Concert announcements: Artists coming to the area


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Sting and Peter Gabriel will launch a joint North American tour on June 21 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. The artists will perform each other's songs for a tour that they hope will have a playful vibe. Tickets for the Nationwide Arena show go on sale Feb. 1 at 10 a.m. Members of Sting's fan club can purchase tickets in a pre-sale beginning Tuesday, Jan. 26, according to The (Columbus) Dispatch. Information on the pre-sale is available at the singer's website, www.Sting.com. The tour finishes up in Canada on July 24.

Fraze Pavilion in Kettering will host Newsboys with special guest Audio Adrenaline on June 10. Tickets ranging in price from $25-$40, go on sale Jan. 23 at 9 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at Fraze FanFare Store (Town & Country Shopping Center, 300 E. Stroop Road, Kettering), online at etix.com or charge by phone by calling 800-514-3849.

The Rose Music Center at The Heights has announced its first two concerts of the year. On May 1 Widespread Panic. Tickets range from $23.50-57. On May 7 Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill will stop in to play a range of his hits. Tickets for that show are priced $38-$57. Tickets for Vince Gill can be purchased starting Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. and Widespread Panic tickets will go on sale Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.Ticketmaster.com, www.Rosemusiccenter.com, the Rose Music Center box office, any Ticketmaster outlet or by calling 800-745-3000. The venue is in Huber Heights.

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Tickets are on sale at the individual venues and all Ticketmaster outlets, except where noted.

Banker’s Life Fieldhouse

125 Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis

www.bankerslifefieldhouse.com, 317-917-2727

Upcoming: Janet Jackson, Jan. 29

Belterra Casino Resort and Spa

777 Belterra Drive, Florence, Ind.

www.belterracasino.com, 812-427-7777

Upcoming: Air Supply, Jan. 23

Bogart’s

2621 Vine St., Cincinnati

www.bogarts.com, 513-872-8801

Upcoming: Queensryche, Jan. 27; Kip Moore, Jan. 30; Reverend Horton Heat, Feb. 4

Fraze Pavilion

695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering

www.fraze.com, 800-514-3849

Recently announced: Newsboys with Audio Adrenaline, June 10; Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Sweet Honey in the Rock, July 14; Foreigner with The Guess Who, July 24

Hobart Arena

255 Adams St., Troy

www.hobartarena.com, 937-339-2911

Upcoming: The Menus, Jan. 22

Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati

1000 Broadway St., Cincinnati

www.horseshoecincinnati.com, 513-252-0777

Upcoming: Aaron Lewis, Feb. 6

Jerome Schottenstein Center’s Value City Arena

555 Borror Drive, Columbus

www.schottensteincenter.com, 800-273-6201

Upcoming: Janet Jackson, Feb. 1

Nationwide Arena

200 W Nationwide Blvd., Columbus

www.nationwidearena.com, 614-246-2000

Recently announced: Sting and Peter Gabriel, June 21

The Nelsonville Music Festival

3301 Hocking Parkway, Nelsonville

www.nelsonvillefest.org

Recently announced: Gary Clark Jr., Randy Newman, Courtney Barnett, The Tallest Man on Earth, Mac DeMarco, Nathaniel Rateliff + The Night Sweats, BadBadNotGood, Angel Olsen, Fruit Bats, Twin Peaks, Marco Benevento, Steve Poltz, John Moreland, Michael Hurley, Son Little, All Them Witches, The Wild Reeds, Daniel Bachman, Joan Shelley, MojoFlo, Hanba, Jack Wright, June 2-5

Palace Theater

34 W. Broad St., Columbus

www.capa.com, 614-569-0939

Upcoming: Lewis Black, Jan. 29

Riverbend Music Center

6295 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati

www.riverbend.org, 513-232-6220

Recently announced: Heart, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Cheap Trick, July 22

Upcoming: Dixie Chicks, June 1; 5 Seconds of Summer, July 26; Journey and the Doobie Brothers, July 29; Josh Groban with Sarah McLachlan, Aug. 12

Rose Music Center at The Heights

6800 Executive Blvd., Huber Heights

www.rosemusiccenter.com, 513-232-6220

Recently announced: Widespread Panic, May 1, Vince Gill, May 7

Southern Theater

21 E. Main St., Columbus

www.capa.com, 614-469-1045

Upcoming: Todd Rundgren, Jan. 30

Taft Theatre

317 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati

tafttheatre.org, 513-721-8883

Recently announced: The Cult, March 28

Upcoming: Dancing With the Stars — Live!, Jan. 24; Bill Frisell feat. Eyvind Kang, Thomas Morgan, Petra Haden and Kenny Wollesen, Feb. 18

U.S. Bank Arena

100 Broadway, Cincinnati

www.usbankarena.com, 513-421-4111

Upcoming: Blake Shelton, Feb. 18

Wexner Center

1871 N. High St., Columbus

www.wexarts.org, 614-292-3535

Upcoming: Yo La Tengo, Jan. 30

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