Wanna see a show?
Get off your duff and make plans now for these sizzling acts coming to the Grand Strand and the Carolinas.
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Stop the presses: Sublime, er, we mean Sublimewannabes, Pepper, is coming back to the Grand Strand (again), as the reggae rockers come calling at the House of Blues on Oct. 23 and tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday. Will Salt also be at the show? Passafire and Supervillians are on the bill. Anyhow, tickets will cost you a cool $21 in advance; $23 if your lazy limabean ass waits around 'til day of the show. Go to www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 919-834-4000. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.hob.com.
Scars on Broadway, the side project collaboration between System of a Down's guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan touches down at the House of Blues on Oct. 20, and tickets ($22.50) go up for grabs at 11 a.m. Saturday. Go to www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 919-834-4000. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.hob.com.
Also going on sale at 11 a.m. Saturday are tickets for "The Ultra Beatdown Tour'' featuring Dragonforce, Turisas and Powerglove on Nov. 23 at the House of Blues. Tickets will set you back $23 in advance, $25 day of show. Go to www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 919-834-4000. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.hob.com.
"Holler Back," hot country act The Lost Trailers make a pit stop at the Beach Wagon on Oct. 25 and advance tickets ($15) are available at www.etix.com.
We just couldn't live with ourselves if we didn't let you know that pop culture icon Kenny "The Gambler'' Rogers (not the lefthanded pitcher for the Detroit Tigers) was blowing into town for a gig Saturday at The Alabama Theatre and tickets ($53.95, $59.95, and $69,95) are still available. Call 272-1111 or visit www.alabama-theater.com.
Eric Benet, you know the genius that cheated on Halle Berry (says she) brings his "The Essence of Love Tour" to the House of Blues on Sept. 26 and tickets ($26-$64.50) for the neo-soul singer's show are on sale via www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 919-834-4000. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.hob.com.
Maybe everybody's all-jammed from a jam band-heavy summer along the Grand Strand, so Galactic's scheduled gig Oct. 24 has been 86ed. If you bought tickets, you can get refunds at your point-of-purchase. Call 272-3000 for more information.
Contemporary Christian heavyweights Stephen Curtis Chapman and Michael W. Smith bring their "United Tour'' to Beach Church next to Hard Rock Park on Oct. 16 and a limited amount of tickets ($50) still remain. Tickets can be ordered online at www.beachchurch.org or at the church itself, at 557 George Bishop Parkway, Myrtle Beach.
Call 236-9700.
You can git 'r done twice in one day, as blue collar comic Larry the Cable Guy's Nov. 1 engagement is a double-dip at The Palace Theatre. Tickets for both the 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. shows are $46.25. Call 800-905-4228 or visit www.palacetheatremyrtlebeach.com.
columbia
Chart-topping country duo Sugarland ain't too proud to quit playing the fair circuit and will bring its bad self to the S.C. State Fair Pepsi Grandstand for a performance Oct. 10, and tickets are $25, available by calling 800-514-3849.
north charleston
Are you in panic mode because you missed Widespread Panic's recent three night stint in North Myrtle Beach? Tickets ($32.50) for WSP's Oct. 24-25 shows at the North Charleston Coliseum are on sale. Go to www.ticketmaster.com or call 843-554-6060.
Also at the North Charleston Coliseum, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige, will bring her anguished, yet considerable pipes to the Holy City on Sept. 13 and tickets ($44-$61) are available via www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 843-554-6060.
ashville, n.c.
It may be a "Once In a Lifetime" chance to see erstwhile Talking Heads singer/mastermind David Byrne making a solo trek to Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Sept. 21 and tickets ($35-$45) are on sale at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone, call 828-251-5505.
greensboro, n.c.
Tickets are on sale for N.C. A&T State University's Homecoming Concert 2008 featuring a bevy of hip-hop artists including Young Jeezy, T-Pain, Shawty Lo, Plies and Rick Ross scheduled for Oct. 11 at Greensboro Coliseum. Tickets, available via www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 336-852-1100, are $34.50 in advance, and $39.50 day of show.
charlotte, n.c.
Divas get your phone tree organized! Reba & Kelly Clarkson: 2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour 2008 brings its sassy self to Time Warner Cable Arena on Nov. 21 and tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 27. They'll run you $49.50-$59.50. Go to www.ticketmaster.com or call the box office at 704-688-8600.
wilmington, n.c.
We've had a reader request to offer info on shows coming to our neighbor across the northern border, so here goes: classic rock stalwart The Steve Miller Band is coming to Buck Hardee Field at Legion Sports Complex in Wilmington on Oct. 26 and tickets are $25.50-$46.50 available at www.frontgatetickets.com. You can also call 888-512-SHOW. Keep on rockin' me, baby.
-Kent Kimes, Editor