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By GOING ON SALE | August 29, 2006
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GREGG ALLMAN | October 14 at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston | $30 + $39.50 | on sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | HOLD STEADY + SEAN NA NA | October 30 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | on sale Friday at 10 am | 617.931.2000 | CURSIVE | September 30 at the Somerville Theatre, Somerville | $18 | 617.931.2000 | SPARTA | October 12 at Axis, Boston | $12 | 617.931.2000 | BONNIE RAITT + RICHARD JULIAN | October 17 at the Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, Rhode Island | $36-$66 | 617.931.2000 | “JAMARAMA” | October 21 at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston | $26 | 617.931.2000 | DISCO BISCUITS | October 31 at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston | $27.50 | 617.931.2000
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