Tickets are on sale this week for several hot summer shows.
Jimmy BuffettTickets for the Bruce Springsteen concert at Gillette Stadium on Aug. 18 will go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at (800) 745-3000. Tickets are priced from of a high of $101 down to $50.
Rush will play the TD Garden in Boston on Oct. 24. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Tickets are priced from $48.50 to $126.
Comedian Sinbad will perform at the Fox Theater at Foxwoods on July 13. Tickets are priced between $60 and $30 and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through foxwoods.com and by calling (866) 646-0609.
Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band will bring the “Lounging at the Lagoon” tour to the Mohegan Sun Arena on June 26. Tickets are going in sale Friday through Ticketmaster. Tickets are priced at $185 and $135.
Mohegan Sun has also added Train and Stevie Nicks to its concert schedule. Train appears at the arena with Mat Kearney on Aug. 19. Tickets are $39.50 and go on sale Friday through Ticketmaster. Nicks will play the arena on July 12. Tickets are on sale now.
Blues diva Shemekia Copeland will perform at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on Aug. 17. Tickets are $22.50 and available through the Northampton Box Office by calling (413) 586-8686 and online at iheg.com
The Iron Horse Entertainment Group has added the Led Zeppelin tribute band Get the Led Out to the Mountain Park schedule. The show, a benefit for the Jimmy Fund, is set for July 21 with tickets on sale now through the Northampton Box Office. Also on the bill is Pink Floyd tribute artists The Machine.
A benefit concert is being held on the campus of Commonwealth Academy, the new inner-city boarding school that has replaced the old MacDuffie school. Jimmy Mazz will present his Viva Las Vegas show at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the on-campus theater. Tickets are $17 and available by calling (413) 534-9900. Proceeds will be used to repair the damage caused by last year’s tornado.
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