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Nickelback is one of the most hated bands in music, with the typical complaint being that the Canadian post-grunge act has few ideas of its own (and the ones it does have are terrible). Someone’s still listening, however, as evidenced by the band’s news of a July 7 concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Tickets for the “No Fixed Address” show are on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 15. ($25-$99.50, Ticketmaster)
The funky, jam-friendly dudes in Lettuce and the Motet also announced a Red Rocks concert on June 4. Tickets for the Boston- and Colorado-bred acts (respectively) went on sale last week. ($25-$45, Ticketmaster)
Rufus Wainwright’s increasingly ambitious, theatrical-minded tunes will find a willing partner on Feb. 18 when the acclaimed singer-songwriter pairs with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra at Boettcher Concert Hall. Tickets went on sale this week. ($22-$84, )
The party-starters in the pop-soul group Fitz and the Tantrums will return to the Front Range for a Dec. 4 headlining set at the Boulder Theater. Tickets for the all-ages show are on sale. ($32.50, )
A pair of Oddball Comedy fest veterans will return to Colorado for stand-up performances early next year, including Hannibal Buress, who plays the Boulder Theater as part of his “Comedy Camisado” tour on Feb. 19 ($29.50, ) and Comedy Works at Larimer Square Feb. 20-22 ($32, ). Oddball vet and national headliner Demetri Martin also announced a Jan. 17 “Persistence of Jokes” tour-stop at the Paramount Theatre ($29.50-$35, ). All shows are on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 14.
Even during the sensitive, makeup-heavy New Romantic movement of the early ’80s, Spandau Ballet stood out for its theatrics, which were dialed back a bit for its biggest-selling album (and single) “True.” The band’s not-at-all-high-maintenance-sounding tour “Soul Boys of the Western World” will visit the Paramount Theatre on Jan. 27, with tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 14. ($49.50- $99.50, )
John Wenzel: 303-954-1642 or jwenzel@denverpost.com
