Date: Fri 10-Sep-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

Quick Words:

Resurrection-Voodoo-Ezra

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ON THE ROAD WITH SHANNON HICKS

BETTER THAN EZRA's 17-date tour begins tonight. The band still has tickets

available for its show next weekend when it pulls into Hartford. BTE plays The

Webster Theatre on Saturday, September 18.

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY is one of the newest additions to the Fox Theatre

schedule at Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard. The band will be there on October 1

for a 9 pm show. Tickets for the concert are $27.50 and $38.50 apiece.

Interestingly, the band will then be performing on a stage at The Big E the

following night that is sponsored by Connecticut's other casino. Big Bad

Voodoo Daddy performs on the Mohegan Sun Stage of New England's biggest fair

on October 2 at 8 pm. Admission to that show is included with the purchase of

a ticket into the fair itself.

Good and bad news for lovers of music from the Eighties. The good news is

something called The Resurrection Tour is featuring the English bands MISSION

UK, THE ALARM and GENE LOVES JEZEBEL. The bad news is right now the tour is

not scheduled to stop in Connecticut. But for anyone willing to make a trip

over the north or south state line, here's the scoop: The Resurrection Tour

will be at The Avalon in Boston on October 16 and then at Irving Plaza in New

York City on the 18th.

Finally, a reminder that the 6th Annual Gasball Music Festival will already be

here next weekend. The music starts at noon on Saturday, September 18, at the

CityCenter Green. The music goes on until midnight and with the bands

performing within the green's bandshell, the event goes on rain or shine.

Admission to the festival is free of charge. Refreshments will be sold, and

additional vendors will also be set up with T-shirts, recordings and other

goodies.

Among this year's performers are LITMUS, THE HERETICS, BLUE, DAMIEN PRATT and

FRO. If you'd like additional information, Gasball organizers can be reached

at 792-3546 or 836-8273.

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

Questions and comments concerning "On The Road" (or anything music related)

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! 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

SEPTEMBER 10 -- Gargantua Soul at Toad's Place, New Haven (all ages), Crisis,

Intensify and Splice opening; Blondie at Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard; The Zoo at

Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

September 11 -- Robert Palmer at Foxwoods; Underpass and The Limit at Laszlo's

Arts Cafe, Monroe;

September 12 -- Southern Culture on The Skids at Toad's Place (all ages), Big

Bad Johns opening;

September 15 -- B.B. King Blues Festival at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford,

also featuring Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Tower of Power and Indigenous; Cool

Chamber at The Webster Theatre (early/7 pm show), Machine Head, Slipknot and

Amen opening;

September 16 -- Space Cayote at Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

September 17 -- Harvey & The Wallbangers at Tuxedo Junction; John Valby at

Toad's Place;

September 18 -- 6th Annual Gasball Music Festival, CityCenter Green, Danbury

(noon-midnight, free adm), performances by Litmus, The Heretics, Blue, Damien

Pratt, Fro, et al; Channeling Jim at Tuxedo Junction; Better Than Ezra at The

Webster Theatre; Belligerance and Point of View at Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

September 19 -- Lollapalooza Music & Skate Jam at Woodbury Ski Area;

September 21 -- Sun Volt at Toad's Place (all ages), Continental Drifters

opening;

September 23 -- Burning Spear at Toad's Place (all ages), The Lightning

opening; Billy McLaughlin at Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling, N.Y.;

September 24 -- Black 47 at Toad's Place, The Reilley Clan and The Frames

opening; The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction; radio 104 Big Day Off '99 at The

Meadows Music Theatre (with 311, Everclear, Verve Pipe, Guster, Staind, et

al); Nazal Navigators at Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

September 25 -- Big Orange Cone at Tuxedo Junction; Lynn Farrell and Festival

at Laszlo's Arts Cafe;

September 26 -- Nelson at Tuxedo Junction;

September 28 -- The Watchmen at Toad's Place (all ages), Mad Hat and Hi-Fi

Automatic opening;

September 30 -- Zen Tricksters at Toad's Place (all ages), Space Cushion and

Dirty Sanchez opening; Hash Clyde at Laszlo's Arts Cafe.