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Taylor Swift has the kind of mammoth star power to play 87 shows in 19 countries on four continents. And her latest world tour will swing through Colorado with a Pepsi Center date on Sept. 27. (NeedToBreathe will open.) Swift is the top selling artist in digital music history, and “Speak Now” is one of the few records from the past five years that boasted platinum status in its first week of sales. Tickets to Swift’s Denver show will go on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($25-$69.50, )
Vans Warped Tour has already started pre-selling tickets for its 44-date jaunt, including an Aug. 5 stop in the parking lot of Invesco Field. Boulder electro-pop act 3OH!3, which is headlining most of the other dates, oddly hasn’t been announced for Denver. But that still leaves August Burns Red, A Day to Remember, Gym Class Heroes, Against Me!, D.R.U.G.S., the Devil Wears Prada and dozens of others at the emo-punk event. Tickets are on sale. ($34.50-$40, )
Mumford & Sons is Britain’s folk export that has won over American audiences, and in addition to the band’s sold-out date at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the group will also headline the Fillmore Auditorium on June 15-16. Tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m. ($35, ) A Perfect Circle is best known for its challenging art-rock compositions — that and the group shares vocalist Maynard James Keenan with Tool. The band will headline Red Rocks on Aug. 2, and tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($39.50-$59.50, ) The Cars are recording a new album with frontman Ric Ocasek — we knew that. But now the dynamic ’80s band will tour the record, including a May 1 date at the Fillmore. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($42.50-$45, ) Ricardo Baca: 303-954-1394 or rbaca@ ; John Wenzel: 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com
Best shows of the week
Arcade Fire is likely still basking in its surprise “Album of the Year” win at this year’s Grammy Awards, and deservedly so. The reigning kings of indie-rock saw their late summer record “The Suburbs” reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and they’re headed west to headline the massive Coachella Music and Arts Festival in the California desert next week. All this from a band that crammed into the dive-y Larimer Lounge in the warehouse district several years ago. If the Grammy performance was any indication, expect plenty of arena-rock strobe lights, distorted electric guitars, piercing violins and lead singer Win Butler’s perpetually haunting gaze. Tickets for Saturday’s show at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, $40-$45, are available through tickethorse . Los Angeles cool kids Local Natives will provide support.
Crosby and Nash need no introduction around these parts. The duo, sans bandmate Stephen Stills (and, depending on whom you ask, bandmate Neil Young), will headline Swallow Hill Music’s fifth annual “Rootsfest” at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday. Both are legendary solo musicians, but you should be lucky enough to hear some of your favorite “Deja Vu” cuts — such as Nash’s “Teach Your Children” and Crosby’s “Almost Cut My Hair.” Tickets, $35-$100, are available through
John Hendrickson: 303-954-1785; jhendrickson@denverpost.com
