Elton John leads 2009’s biggest concert announcement week with an April 4 show at Colorado Springs’ World Arena and an April 3 benefit in Laramie at the Arena Auditorium. Tickets for Colorado Springs are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, with Wyoming passes available on Monday. ($35-$127, TicketsWest or )
Leonard Cohen counts Red Rocks Amphitheatre among his world tour stops with a full- band show on June 2. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. ($49.50-$149.50, Ticketmaster)
No Doubt’s first album since 2001’s “Rock Steady” won’t be ready until 2010, but the band will hit the road again this summer, including a May 27 date at Fiddler’s Green with Paramore and the Sounds. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. March 7. ($10-$70, )
David Byrne and Denver heroes DeVotchKa should make an appropriately worldly pair at their June 20 show at Red Rocks. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($55-$69.50, Ticketmaster)
Stephen Stills returns to Colorado after last summer’s Crosby, Stills and Nash show at the Wells Fargo Theatre with an April 12 solo gig at the Ogden. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($35-$40, Ticketmaster)
STS9 will also make their reliable summer return to the Fillmore on July 24 and Red Rocks on July 25. Tickets for both are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($30-$45, )
Gipsy Kings are slated to play a June 21 concert at the Paramount. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($49.50-$86.50, TicketHorse)
Foreigner kicks off the fifth annual Thunder in the Rockies motorcycle rally with a set at the Budweiser Events Center on Sept. 4. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($35-$50, Comcast )
Mike Epps (“Soul Men,” “The Honeymooners”) brings his stand-up to the Paramount on April 18. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($38- $58, TicketHorse)
Rise Against leads fellow punks Rancid and Riverboat Gamblers at Red Rocks on June 11. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($30-$35, )
Keane gets help from Mat Kearney and Helio Sequence when the U.K. piano-rock act plays the Ogden on May 13. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($35, Ticketmaster)
Disturbed extends its March 25 Fillmore run with a March 26 date featuring Lacuna Coil, Killswitch Engage and Chimaira. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($45, livenation )
Fischerspooner smacks of electroclash despite the performance-art/music act’s best efforts to defy the tag. Tickets for their May 18 Ogden show are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($20-$25, Ticketmaster)
Chris Cornell comes back to the Ogden Theatre — sans Timbaland — on April 24. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($30-$35, Ticketmaster)
