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Peter Gabriel’s sublime orchestral show took over Red Rocks Amphitheatre last year with a mix of reimagined originals and covers, but fans should expect to hear hits like “Sledgehammer” and “Big Time” when Gabriel celebrates the 25th anniversary of his top-selling album “So.” He’ll return to Red Rocks on Sept. 30 with the “Back to Front” tour, which includes members of the original touring band for “So” and all of that album’s songs. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. June 1. ($42-$154.50, Ticketmaster)
Justin Bieber may well follow his mentor Usher by crossing over into more acting and collaborative gigs, but for now the 18-year-old Canadian sensation is milking his pop-culture fame and prepraring a tour to promote his June 19 album “Believe.” Fan-club tickets for his Jan. 7 Pepsi Center show are on sale now via , with public on-sales at 10 a.m. June 2. (Prices TBA, TicketHorse)
Telluride already enjoys lots of music and film, so it’s almost unfair that it’s getting another big-name event. That is, if you’re into festival hosts Big Head Todd and the Monsters as well as Ben Harper, Los Lobos, JJ Grey & Mofro, the North Mississippi Allstars, the Wood Brothers and Colorado’s own Nathaniel Rateliff and Lumineers, among others. Tickets for the Aug. 25-26 Ride Festival in Telluride Town Park are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($87.50 for both days, single-day tickets available in June; )
Dierks Bentley apparently had so much fun (and made so much money) on last year’s “Country & Cold Cans” tour that he’s extending it through this summer, including an Aug. 16 concert at Red Rocks with Pat Green and Kip Moore. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($38.50-$42.50, Ticketmaster)
The FMQB Triple A Conference is a not-so-sexy-sounding name for a radio industry confab that this year will bring the exciting mix of Passion Pit, Fun., Alabama Shakes, Citizen Cope, Trampled by Turtles, Good Old War and more to Boulder’s Fox Theatre from Aug. 8-10. Tickets are on sale at noon today. ($36.50, )
Ronnie Dunn, of the line-dancing, pop-country mega-duo Brooks & Dunn, will bring his “Let the Cowboy Rock” tour to the Budweiser Event Center on Aug. 30, with tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($25-$65, )
Mumford & Sons and Michael Franti & Spearhead were added this week to the Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day schedule, which already includes Sugarland, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Steve Miller Band, Kid Rock and others. ($82.50-$175, )
