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Lewis Black | September 17 at the Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, Rhode Island | $25.50-$47.50 | on sale Thursday, August 3 at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | September 26 at Avalon, Boston | $22.50 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | Yo La Tengo | September 28 at Avalon, Boston | $20.25 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | Dr. Octagon + 7L & Esoteric | September 29 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $18 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | Islands | October 8 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | Madeleine Peyroux | November 1 at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston | $32.50 + $36 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | Holly Golightly + Eli “Paperboy” Reed | November 3 upstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | Lucero + Rocky Votolato + William Elliot Whitmore | November 8 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $10 | on sale Saturday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | Secret Machines | October 4 at Avalon, Boston | $16 | on sale Saturday at noon | 617.931.2000 | Dave Chappelle | August 23 at Agganis Arena, Boston | $45-$60| 617.931.2000 | Citizen Cope | September 14 at Avalon, Boston | $25 | 617.931.2000 | Built to Spill | October 2 at Avalon, Boston | $18 | 617.931.2000 | Head Automatica + Rock Kills Kid + Men, Women & Children + I Am the Avalanche | October 18 at Avalon, Boston | $16| 617.931.2000 | Ben Kweller + Sam Roberts Band | October 22 at Avalon, Boston | $20 | 617.931.2000
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