Breaking news from the concert-ticket trade
By WILL SPITZ | June 6, 2006
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“REGGAE SUNSPLASH” with UB40 + MAXI PRIEST + THIRD WORLD + TOOTS & THE MAYTALS + RICK ROCK | August 19 at Bank of America Pavilion, Boston | $35 + $45 | on sale Thursday June 8 at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | CHICAGO | September 12 at the Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI | $32.50-$65 | on sale Thursday June 8 at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | WILLIE NELSON + JOHN FOGERTY | August 4 at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield | $32.50-$59.50 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | ROLLINS BAND + X | August 19 at Avalon, Boston | $20 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS | October 2 + 20 at the TD Banknorth Garden, Boston | $61 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | CHARLES AZNAVOUR | September 21 at the Opera House, Boston | $55.50-$135.50 | on sale Monday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | ERIC CLAPTON | October 3 at the TD Banknorth Garden, Boston | $60-$125 | on sale Monday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | RAKES | July 6 at the Paradise, Boston | $12 | 617.931.2000 | ANTHONY HAMILTON | July 13 at Avalon, Boston | $27.50 | 617.931.2000 | EARTH WIND & FIRE + CHRIS BOTTI | July 18 at Bank of America Pavilion, Boston | $35-$65 | 617.931.2000 | BLACK HEART PROCESSION | August 1 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | 617.864.EAST | SMOKING POPES | August 18 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | 617.864.EAST | NEIL HAMBURGER | August 25 upstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $10 | 617.864.EAST | TEDDY GEIGER + DIRTIE BLONDE | September 8 at Avalon, Boston | $15.25 | 617.931.2000 | RASCAL FLATTS | September 10 at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield | $29 + $56.75 | 617.931.2000 | “THE FAMILY VALUES TOUR” with KORN + DEFTONES + STONE SOUR + FLYLEAF + DIR EN GREY | September 16 at Bank of America Pavilion, Boston | $35 + $45 | 617.931.2000
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