Cheyenne Frontier Days added Bill Engvall of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and country artist Randy Owen to its July 26 lineup after the departure of pop-rockers Matchbox Twenty last week over animal-rights concerns. They join Rascal Flatts (July 19-20), Blake Shelton (July 23), Sugarland (July 25) and others at the “Daddy of ‘Em All” rodeo. Tickets are on sale. ($25-$68, TicketsWest)
Steely Dan co-conspirators Walter Becker and Donald Fagen will bring their baby-boomer catnip (i.e. ’70s jazz-pop fusion) to Red Rocks on July 17. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($49.50-$95, Ticketmaster)
Mile High Music Festival’s roster continues to fatten, this week adding Jason Mraz, Lupe Fiasco, Mike Gordon of Phish, the Whigs and others to its July 19-20 fest at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, which also includes Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, the Roots and dozens more. Tickets are on sale. ($85-$150, TicketHorse)
John Mellencamp and Lucinda Williams announced a July 27 date at Red Rocks, with tickets going on sale May 3. Check back here for the latest on-sale information.
Mötley Crüe’s renown has only grown as cannibalistic, wheel-spinning VH1 specials and a dubious hair-metal fascination have taken hold. Of course, watching a bunch of broken-down, recovering-addict relics play with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M. and Trapt could be perversely fun. Tickets for the July 27 show at Fiddler’s Green are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($29.50-$95, Ticketmaster)
The Paid Dues Festival will swing by the Fillmore Auditorium on June 13 with hip-hop heavies De La Soul, Blackalicious, Sage Francis and others. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($32-$35, Ticketmaster)
Dethklok, stars of the loving Adult Swim parody “Metalocalypse,” will visit the Gothic Theatre on June 12. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($25, Ticketmaster)
Boz Scaggs’ summer touring schedule brings the singer/guitarist to the Paramount Theatre on Aug. 21. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($45.50-$75.50, TicketHorse)
Yonder Mountain String Band announced another stop in Colorado this summer, returning to Red Rocks with Keller Williams. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($36.50-$40, Ticketmaster)
Peter Murphy, former frontman of influential post-punk band Bauhaus, returns to the Ogden Theatre on June 11. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($35-$40, Ticketmaster)
Jack Bruce of Cream will join Eric Burdon (the Animals), the Turtles, Badfinger and Jonathan Edwards at KOOL 105.1 FM’s second KOOL Koncert at Fiddler’s Green on July 22. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($35-$65, Ticketmaster)
Dierks Bentley’s April 25 show has been moved from the the World Arena in Colorado Springs to that city’s Pikes Peak Center. Tickets are on sale. ($27.50-$35, )
