ZZ Top’s “In Your Face” tour sports the typically tasteful line “So close it will feel like a lap dance.” What else would we expect from the eminently grizzled Southern rockers? The band will play a relatively intimate show at the Paramount Theatre on Oct. 31 with openers Blackberry Smoke. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($42.50- $500, TicketHorse)
Conor Oberst and his Mystic Valley Band will swing by the Ogden Theatre as part of the second leg of their tour behind Oberst’s first solo album in 13 years. Tickets for the Oct. 16 show are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($25.50, Ticketmaster)
Hawthorne Heights have come a long way since their modest, Dayton, Ohio, beginnings, surviving the death of guitarist Casey Calvert and legal battles to assert their reliable touring presence. Tickets for the post-hardcore act’s Nov. 13 show at the Ogden Theatre with Emery, the Color Fred and Tickle Me Pink are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($18.50, Ticketmaster)
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s latest production, “Over the Top,” seeks to bolster the traditional circus milieu amid blistering competition from touring shows such as Cirque du Soleil and Cirque Dreams. Tickets for the 138th edition of the classic circus, which visits the Denver Coliseum Oct. 2-13, are on sale at 10 a.m. Sunday. ($15-$65, Ticketmaster)
The Faint’s moody electro-rock will provide an appropriate soundtrack for a pre-Halloween night at the Boulder Theater on Oct. 30. Tickets for the Saddle Creek recording act are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($20-$23, Ticketmaster)
The Breezy Porticos will hang up their awnings after nearly a decade of cranking out melodic, ramshackle indie pop. Tickets for the Denver trio’s Oct. 10 Hi-Dive finale with Bad Weather California and Tornado Alley are on sale. ($6, hi-dive.com)
Maxwell’s sultry neo-soul will hit the Paramount Theatre on Oct. 25. as part of a national tour that takes him across the U.S. through mid-November. Get ready to pay a pretty penny for tickets, which are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($59.50-$149.50, TicketHorse)
Dragonforce already sounds like a video game, but paired with openers Turias and Powerglove, you feel like you’re in an 8-bit Nintendo offering. Tickets for the U.K. metal act’s Nov. 14 show at the Ogden Theatre are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($26, Ticketmaster)
“Always Snowing Somewhere” is a refreshing phrase to ski and snowboard die-hards, who will likely welcome the so-named Burton double feature when it plays at the Ogden Theatre on Oct. 21. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($10, Ticketmaster)
Bootsy Collins and Fred Wesley rescheduled their James Brown tribute from May 25 to Oct. 3, but now the pair have canceled the Ogden date altogether. Refunds are available at the point of purchase, most likely Ticketmaster.
Bow Wow has also given fans the slip, rescheduling an Aug. 11 show to Nov. 5 and finally canceling it this week. Refunds are available at the point of purchase, likely Ticketmaster.
