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OneRepublic’s commitment to singer-producer Ryan Tedder’s (current) hometown of Denver continues with the band’s third annual “Denver Acoustic Christmas” show on Dec. 20, which typically packs the 1,700-capacity Ogden Theatre with OneRepublic and a few of its famous musical friends. This year doubles as a benefit for Colorado flood victims. Tickets are on sale. ($75-$175, )
DeVotchKa is playing intimate shows at Englewood’s Gothic Theatre on Oct. 31 and the Boulder Theater on Nov. 1, and we’re betting the lighting and stage dressing will be highly appropriate for the Halloween holiday. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 28. ($29.50, and )
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny so misses his Unity Band project that he’s constantly looking for excuses to bring members Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez and Ben Williams back to the fold. He’ll do that when he plays the Paramount Theatre on March 7 with the re-formed Pat Metheny Unity Group, which also features multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi. Tickets went on sale Sept. 25. ($39.50-$65, TicketHorse)
Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular continues a marriage of music and visuals that has endured for four-plus decades, and what better place to do it than the now-weed-legal Colorado? The show returns with an all-seated, 3-D version at the Fillmore Auditorium on Nov. 7. Tickets are on sale. ($26.50, )
The Montreal-based electro duo of Christian Srigley and Leighton James, better known as Adventure Club, is taking over the Ogden Jan. 10-11 with its aggressively of-the-moment dubstep tunes. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 28. ($26.50, )
Emancipator began as a Portland, Ore.-based solo project for Douglas Appling, but the appetite for his soulful, ’90s-flavored electro-instrumentals led him to form Emancipator Ensemble, which will make its world debut in Colorado in November, first at the Boulder Theater (Nov. 21) then at the Ogden (Nov. 22). Tickets are on sale. ($25-$26.50, or )
Dan Bejar’s Destroyer is back with a mellow EP aptly titled “Five Spanish Songs” — all five of which are sung in Spanish — and he’ll promote it with a stop at the Larimer Lounge on Nov. 20. Tickets for the solo acoustic show are on sale. ($15-$20, )
John Wenzel: 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com
