of the show, or over the phone until the afternoon of the show (call 748-2561). The show is open to age 21 and over.

Also coming up at the Danbury club is an all ages show on June 4 by ADDISON GROOVE PROJECT, with all tickets $10.

Tuxedo’s website also mentions shows on July 2 by BLUE OYSTER CULT and then on July 6 by “members of THE JERRY GARCIA BAND.” No details yet.

*Six concerts have their tickets going on sale this weekend, including three shows that are going on sale this morning (Friday, May 30). Apologies for the late notices on these three shows, too – announcements of the shows and their on-sales only came out Tuesday morning.

With the first leg of its full-production US headlining concert tour already sold out, THE BLUE MAN GROUP has announced a second leg of dates to support its recently released album, The Complex. This new leg of tour dates will focus on amphitheaters, including Wallingford’s Oakdale Theatre on Sunday, July 13.

The new album features guest collaborations with Dave Matthews, Tracy Bonham, Dan the Automator, Esthero, and Josh Haden, among others. The spring and summer dates – including the Connecticut stop – will feature opening sets by BONHAM and Venum Hum, both of whom will also be joining Blue Man Group onstage for its performance.

Tickets for the Oakdale show will be going on sale Friday at 10 am, priced at $25, $35 and $45. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Oakdale’s box office (see wristband lottery details below), online at tickets.com, or over the phone from the Oakdale’s box office, 203-265-1501.

Also going on sale Friday at 10 will be tickets for THE BEACH BOYS with special guest DION, on Thursday, July 31, at the careerbuilder.com Oakdale Theater. Prices are $35, $45 and $55 for these tickets, available through the same options as outlined above for Blue Man Group.

(By the way The Beach Boys will also be playing Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre this summer. Tickets go on sale June 25 for an August 5 show up in Ledyard.)

Also at 10 am will be the onsale for STEELY DAN, also at the Oakdale, on Wednesday, September 10. Tickets for this show are $59.50, $79.50, $89.50 and $99.50. Tickets are available through the same outlets described above, and the wristband lotteries will also be the same.

On Saturday at 10 am, tickets for a Tuesday, July 22 IRON MAIDEN show at the Meadows in Hartford will be going on sale. A reminder for you that the box office at the Meadows has not yet opened for the season so in-person purchases need to be done at the Oakdale box office in Wallingford.

Ticket prices for this show, which will include opening sets by DIO and MOTORHEAD, are $25 for the lawn, $35, $45 and $55 for reserved pavilion seats.

These first four shows have wristband lotteries, with wristband distribution at 8 am and lottery drawings at 9:30 both Friday and Saturday.

TicketMaster outlets will also be welcoming fans of B2K, Marques Houston, and Mario and Nick Cannon, who announced this week that they will headline this summer’s Scream III Tour. The tour kicks off July 2 at San Diego County Fair and will hit more than 30 cities – including Hartford on Sunday, August 3 – before wrapping on August 31 in Cleveland.

Tickets for the Hartford stop are priced at $35.75 and $43.75, including the $1.75 CT State surcharge, and will be available at all TicketMaster outlets on Saturday beginning at 10 am including Filene’s, over the phone at 860-525-4500 or 203-624-0033, or online at TicketMaster.com. The civic center’s box office will not be open on Saturday for Scream III tickets. It will reopen on Monday, June 2, if seats remain for this show.

And finally on Monday, tickets for the third (and final perhaps?) visit by CHER on her Living Proof – Farewell Tour 2003 in Connecticut will be going on sale. One of music’s original divas will be at Hartford Civic Center on Wednesday, July 16. Tickets for that show are $37, $57, $77 and $97 apiece, with a $1.75 CT State surcharge and a 25¢ charity donation included.

The civic center’s box office will not be open on Monday for first-day Cher sales but will reopen on Tuesday, June 3 if tickets are still available. (Tickets for any other civic center event, including Scream III, will be available June 2.)

*Also going on sale, next week, are tickets for BENATAR AND GIRALDO, as in the rock singer Pat and husband Neil, who will be at Foxwoods Casino’s Fox Theatre on Monday, July 7. Tickets are $38.50 and $49.50, and will be available through the casino’s box office beginning Thursday, June 5, at 8 am (that’s four days before my birthday for anyone keeping track); call 800-200-2882 to order.

Opening duties will be handled by Green Vinyl Dream, the Los Angeles-based band currently enjoying success with the single “Kaleidoscope.”

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

MAY 30 — Off The Hook at The Blue Heron, Brookfield; Dick Dale at Toad’s Place, New Haven, The Swaggerts, The Vultures and 9th Wave opening (all ages); Center Stage at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; Eric Sardinas at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues Café, Hartford; Richard Marx at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Uncasville;

May 31 — John Hiatt at UHartford’s Lincoln Theatre, Hartford; Off The Hook at Redding Roadhouse; Bad Medicine at Tuxedo Junction; Sol Dog at The Corner Pocket, Orange; Richard Marx at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Psychedelic Breakfast at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, RAQ, Turn It Up and Bunji opening.

JUNE 1 — Sound Tribe Sector 9 at Toad’s Place, New Haven (all ages show); John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers at Towne Crier Café, Pawling, NY;

June 3 — Jefferson Starship at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

June 4 — Ziggy Marley at Toad’s Place, Rich Price opening (all ages); Addison Groove Project at Tuxedo Junction (all ages);

June 5 — The Slip at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Rachel Platten Band and Circus Fire opening (all ages);

June 6 — Off The Hook at Cheffield’s, Newtown; Sol Dog at Café 127, Shelton; The McKrells at Towne Crier Café;

June 7 — Off The Hook at The Blue Heron, Brookfield; Hat City Blues Band at Pequonnock Yacht Club, Bridgeport; Earth, Wind & Fire at Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford; Hype at Toad’s Place, Bent opening (all ages); The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction; Modern Man at Towne Crier Café;

June 8 — Wes McDonough at The Webster Theatre; Gaelic Storm at Towne Crier Café;

June 11 — Poison at The Meadows Music Centre, Hartford, Skid Row and Vince Neil opening;

June 13 — Off The Hook at The Ratheskeller, Southbury; Martin Sexton at Toad’s Place (all ages); Stray Allusions at The Webster Theatre; Larry Coryell Trio (featuring Mark Egan & Paul Wertico) at Towne Crier Café;

June 14 — Off The Hook at 707 On Main, Monroe; Wayne Keenan at The Acoustic Café, Bridgeport, with guest vocalist Vesta Williams; Darik & The Funbags at Tuxedo Junction; Professor Louie & The Crowmatix at Towne Crier Café;

June 16 — Van Morrison at Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Solomon Burke opening;

June 17 — Santana with Angelique Kidjo at Meadows Museum Center; Chicago at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville;

June 18 — LL Cool J at Foxwoods’ Fox Theatre, Mashantucket; John Valby at Tuxedo Junction; Powerman 5000 at The Webster Theatre, Shinedown opening (all ages);

June 20 — Off The Hook at Carl Anthony’s, Monroe; Charlie Daniels Band at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; John Valby at Toad’s Place; Debbie Davies Band at Black-Eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues Café, Hartford; Amy Fradon at Towne Crier Café;

June 21 — The Dead with Steve Winwood at Meadows Music Centre; Willie Nelson at Ives Concert Park, Danbury; Side Show and Hot Lunch at Tuxedo Junction;

June 23 — Maroon 5 and Jason Mraz at The Webster Theatre, Frankie Perez opening (all ages);

June 24 — Wilco and Sonic Youth at Oakdale Theatre;

June 25 — Rock The Mic 2003 at the Meadows, featuring Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes and Fabolous; Third World at Toad’s Place (all ages); Los Platinos at Tuxedo Junction, Bomb Squad and Fuzz opening;

June 27 — Off The Hook at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place;

June 28 — Neil Young & Crazy Horse at Mohegan Sun Arena, Lucinda Williams opening; Off The Hook at The Blue Heron; The Benjamins at Tuxedo Junction;

June 29 — LL Cool J at Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport (rescheduled from May 9, original tickets will be honored); In Flames at Toad’s Place, Soilwork, Chimaira and Unearth opening (all ages).