Spring and summer concert preview

Now that SAT, SAT II, ACT, and AP exam preparation is in full swing, you may need a night out on the town to recharge your batteries. Or, you may want to check out a concert in celebration of all your hard work after it's over. Either way, local concerts provide a great getaway in the last few months of spring and the entire summer. Buy your tickets today!

9:30 Club
April 26—The Frames w/ The Nuclear So and So's
April 27—Chuck Brown and Friends w/ Familiar Faces
April 28—Paramore w/ The Almost, This Providence and Love Arcade
April 28 –Static-X w/ Otep and 2Cents
April 30—Peter Bjorn and John w/ Fujiya and Miyagi and Au Revoir Simone
May 2—Frontline Assembly w/ The Start and Acumen Nation
May 3—ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO w/ W. Ellington Felton
May 4—Five For Fighting w/ Chantal Kreviazuk
May 5—ERIC ROBERSON w/ DJ Driis a.k.a. Idris Elba
May 6—Blonde Redhead w/ Fields
May 7—Relient K w/ Mae and Sherwood
May 8—Stephen Marley & Jr. Gong w/ K-Naan
May 9—Air w/ Kate Havnevik
May 10—Ben Gibbard w/ David Bazan and Jonathan Rice
May 11—Clutch w/ The Bell Rays and Backyard Tire Fire
May 13—LCD Soundsystem w/ Prinzhorn Dance School
May 17—Son Volt w/ The High Strung
May 19—THE GREAT BIG INTERNATIONAL DRAG KING SHOW 007
May 20—Andrew Bird w/ Joan As Police Woman
May 21—Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts w/ Stars of Track and Field
May 23—John Butler Trio

Sonar
April 23—Lovedrug w/ Army of Me
April 24—John Vanderslice w/ St. Vincent
April 25—Total Science w/ Bobby Jae
April 26—Howling Bells
April 27—Cannibal Corpse w/ The Red Chord, Job for a Cowboy and Psyopus
April 28—Mickey Avalon w/ Cubbie Bear and Four Fifty One
April 29—Dimmu Borgir w/ Devildriver and Kataklysm
May 2—DB
May 3—Anberlin w/ Jonzetta, Daphne Loves Derby and Playradioplay
May 4—Frontline w/ The Start and Acumen Nation
May 6—Type O Negative w/ Celtic Frost and Brand New Sin
May 8—Relient K w/ Mae and Sherwood
May 10—Urban Soil Movement
May 11—Fourth Element: Oddzar w/ Blind Rhetoric, Truth Be Told and Carbon Kin
May 12—Brothers Past Listen
May 12—Hip Hop For the Headstrong
May 16—Planet of the Drums w/ Dieselboy, AK1200, Dara and MC Messinian
May 17—Awol One: Josh Martinez
May 19—Loving the Lie w/ Miseuphoria, Ariosa and Watch Man Walk
May 23—John Butler Trio
May 23—Mastodon w/ Against Me!, Cursive Listen and These Arms are Snakes
May 23—Louis Logic w/ Late Night Breakfast, Anunaki and Minus Nine
May 30—Insane Clown Posse w/ Twiztid
May 31—Lucky Dube w/ Storm
June 2—Phantom Communique w/ A Freudian Slip. Periphery and February Falling
June 8—The Disco Biscuits
June 13—Son Volt

Merriweather Post Pavillion
April 27—My Chemical Romance w/ Muse
May 12—John Legend w/ Corinne Bailey Rae
May 18—Heaven and Hell w/ Megadeath and Machine Head
May 19—Seal
May 30—Capital Jazz Fest w/ George Benson, Al Jarreau and Gerald Albright
Ma y 31—Capital Jazz Fest w/ Jazz Attack!
June 1—Capital Jazz Fest w/ Anita Baker
June 2—Capital Jazz Fest w/ the Jazzmasters
June 3—Capital Jazz Fest w/ Dave Koz
June 4—Fall Out boy w/ +44, The Academy is…, Paul Wall and Cobra Starship
June 17—True Colors w/ Cyndi Lauper
June 28—The Fray w/ OK Go and Mae
July 25—Vans Warped Tour 2007 w/ Coheed and Cambria, New Found Glory, etc.
August 26—Kenny Chesney w/ Sugarland and Pat Green

Rams Head Live
April 23—Talib Kweli w/ Sugarcult and William Tell
April 24—Get the Led Out: The American Led Zeppelin Experience
May 2—Ours w/ April Bauer
May 4—The Toasters and Fishbone
May 5—Mr. Greengenes
May 6—Say Anything and Saves the Day
May 7—Bullet for My Valentine
May 8—Weird Al Yankovic
May 9—hellogoodbye
May 10—Vusi Mahlasela
May 11—The Greyboy Allstars
May 12—Elvis Costello and The Imposters
May 13—Stephen Marley
May 16—Akon
May 18—Dark Star Orchestra
May 21—Dickey Betts and Great Southern
May 22—Porcupine Tree
May 26—Forwardhead
May 30—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
May 31—Thunder From Down Under
June 2—The Official Bad Boy/Da Bloc Celebration
June 3—Dick Dale and Gary Hoey
June 4—Les Claypool
June 9—The Legwarmers
June 19—Peter Frampton
June 21—India.Arie
June 23—Cowboy Mouth
July 3—Morrissey w/ Kristeen Young
July 20—Colin Hay
July 25—Hot Tuna Electric
July 26—Mikey Dread
August 10—Guru's Jazzmatazz
August 17—Jars of Clay
August 21—Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
September 21—KIX

Verizon Center
July 7—Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
July 25—John Mayer w/ Ben Folds and James Morrison
August 17—Keith Urban

1st Mariner Arena
April 27—The Rowdy Frynds Touer w/ Hank Williams Jr. and Lynyrd Skynyrd
April 28—Christina Aguilera

Patriot Center
April 26—The Killers
April 27—Ricky Martin
May 6—Chayanne
June 2—Aventura

Nissan Pavilion
May 5—WMZQ Fest
May 17—Gwen Stefani w/ Akon and Lady Sovereign
June 10—Brooks & Dunn w/ Alan Jackson, Jake Owen and Catherine Britt
June 23—Rush