Michael Jackson topped Forbes’ annual list of top-earning dead celebrities last week, raking in a whopping $275 million — more than all other dead celebrities combined (sorry, Elvis) and more than any other living celebrity except for Oprah Winfrey. It’s no surprise, then, that Cirque du Soleil this week announced dates for its latest touring show, the Jackson-themed “The Immortal World Tour,” which will visit the Pepsi Center on Jan. 6, 2012. A team of 60 performers will bring Jackson’s music and dance to life with Cirque’s signature multimedia onslaught. Tickets for the show are on sale at noon Saturday. ($50- $250, TicketHorse)
Korn, the California nu-metal veterans currently promoting quasi-comeback album “Korn III: Remember Who You Are,” will return to Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on Dec. 17 as part of KBPI’s “Mistletoe Jam” Because, really, what’s more fitting for the holidays than songs such as “Fear Is a Place to Live” and “Freak on a Leash”? Tickets for the concert are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($42.50-$45, )
moe., the New York-bred jam band that usually finds a friendly audience in Denver, is dialing down its ambitions for its next stop here. The group played two nights at the Fillmore Auditorium last April, but will scale back to the smaller Ogden Theatre for its Feb. 4-5 stint next year. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($32.50, Ticketmaster)
Blind Melon took a break in 1999 — four years after vocalist Shannon Hoon died from a drug overdose — but reformed in 2006 and has been occasionally active since then. The group, best known for its 1993 hit “No Rain,” is slated to play the Bluebird Theater on Nov. 28 with an as-yet-unnamed replacement vocalist. Also announced at the Bluebird this week: Michael Jackson tribute group Who’s Bad (Jan. 21, $12-$20), psychobilly vets Reverend Horton Heat (Jan. 30, $22-$25) and enigmatic Scottish rockers Mogwai (May 2, $25). All tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday via Ticketmaster.
Amos Lee brought in the big guns for his latest album, the as-yet-unreleased “Mission Bell” (slated to drop on Blue Note in Jan. 2011). With appearances from Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam and Calexico, it’s clear the exceedingly mellow singer-songwriter is commanding some serious attention these days. Lee plays the Boulder Theater Feb. 5 with Vusi Mahlasela. Tickets are on sale today. ($25-$30, )
Indigo Girls return to Boulder radio program “eTown” for its holiday-show taping Nov. 21, with opener Tim O’Brien. Tickets are on sale. ($24.50-$29.50, )
