Date: Fri 21-Mar-1997

Author: SHANNON

Publication: Bee

Illustration: C

Location: A12

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ON THE ROAD FOR MARCH 21

Congratulations to Greg McWilliam, Adam Solinas, Grady McAuliffe and Fred

Dotson, all of Newtown and otherwise known these days as MIND TYDES... These

guys were the winners last Thursday of Radio 104's Modern Rock Wars! The

station has spent a lot of air time during the last two months promoting this

venture, first by encouraging bands to join the competition and then by

encouraging us, the listeners, to come out and cheer these bands on at The

Russian Lady in Hartford.

Mind Tydes, a modern rock band, blew away their competition in the first round

of playing last month, and then on Thursday they did it again, earning

themselves a spot at this summer's Radio 104 Big Day Off, to be in June at

Riverside Amusement Park in Massachusetts. They've also won a day of recording

time at a studio. Read on elsewhere for the details, but be sure to give any

of these four some Congratulations the next time you run in to them, and be

sure to make plans to get up to the Big Day Off once the date is announced.

And speaking of Radio 104, the station will also repeat its celebration of

Earth Day this year with Radio 104 Earth Day in the Park, planned for April 20

at Bushnell Park in Hartford. Bands appearing are yet to be announced, but the

day-long festival follows the general format of all Radio 104 events: A lot of

fun, to be sure.

Start making your summer plans. I know it's early, and it doesn't feel much

like spring yet, but that doesn't matter.

Not to Parrot Heads, anyway, who have our date already for this year's return

by our king. JIMMY BUFFETT is the first show to be announced for the Meadows

Music Theatre's 1997 summer schedule. He will be in Hartford on August 27,

which is a Wednesday. Tickets go on sale Saturday morning.

For MARILYN MANSON, however, tickets aren't being put on sale yet, but a date

has been released for a Meadows show: May 7. This summer, Manson will be

touring as an opener with OZZY OSBOURNE, but this is your chance to see these

boys running the show.

The younger Dylan musician may not be visiting us anytime too soon (that would

be Jakob and his band, THE WALLFLOWERS), but dad BOB DYLAN will be at the

University of Hartford April 19. Tickets for this show go on sale next

Saturday (March 28), at $25 and $35 each. No opener has been announced yet.

The MICHAEL FLATLEY/LORD OF THE DANCE shows at the Meadows Music Theatre will

be a rare event for the venue: A two-night stand by a performing troupe.

Barney has been there in the past for a few nights at once, as was STOMP last

summer, but it is a rarity to have more than one opportunity for such

entertainment. Tickets were going to be on sale Monday morning for the April

24-25 shows - Irish dancers, St. Patrick's Day... I saw the connection - but

have been postponed to go on sale until Friday morning (March 21) now.

Not that it's looking tooooo far into the future, but if you want the chance

to check out Flatley's competition - the original "RIVERDANCE" group - the

incredibly entertaining dancers are scheduled to be at the Oakdale in

Wallingford December 11-21. No tickets for months on that, however.

As usual, a few new additions for Toad's Place in New Haven: SOUL ASYLUM,

April 14; and DINOSAUR JR, April 21.

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 send me your cyber thoughts at editor @thebee.com (put

Attention Shannon on the subject line). Include a phone number for

confirmation, por favor . 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. Leave a name, though, because anonymous messages left with the

receptionist don't cut it.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

MARCH 21 - Kiss at the New Haven Coliseum; Toybox at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

March 22 - Belly Button at Tuxedo Junction;

March 25 - "Rock For Cure" benefit (breast cancer research) - Patti Rothberg,

Marcy Playground & Red 40 Lake at the Webster Theatre, Hartford;

March 27 - Mighty Purple at Toad's Place (all ages), Burlap To Cashmere and

Shamari opening; Joan Jett & The Blackhearts at Tuxedo Junction; Phil Collins

at the Hartford Civic Center;

March 28 - .38 Special at Toad's Place; Wonderama at Tuxedo Junction;

March 29 - Foam at Tuxedo Junction, Pretzel Logic opening.

APRIL 3 - Big Head Todd & The Monsters at Toad's Place, New Haven, Nil Lara

opening;

April 4 - Metallica at the Hartford Civic Center, Corrosion of Conformity

opening; The Radiators at Toad's Place, New Haven;

April 8 - The Samples at Toad's Place (all ages);

April 11 - Bush at the New Haven Coliseum, Veruca Salt opening;

April 13 - Fountains of Wayne at Toad's Place;

April 14 - Soul Asylum at Toad's Place;

April 18 - Ani DiFranco at The Palace, New Haven;

April 19 - Widespread Panic at The Palace; Bob Dylan at the University of

Hartford;

April 20 - Agnostic Front at Tuxedo Junction; Strutter at Toad's Place, Devlyn

Grace opening;

April 21 - Dinosaur Jr at Toad's Place;

April 22 - Dick Dale at Toad's Place.

MAY 2 - Marshall Tucker Band at Toad's Place, New Haven, Johnson Building Band

opening;

May 7 - Marilyn Manson at the Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford (no tickets

yet);

May 9 - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers at Toad's Place, Smokin Opey and

Cross-Eyed Cat opening;

May 10 - Ray Davies at UHartford/Lincoln Theatre.

AUGUST 27 - Jimmy Buffett at the Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford.