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By GOING ON SALE | August 14, 2007
Steven Wright |
BRAND NEW + THRICE + MEWITHOUTYOU | December 9 at Tsongas Arena, Lowell | $25 + $29 | On sale Thursday August 16 at 1 pm | 617.931.2000
MATT POND PA | September 27 at the Paradise, Boston | $12 | On sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000
THE GOOD LIFE | Cursive frontdude Tim Kasher’s side project comes to town in support of Help Wanted Nights, out September 11 on Saddle Creek | October 2 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | On sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000
MR. LIF | Boston’s great hip-hop hope returns | October 6 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $15 | On sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000
SUNSET RUBDOWN | October 7 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | On sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000
THE HIVES | See “Future Perfect,” page 5 | October 14 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | On sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000
BATTLES | November 12 at the Paradise, Boston | $15 | On sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000
THE GOSSIP | Keira Knightley–approved | November 18 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | On sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000
STEVEN WRIGHT | Burlington-raised, Academy Award–winning “Guy on the Couch” | October 11 at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston | $29.50 + $34.50 | On sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000
LEWIS BLACK | October 12 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston | $45-$65 | On sale now | 617.824.8000
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