Hot tickets
Willie Nelson will be appearing at the Fraze Pavilion with opening act Old Crow Medicine Show on Aug. 18, a Tuesday. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday. For more information, go online to www.fraze.com.
Neil Young will play a show at Riverbend Music Center on July 13, a Monday. Young will perform with the Los Angeles rock band Promise of the Real, led by two sons of Willie Nelson, as Young and the band tour in support of an album they collaborated on, "The Monsanto Years," to be released in June. Band of Horses opens. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.
James Taylor with special guest Bonnie Raitt will play at Riverbend on July 17, a Friday. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
Jason Aldean with special guests Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr and Dee Jay Silver will be at Riverbend on Aug. 23, a Sunday. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
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Tickets are on sale at the individual venues and all Ticketmaster outlets, except where noted.
Bogart’s
2621 Vine St., Cincinnati
www.bogarts.com, 513-872-8801
Upcoming: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, April 24; Peter Hook, April 27; Seether, April 30; Testament, May 2; Tyler the Creator, Taco, May 8; Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, May 14; Interpol, May 15
Fraze Pavilion
695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering
www.fraze.com, 800-514-3849
Recently announced: Get the Led Out “The American Led Zeppelin,” June 25; Willie Nelson and Old Crow Medicine Show, Aug. 18
Upcoming: Chris Botti, June 10
Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati
1000 Broadway St., Cincinnati
www.horseshoecincinnati.com, 513-252-0777
Recently announced: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, June 28
Upcoming: Pixies, May 16
J.D. Legends
85 Millard Drive, Franklin
www.jdlegends.com, 937-746-4950
Recently announced: Clint Black, Aug. 15
Upcoming: Jason Owens, May 8
Jerome Schottenstein Center’s Value City Arena
555 Borror Drive, Columbus
www.schottensteincenter.com, 800-273-6201
Upcoming: The Rolling Stones, May 30
Kuss Auditorium
Clark State Performing Arts Center
300 S. Fountain Ave., Springfield
http://pac.clarkstate.edu, 937-328-3874
Upcoming: Gatlin Brothers, April 24
Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
405 Neil Ave., Columbus
www.promowestlive.com, 614-461-LIVE (5483), ext. 101
Recently announced: Jane’s Addiction, July 7; Death Cab for Cutie, Sept. 19
Upcoming: Seether, April 29; Atmosphere, April 30; Daryl Hall and John Oates, May 1; The Replacements, May 6; Styx, May 7; Tonight Alive and State Champs, May 13; Tame Impala, May 16
Lucas Oil Stadium
500 S. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis
www.lucasoilstadium.com, 317-262-8600
Recently announced: Kenny Chesney, May 9
McCoy Center for the Arts
100 E. Dublin Granville Road, New Albany
www.mccoycenter.org, 614-939-2245
Upcoming: Bruce Hornsby, May 6
Nationwide Arena
200 W. Nationwide Blvd., Columbus
www.nationwidearena.com, 614-246-3199
Upcoming: The Who with Joan Jett, May 15
Ohio Theater
39 E. State St., Columbus
www.capa.com, 614-294-7371
Upcoming: Bob Dylan, May 16
Palace Theater
34 W. Broad St., Columbus
www.capa.com, 614-569-0939
Recently announced: Rob Thomas, June 15
Upcoming: John Prine with Leo Kottke, April 24; Jay Leno, April 25
PNC Pavilion
6295 Kellogg Ave., Anderson Twp., just east of Cincinnati
www.PNCPavilion.com
Recently announced: Sublime With Rome, July 29; O.A.R with Allen Stone and Brynn Elliot, Sept. 10; Rick Springfield, Loverboy and The Romantics, Sept. 20
Riverbend Music Center
6295 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati
www.riverbend.org, 513-232-6220
Recently announced: Neil Young and Promise of the Real, July 13; James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt, July 17; Incubus and Deftones with Death From Above 1979 and The Bots, July 25; Jason Aldean with Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr and Dee Jay Silver, Aug. 23; O.A.R., Sept. 10
Upcoming: Jeff Beck, May 16; Lady Antebellum with Hunter Hayes and Same Hunt, May 17; Zac Brown Band, May 22; Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional, May 31
Rose Music Center at The Heights
6800 Executive Blvd., Huber Heights
www.rosemusiccenter.com, 513-232-6220
Recently announced: Easton Corbin and Scotty McCreery, June 19; Melissa Etheridge and Blondie, July 1; Yes and Toto, Aug. 14; Counting Crows, Sept. 8
Upcoming: NEEDTOBREATHE with Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors and Colony House, May 2
Taft Theatre
317 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati
tafttheatre.org, 513-721-8883
Recently announced: Cowboy Mouth, July 16
Upcoming: Jay Leno, April 24; Wilco, May 5; The Steel Wheels, May 7; Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, May 9