Holiday concerts are starting to pile up around Denver as surely as the leaves from the trees will in a few short weeks. In addition to hometown heroes DeVotchKa playing a pair of Halloween shows at the Boulder Theater Oct. 31-Nov. 1 with locals Paper Bird and Bela Karoli, Denver’s Big Head Todd and the Monsters will perform on New Year’s Eve show at the Ogden Theatre. Celtic rockers Flogging Molly will also take over the Fillmore Auditorium Dec. 30-31. Tickets for the former shows are on sale today, with Flogging Molly on sale Saturday. (Various prices, Ticketmaster)
AC/DC’s “Black Ice” tour kicks off next month in Pennsylvania and winds its way to the Pepsi Center on Nov. 25 — about a month after the band’s so-named new album hits stores. Tickets for AC/DC’s first world tour in seven years are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($93.50, Ticketmaster)
Metallica tickets for their Nov. 4 Pepsi Center date are on sale, with guests Down and the Sword. ($63.50-$83.50, Ticketmaster)
TV on the Radio, fresh off a triumphant (if delayed) gig at Red Rocks’ Monolith Music Festival on Sunday, have announced a Nov. 2 show at the Ogden Theatre with the Dirtbombs. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($25, Ticketmaster)
The Black Crowes looked and sounded in fighting shape at the Mile High Music Festival in July, which should reassure fans eager to see their Dec. 13 gig at the Fillmore Auditorium, with Vetiver. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($39.50-$40, Ticketmaster)
EOTO and Zilla will get bodies moving at the Ogden Theatre on Nov. 1 with this dance-friendly bill. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($20-$22, Ticketmaster)
Australian Pink Floyd is about as close as you’ll get to the legendary U.K. psych-rock group for awhile — particularly in light of co-founder Richard Wright’s death earlier this week. Tickets for the tribute act’s Nov. 18 set at the Paramount Theatre are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($37.50-$47.50, TicketHorse)
Mickey Avalon’s sleazy hip-hop flows would be mildly offensive if they weren’t so consistently funny. Tickets for his Nov. 10 show at the Ogden Theatre are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($22-$24, Ticketmaster)
Suicidal Tendencies’ SoCal metal will roll into the Gothic Theatre on Nov. 25. Tickets for the show with Terror and Whole Wheat Bread are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($22-$24, Ticketmaster)
Cheech and Chong added a Dec. 21 show to their Dec. 20 stop at the Paramount Theatre, which sold out both of its shows. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($39.50-$59.50, TicketHorse)
