Tool teased its fans in early May when it played a brief, powerful set at the Temple Buell Theatre. Many wondered why the heavily anticipated show, which sold out quickly, was booked at such a small venue.
Fortunately for those fans, the concert was merely a preamble to Tool’s more extensive summer tour promoting its new disc, “10,000 Days.” On Monday House of Blues announced the band would return to Colorado to play Coors Amphitheatre, a more proper venue for the popular and hugely influential art-metal act.
The diminutive Maynard James Keenan, one of the weirdest frontmen in rock, must be enjoying the success of his main gig as it traverses the country this summer. His side project, A Perfect Circle, has done respectably well since forming six years ago, but Tool is his baby.
Tickets for the Aug. 30 show go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($35-$55, Ticketmaster)
John Mayer and Sheryl Crow are a light-rock dream team, combining the most palatable elements of head-nodding soft rock and radio-friendly balladeering. When Live Nation announced their Sept. 18 show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, it was clear it would sell out instantly. Now Live Nation has revealed a second show on Sept. 19 for those who were shut out. Chances are it was in the works all along, but most promoters like to make sure they have a solid crowd before announcing two big shows in a row. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($49.50-$69.50, Ticketmaster)
Mos Def may be more familiar to mainstream audiences for his movie roles in “The Italian Job” and “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” but his intelligent hip-hop put him on the map. Unlike LL Cool J, Ice Cube and other rapper-turned-actors, his music never has been an afterthought, despite Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Collaborations with Talib Kweli and his commitment to poetry and music have earned him the respect of the underground arts community and the middle-of- the-road music world. Tickets for his Aug. 26 show at the Fillmore Auditorium go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($27.50, Ticketmaster)
Brian Jonestown Massacre has seen its star rise since it was immortalized in the award-winning documentary “Dig!” The film chronicled the often- prickly relationship the retro- rock band had with former peers The Dandy Warhols, and showed the self-destructive, drug-addled behavior of frontman Anton Newcombe. Now the band plays larger venues, even selling out a few. It visits the Boulder Theater on Sept. 16 with locals Bright Channel. Tickets are on sale. ($15.75, BigMarksTickets.com)
