Mile High Music Festival’s early lineup is now official, ranging from megawatt headliners Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Dave Matthews Band to the Roots, Spoon and Flobots. Check MileHighMusicFestival for the current roster, which will perform July 19-20 in the soccer fields around Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Pre-sale passes for KBCO radio Interactive members went on sale Thursday, with general-audience tickets available at 10 a.m. March 29. ($85-$150, TicketHorse).
Gnarls Barkley, whose ubiquitous, rubbery single, “Crazy,” dominated airwaves in the summer of 2006, will play the free SoCo Music Experience festival in the parking lot of Coors Amphitheatre on June 28. Bassnectar (and other acts yet to be confirmed) will back up the duo. For more information on tickets for the 21-and- up show, visit scmxdenver.
Duran Duran tested songs from its “Red Carpet Massacre” album on the Great White Way last year, and now the ’80s popsters will bring that three-act show to the Wells Fargo Theater on May 12. Yeah, we said “three-act.” Please stop screaming. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($44.50-$79.50, Ticketmaster)
Carlos Mencia’s button-pushing stand-up will invade Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 26 with Groove Hawgs and Lewis & Floorwax. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($39.50- $49.50, Ticketmaster)
The Raconteurs, a quartet including Jack White of the White Stripes, oozed antipathy to typical promote-and-release tactics when they announced their new disc would be shipped to retail and press simultaneously. Tickets for the band’s April 28 Fillmore Auditorium show are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($34, Ticketmaster)
“A Chorus Line,” perhaps the most recognizable musical this side of “Cats” and “Guys and Dolls,” will visit the Buell Theater May 4-17. Tickets for the retooled production are on sale at 10 a.m. Sunday. ($15-$100, )
Pennywise will drop its meaty political punk on the Fillmore Auditorium on May 7. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($19.99, Ticketmaster)
Ween boasts a drooling, jam-band-like following, despite the fact that the genre-averse duo refuses to choose rock over country or pop, or tender over deeply, hilariously revolting. Bless them for that. Tickets for Ween’s July 16-17 sets at the Fillmore are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($35, Ticketmaster)
Chicago and Doobie Brothers were unveiled as co-headliners for KOOL 105.1 FM’s annual easy-listening KOOL Koncert at Coors Amphitheatre on June 11. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($26-$89.50, Ticketmaster)
Soulja Boy leads the all-ages “21 and Under” tour with Tiffany Evans and V.I.C., which hits the Ogden Theatre on April 28. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($30, Ticketmaster)
