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Jay-Z and Kanye West share a lot. They’re critically acclaimed MCs, producers and businessmen who also happen to have a mutual admiration society, which sees its biggest incarnation yet with new group the Throne. The pair’s fall tour will promote their new album “Watch the Throne,” including an Oct. 10 stop at the Pepsi Center. Tickets are on sale Aug. 8 via TicketHorse. Check back here soon for prices.
Zac Brown Band will tear it up at Cheyenne Frontier Days tonight, but fans of the pop-country crossovers can also catch them on Sept. 5 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Tickets for the Grammy-winning band’s concert are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($44.50-$59.50, TicketHorse)
To paraphrase a “Simpsons” quote, he who is tired of “Weird Al” Yankovic is tired of life. The ever-popular parodist, responsible for such modern classics as “Dare to Be Stupid,” “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon” and, recently, “Party in the CIA,” will return for a show at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Sept. 20. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($29.75-$49.75, Ticketmaster)
Denver Roller Dolls will host the 2011 Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Championships — a.k.a. the “Continental Divide and Conquer” — at the 1stBank Center Nov. 11-13, when the top three teams from the sport’s national regions will battle it out for the Hydra trophy. Early-bird tickets are on sale until midnight Sunday. ($25-$60, TicketHorse)
The Airborne Toxic Event has risen fast since its 2006 formation in Los Angeles, and now the literate pop-rock band will headline its biggest Front Range show yet. The band plays the Fillmore Auditorium on Oct. 9, with tickets on sale 10 a.m. Aug. 6. ($22.50-$25, )
“So You Think You Can Dance” is touring its latest round of finalists around the country this fall, including a stop at the 1stBank Center Oct. 24. The show’s eighth season is ongoing, but fans can still expect sets from Caitlynn, Jess, Jordan, Marko, Sasha, Tadd and this year’s other frontrunners. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($35.50-$58.50, TicketHorse)
John Wenzel: 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com
