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May 1, 2005
SUMMER STAGES | POP/JAZZ

How to Be Cool in the Summer

By BEN SISARIO

Arkansas

RIVERFEST Little Rock and North Little Rock, May 27-29. This Memorial Day weekend series is not free, but it's the next best thing. B. B. King, Hank Williams Jr., the Black Crowes, the Wallflowers, Richard Thompson, Gavin DeGraw, Sonny Landreth and others can all be seen for just $7.50 when paid in advance. Spend the rest on barbecue. (501) 255-3378 or www.riverfestarkansas.com.

California

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL Sept. 16-18. Now in its 48th season, Monterey calls itself the longest continuously running jazz festival in the country. (The Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island was founded in 1954 but moved to New York in the 1970's before resuming in 1981.) Check out some of these bills: Sonny Rollins and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra; Tony Bennett, John Scofield and Carla Bley; Mavis Staples with the soul-funk preservationist Sharon Jones; Pat Metheny and Branford Marsalis. Not bad! (925) 275-9255 or www.montereyjazzfestival.org.

SFJAZZ San Francisco. For its spring season, which concludes at the end of June, SFJazz - the organization behind the San Francisco Jazz Festival, which has been presenting concerts year-round since 2000 - has an extensive Coltrane project; a tribute to Roy Haynes; a performance by Joshua Redman, the artistic director for the spring season; and a schedule of guests that looks like a wish list: Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Shankar, Ivan Lins and Maria Rita, Ahmad Jamal, Shirley Horn. The summer season of free concerts, running from June through October, will include Lavay Smith, Quetzal, Taylor Eigsti and Johnny Nocturne. (800) 850-7353 or www.sfjazz.org.

SONOMA JAZZ+ FESTIVAL May 26-29. A gimmick never hurts when promoting a music festival, and this new Memorial Day weekend series in Sonoma has a great, if obvious, one: jazz and wine. Founded by the producers of Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Colorado, its bookings are delicious in moderation: Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Boz Scaggs with Steve Winwood, Regina Carter, Lizz Wright. The organizers promise that tie-ins with the wine industry will be "at the highest possible level," which means concerts with names like "Piano and Pinot" and "Cabaret and Cabernet." I cringe but reach for the syrah. (866) 527-8499 or www.sonomajazz.org.

WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC Los Angeles, Sept. 17-Oct. 2. Coming at the tail end of the season is one of the planet's biggest and most intriguing world-music festivals. Founded in 1999 as a triennial, it faced a logistical nightmare in 2002, when visa problems and other post-9/11 complications wreaked last-minute havoc with its lineup. But it has returned strong, with 45 events over 16 days. Highlights include the Czech folk group Hardistan; the Hun Lakorn Lek Puppet Theater of Thailand; the Palestinian-born oud master Simon Shaheen; the Indian group Sidi Goma, which plays an ecstatic Sufi music derived from East Africa; the Tuvan throat singers Chirgilchin; and Amadou Kienou, from Burkina Faso. (310) 825-0507 or www.festivalofsacredmusic.org.

Colorado

JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS Now 15 years old, this group produces two well-stocked festivals each summer, and the setting, amid the snowy grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, isn't too shabby either. The June Festival (June 23-26), in downtown Aspen, has David Byrne, Isaac Hayes, Dianne Reeves, Ramsey Lewis, John Scofield and Steel Pulse. The Labor Day Festival (Sept. 1-5), in nearby Snowmass Village Town Park, will have Widespread Panic, Steve Winwood, Willie Nelson and the reunited Loggins and Messina. (866) 527-8499 or www.jazzaspen.com.

TELLURIDE This small city tucked in the San Juan Mountains boasts two major summer music festivals: the 32-year-old Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 16-19), which this year has a what-else-could-you-ask-for lineup of Earl Scruggs, Alison Krauss, Leo Kottke with Mike Gordon from Phish, Wilco, Jewel, David Bromberg, and the Stanley Clarke-Bela Fleck-Jean-Luc Ponty trio; and the Telluride Jazz Celebration (Aug. 5-7), with Dave Holland, John Scofield, Lizz Wright, Ron Carter and Garage a Trois, which features Charlie Hunter on guitar. Is there ever time to go skiing? Bluegrass Festival (800) 624-2422 or www.bluegrass.com; Jazz Celebration (970) 728-7009 or www.telluridejazz.com.

Connecticut

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS New Haven, June 10-25. Now 10 years old, this sprawling interdisciplinary series that takes place partly on and around the Yale campus gets an A-plus for clever, thought-provoking programming, with theater, film and talks with intellectuals like Salman Rushdie and the theater historian Robert Kimball. Concerts include the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Michael Feinstein, the children's-folk queen Ella Jenkins and Ojos de Brujo, flamenco-hip-hop fusionists from Spain. (888) 278-4332 or www.artidea.org.

Georgia

VIBE MUSICFEST Atlanta, June 10-12. It worked for Essence, so Vibe magazine has attached its name to a summer weekend of black pop, and I have to admit, it's really great black pop: Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Big Boi of OutKast, Faith Evans, Doug E. Fresh, John Legend, Ludacris, Keyshia Cole and T. I. (800) 326-4000 or www.vibe.com/musicfest.

Illinois

CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL June 9-12. One of the largest blues happenings in the world, this series of free concerts in Grant Park, programmed by the mayor's office, regularly draws gigantic crowds - average daily attendance is usually more than 150,000. Take a look at the lineup and you'll see why. This year, the 22nd, features Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Lucky Peterson, Koko Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, John Mayall, Kim Simmonds, Robert Lockwood Jr. and, celebrating his 90th birthday, David (Honeyboy) Edwards. (312) 744-3315 or www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents.

LOLLAPALOOZA Chicago, July 23-24. Lollapalooza, the tour that all but codified the idea of alternative rock in the 90's, seemed to have faced a sad end last year when it was revived as a movable feast of nostalgia served over two-day minifestivals in 16 cities but then abruptly canceled. This year the franchise has been reimagined as a two-day event in Grant Park - no tour at all - with Weezer, Death Cab for Cutie, the Pixies, the Arcade Fire, Dinosaur Jr., the Kaiser Chiefs, the Killers, Dashboard Confessional, Billy Idol (yes, Billy Idol), the Bravery, Liz Phair, Louis XIV, M83, the Walkmen and others. www.lollapalooza.com.

Louisiana

ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL New Orleans, July 1-3. No concert series is more devoted to the idea of groovy diversity in black pop. On two separate stages over three days, it features Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child, Kanye West, Terence Blanchard, Black Eyed Peas, Lionel Richie, Teena Marie, the Roots, Floetry, Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, Meshell Ndegeocello and Regina Belle. Wow! (800) 488-5252 or www.essence.com.

Massachusetts

ARABIC MUSIC RETREAT Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Aug. 13-20. Simon Shaheen, the Palestinian-born oud virtuoso and mainstay of world music stages around the world, founded this annual program of classes and concerts in 1997. The offerings are extensive, with Mr. Shaheen and a number of leading figures in Arabic music including Ali Jihad Racy leading studies in performance, theory, analysis and ear training. Tuition starts at $723. (617) 512-8122 or www.simonshaheen.com.

New York City

CELEBRATE BROOKLYN Prospect Park Bandshell, June 15-Aug. 7. Ahh. Summer in New York means music outdoors and (mostly) free, and the Celebrate Brooklyn series, now in its 27th year, is an ideal urban concert space: a handsome band shell with a small paved area for chairs, surrounded by cool grass on a gentle slope. Highlights include Rickie Lee Jones on opening night; the Bad Plus, Charlie Hunter and James Carter on June 17; the New Pornographers, Stars and the Sadies on June 25; a family concert with the brilliant pranksters Polygraph Lounge on July 9; Ozomatli on July 14; Charlie Musselwhite and Bettye Lavette on July 15; Eddie Palmieri on July 23; and the annual African concert with Papa Wemba, Gokh-Bi System and Maria de Barros on July 31. (718) 855-7882 or www.celebratebrooklyn.org.

ISLAND GETAWAY July 30-31. The Dave Matthews Band anchors a two-day mini-Bonnaroo at Randalls Island with the Black Eyed Peas, Barenaked Ladies, Robert Randolph, Ray LaMontagne, Jem and Mike Doughty. V.I.P. tickets are available for $250 for those who don't want to get muddy. (212) 307-4100 or www.ticketmaster.com.

JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL June 14-25. The classiest class act in jazz has a full lineup at Carnegie Hall, the Beacon Theater and elsewhere, as usual. It's even a little bit classier this year with the addition of concerts at Rose Theater, the new home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Highlights among the highlights: a 90th-birthday tribute to Les Paul, tributes to Rosemary Clooney and Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea, Cesaria Evora with Keren Ann, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Dave Brubeck, Michel Camilo, Geri Allen, Harry Connick Jr., a Marsalis Music night at Zankel Hall and free concerts at the South Street Seaport, Prospect Park and the World Financial Center Plaza. My only beef is the disappearance of the free lunchtime concerts at Bryant Park; I was starting to really like them. (212) 501-1390 or www.festivalproductions.net.

LINCOLN CENTER Summer presentations include the Midsummer Night Swing series in June and July, with low-dipping, high-kicking dance music by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Duke Robillard, Rosie Flores and Wanda Jackson, the Village People (really) and a tribute to Illinois Jacquet, who died last July days after he closed the festival for the 16th time; the Lincoln Center Festival in July, featuring a double bill of Wyclef Jean with the Senegalese rap group Daara J, and the world premiere of "My Life as a Fairy Tale," a music-theater work directed by Chen Shi-Zheng with music by Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields; and the annual Out of Doors series in August and September with free concerts all over the Lincoln Center grounds, featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs, Marcia Ball and Babatunde Lea. Events hotline (212) 875-5766, tickets (212) 721-6500 or www.lincolncenter.org.

RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL June through September. A group of largely unrelated series, River to River is, literally, more of a marketing program for Lower Manhattan than a unified festival, and untangling its complicated schedule can be harder than reading stock tables. But look closely and you'll see individual series with real personality: the scrappy indie bands at the South Street Seaport, and bigger art-rock names like Castle Clinton; a solid blues series in Battery Park City; really big names in Battery Park. Highlights this year under various rubrics are a Jenny Lind tribute with Audra McDonald, Arlo Guthrie, Yo La Tengo and Stephen Malkmus on July 4, Calexico, McCoy Tyner and Tinariwen. (212) 835-2789 or www.rivertorivernyc.com.

SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL Coney Island, July 16. Five years old now, this essential (and free) day of gloriously noisy rock, presented by The Village Voice, is always a joy; who knew that up-to-the-minute indie bands playing their latest B-sides sounded so good in the bright sunshine at the beach? The acts have not yet been confirmed, but past highlights, including Death Cab for Cutie, TV on the Radio, Guided by Voices, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Shins, have been must-sees. www.villagevoice.com/siren.

SUMMERSTAGE Rumsey Playfield, Central Park. Here's one good reason to be thankful you don't have that weekend house in the Hamptons. A nice summer day is made unforgettable by a concert in Central Park, and every summer New Yorkers are blessed with many unforgettable concerts, thanks to SummerStage. I could do without the crowd-control metal fences everywhere - what is this, Woodstock '99? - but they are a small price to pay for music like this. The Killers and Louis XIV open the season on June 4 with a benefit (i.e., not free) concert; other benefits include Modest Mouse (June 20), David Byrne (June 29), Dinosaur Jr. and Broken Social Scene (July 14), Lyle Lovett (July 18), Elvis Costello with Emmylou Harris (July 19), and Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists and Stars (Aug. 18). Free shows include Cassandra Wilson (June 24) and the Blind Boys of Alabama (July 10), with the full schedule to be announced May 18. (212) 360-2777 or www.summerstage.org.

VISION FESTIVAL Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street, Lower East Side, June 12-19. The very survival of this densely programmed avant-garde jazz series, now in its 10th year, is a tribute to the vitality and loyalty of the downtown scene. Like most downtown institutions, it has bumped from place to place over the years and this summer has a new home. This year is a who's who of an esoteric musical subculture: William Hooker, Roy Campbell, Steve Dalachinsky, Oliver Lake, Wayne Horvitz, Joe McPhee, Matthew Shipp, Joseph Jarman, Mat Maneri, Bill Dixon, Charles Gayle, Jorge Sylvester. (212) 696-6681 or www.visionfestival.org

>New York State

JONES BEACH Wantagh. Concerts this year include Sting with Joss Stone and Phantom Planet (May 13), Velvet Revolver and Hoobastank (May 14), Stevie Nicks and Don Henley (June 10), the Pixies (June 14), Judas Priest and Queensryche (June 17), Tom Petty and the Black Crowes (June 21), James Taylor (July 1), Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire (July 3), John Mellencamp and John Fogerty (July 8), Brian Wilson (Aug. 13), Motley Crue (Aug. 16) and the Allman Brothers Band with Moe (Aug. 24). (516) 221-1000 or www.tommyhilfigerjonesbeach.com.

MOEDOWN Snow Ridge Ski Area, Turin, Sept. 2-4. Not many bands get to hold their own festivals, with long sets and famous guests and bucolic settings. Moe, a popular second-tier jam band that formed in Buffalo in 1991, has beaten the system with Moedown, its annual festival in the Adirondacks north of Utica, playing for six years now with guests like the Flaming Lips, Ani DiFranco, Blues Traveler and Medeski, Martin and Wood. Check the band's Web site for the schedule, to be announced soon: www.moe.org

ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL June 10-18. Just four years old, this series has already established itself with programming as solid as anything in San Francisco, New York or Newport: Sonny Rollins, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Chaka Khan, Chris Botti, Madeleine Peyroux, Chiara Civello, John Scofield, Bill Frisell and Ravi Coltrane. (585) 234-2002 or www.rochesterjazz.com

North Carolina

AN APPALACHIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL Boone, July 1-30. This multidisciplinary series has everybody from Lily Tomlin to Peter Serkin, Branford Marsalis to Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Offerings are eclectic and high-brow (well, maybe not the fireworks with former members and sound-alikes of the Temptations and the Supremes), as if to prove that "Appalachian" does not have to have anything to do with fiddles and folk music. (800) 841-2787 or www.appsummer.org.

Rhode Island

JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL Newport, Aug. 11-14. Now 51 years old, the festival kicks off with a screening of the documentary "Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue," and concerts feature (take a breath now): Eartha Kitt, Joe Lovano, Richard Bona, Patricia Barber, Roy Haynes, Michael Brecker, Jason Moran, Joshua Redman, T. S. Monk, Charles Lloyd, Wynton Marsalis, Carla Bley, Geri Allen, Bela Fleck, Jon Faddis, Ravi Coltrane, a special Guitar Stage with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bill Frisell, Russell Malone, Larry Coryell ... (401) 847-3700 or www.festivalproductions.net.

NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL Aug. 5-7. The real fun here tends to happen when Bob Dylan appears. This year the lineup includes Arlo Guthrie and Nanci Griffith. Now where did I put my copy of "Bob Dylan Live 1966"? (401) 847-3700 or www.newportfolk.com.

Tennessee

BONNAROO Manchester, June 10-12. This undefinable smorgasbord on a 700-acre farm south of Nashville, now in its fourth year, is one of the few musical events in the country that rightly deserves to be called a festival. The Mars Volta and Widespread Panic play alongside Modest Mouse, the Dave Matthews Band, Jurassic 5, John Prine, Herbie Hancock, Rilo Kiley, Kings of Leon and Particle. Sounds festive! The organizers follow an aesthetic of abundance and connoisseurship, and attendees report genuine musical serendipity: My Morning Jacket fans check out Earl Scruggs, Mouse on Mars hipsters get a taste of the Allman Brothers. Plus: Joanna Newsom, RJD2, Saul Williams, Bob Weir and Ratdog, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters 2005, Drive-By Truckers, Brazilian Girls, the Perceptionists, Black Crowes, Gov't Mule. Bring sunscreen, a change of clothes and taping equipment. www.bonnaroo.com

CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL Nashville, June 9-12. Country music does not have many big summer festivals around the country the way jazz or classical music do. But the CMA Music Festival pretty much makes up for any deficit. It has one of the biggest rosters of any musical event in the country, with so many names included that trying to figure out who's not going to be there could be a good game to play on the road to it. Over four days on stages throughout downtown Nashville come and see: Travis Tritt, Trisha Yearwood, Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack, Jessi Alexander, Tracy Byrd, Katrina Elam, the Oak Ridge Boys, Tanya Tucker, Trace Adkins, Rascal Flatts, Gretchen Wilson, Jo Dee Messina, LeAnn Rimes, Big and Rich, Darryl Worley ... (800) 262-3378 or www.cmafest.com

Texas

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL Zilker Park, Austin, Sept. 23-25. Attendance has been so extraordinary - reaching 75,000 a day according to some reports - at these concerts presented by the people behind the stalwart "Austin City Limits" television show that capacity has been reduced by 10,000 "to increase fan comfort." Thankfully the organizers have not stinted on the music. Among the 130 bands planned are the Black Crowes, Lyle Lovett, the Allman Brothers, Oasis, Widespread Panic, the Arcade Fire, Bloc Party and the Doves. (512) 389-0315 or www.austincitylimits.com.

Washington

BUMBERSHOOT Seattle, Sept. 2-5. The big outdoor to-do in Seattle each Labor Day weekend is Bumbershoot, which has been going strong for a remarkable 35 years now with a varied lineup of plays, comedians and literary readings. But what really fills the streets for this festival, which takes place in Seattle Center, in the shadow of the Space Needle, are all the pop acts. This year they include Devo, Mavis Staples, the Decemberists, Brazilian Girls, Keren Ann, Ted Leo, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, and Sonny Landreth. (206) 281-8111 or www.bumbershoot.org

Tours

ANGER MANAGEMENT With Eminem and 50 Cent, two of the biggest-selling and most-respected acts in pop. What are they angry about? Begins July 7 in Noblesville, Ind., through Aug. 13, coming to Madison Square Garden on Aug. 8 and 9.

BIG SUMMER CLASSIC String Cheese Incident headlines this crunchy new jam-band tour with Keller Williams, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Yonder Mountain String Band and Umphrey's McGee. It begins July 2 and 3 at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colo., and runs through the end of July, coming to Keyspan Park in Brooklyn - the site of one of Phish's sweaty final concerts last summer - on July 21. www.bigsummerclassic.com.

FRANKIE J AND BABY BASH If you haven't heard these Latin hip-hop stars yet, turn on your radio and you'll surely hear one or both very shortly: Frankie J's "Obsession" ("No Es Amor"), featuring Baby Bash, is a Top 10 hit, and Baby Bash's "Baby I'm Back" has been in heavy rotation for the better part of the year. Their joint tour was to begin yesterday in Corpus Christi, Tex., and continues through early June. www.latiument.com

GREEN DAY The band is already in the midst of a big victory-lap tour for its newest album, "American Idiot" (Reprise), which won a Grammy Award and has been a solid Top 10 hit. Its American and Canadian dates continue through May, then the band goes to Europe for the summer and will return to the United States for more stadium dates in September, including Giants Stadium on Sept. 1. www.greenday.com.

INDIE-ROCK REUNIONS Our parents have had over-the-hill reunion tours by the Who, the Rolling Stones and the Dead. This year we not-quite-kids-anymore have the Gang of Four (starting today at the Coachella festival in Indio, Calif.; through May 21, coming to Irving Plaza in New York May 17 and 18), Dinosaur Jr. (July 7-24, playing at SummerStage in New York on July 14), and the Pixies (a short American tour from May 26 to June 14, when they play at Jones Beach in Wantagh, N.Y.), and I think we win. For one thing, ticket prices are lower.

KRAFTWERK Most reunited pop stars revisit a long-lost past. Kraftwerk, the robotic German techno-pop pioneers of the 1970's, go back to charmingly outmoded visions of the future, with stages that look like the bridge on "Star Trek" and actual robots that appear in the musicians' place. A short tour to promote the group's new live album, "Minimum Maximum" (Astralwerks, to be released June 7), begins May 30 in Washington and ends June 6 in Los Angeles; the group plays the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on June 1. www.kraftwerk.com

SARAH McLACHLAN The second leg of her latest tour, which began in 2004 - she had taken five years since her last big tour - is under way, and continues through mid-June in the North America; she will play at Madison Square Garden on May 24. www.sarahmclachlan.com.

ALANIS MORISSETTE Her "Jagged Little Pill" was the best-selling album of the 90's; for its 10th anniversary she has re-recorded it in acoustic form - to be released June 13 by Maverick and sold exclusively at Starbucks stores for the first six weeks - and on her tour will "play the album from start to finish," she recently told Billboard. Beginning June 7 in Toronto, through July 17; coming to Radio City Music Hall on June 15. www.alanis.com.

NINE INCH NAILS To promote his first new album in six years, "With Teeth" (Interscope), Trent Reznor and his band are playing smallish theaters and clubs including Stubb's in Austin, Tex., and the Orpheum in Boston. Whether this is being done to create an intimate mood or as a cautious business move will become clear from the charts when the album is released on Tuesday. (Coming to the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York on May 15 and 16.) www.nin.com.

OASIS For some, like me, Oasis is the most annoying British band since Genesis. But for many, many others, the group is member of the great pantheon, and its centrality to the Britpop revolution of the 90's is unquestionable. Amid a full European tour this summer, the band will play a handful of concerts in the United States in June - including Madison Square Garden on June 22 - and will return here for a stadium tour in September. www.oasisinet.com.

OZZFEST It used to be said that Cher was the unkillable pop star. Now it looks increasingly like Ozzy Osbourne holds that distinction. A decade ago he was a lovable if inconsequential aging metal icon. Then came the Ozzfest tour, which has outlasted Lollapalooza, Lilith Fair and the Horde tour, and of course "The Osbournes," which, for better or worse, established reality television as a celebrity career-booster vehicle. This year's Ozzfest, the 10th, has Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Mudvayne. It begins July 15 in Boston and runs through early September; it comes to the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., on July 26. www.ozzfest.com.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN For his new album, "Devils & Dust" (Columbia), which was released last week, Mr. Springsteen is playing solo concerts at relatively small theaters and halls through May 20 (he plays at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., on May 19). He'll spend June in Europe, perhaps to return here later this year. www.brucespringsteen.net.

U2 Expect no small-scale we're-not-really-rock-stars concerts from U2; its latest tour is every bit the exuberant, gigantic spectacle that fans (and concert promoters looking for a sure thing) crave. The tour runs through May 28 in the United States (coming to Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., on May 17 and 18, and Madison Square Garden on May 21) and through the summer in Europe, returning here in September for lots and lots of concerts (Madison Square Garden Oct. 7, 8, 10, 11 and 14, and Nov. 21-22; the Hartford Civic Center on Dec. 7). www.u2.com

VANS WARPED TOUR Now a stunning 11 years old, the skateboards-tattoos-and-punk traveling circus faces an audience that has grown up with the festival as a part of their young lives. Will they have to add a day-care tent soon? With the Offspring, My Chemical Romance, Dropkick Murphys, Atreyu, Fall Out Boy, the Explosion, Thrice, MxPx, Senses Fail, Strung Out, Tsunami Bomb, Motion City Soundtrack, the Transplants, the Starting Line and lots of others, including Billy Idol on some dates. It begins June 18 in Columbus, Ohio, and continues through mid-August, coming once again to Randalls Island in New York on Aug. 13. www.warpedtour.com.

ZOOMA Phish officially disbanded last year, but we all knew we hadn't seen the last of Trey Anastasio, its bassist. He headlines this new tour with Ben Harper, with 20 to 25 acts rotating as opening acts throughout the summer. Dates have not been announced yet, but the organizers promise at least 28 dates in North America from June 16 to July 31. www.zoomatour.com.

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