Concert announcements

A look at artists coming to the area


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Elton John will perform at 8 p.m. April 3, at Wright State University's Nutter Center. John, the flamboyant pop-rock star for many years, previously performed at the Nutter Center in 1999 and '93. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28. Price range from $39-$139. There will be an eight-ticket limit per customer. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Nutter Center box office, online at Ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at (800) 745-3000. For more information, go online to www.nuttercenter.com.

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Announcements for summer concerts at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering keep on coming. Most recent is a July 25 concert featuring Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys with special guests Al Jardine and David Marks. Tickets for the event will go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at the new Fraze FanFare store in Town & Country Shopping Center, 300 E. Stroop Road, Kettering, and online at www.fraze.com. Prices range from $30 for lawn and terrace seats to $55 for plaza seats. Center orchestra seats are $50, side orchestra seats are $45 and lawn and terrace seats are $35 on the day of the show. For more information, go online to www.fraze.com.

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

The Basement

391 Neil Ave., Columbus

www.promowestlive.com, (614) 461-LIVE (5483)

Upcoming: Family of the Year, Jan. 26; Chiodos, Jan. 30; Action Item, Feb. 7

Bankers Life Fieldhouse

125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind.

www.bankerslifefieldhouse.com; (317) 917-2727

Upcoming: Rock and Worship Roadshow, Feb. 9

Bogart’s

2621 Vine St., Cincinnati

www.bogarts.com, (513) 872-8801

Upcoming: Ed Sheeran, Jan. 25; Flogging Mollly, Jan. 27; Down, Jan. 30

Canal Street Tavern

308 E. First St., Dayton

www.canalstreettavern.com, (937) 461-9343

Upcoming: Mike Perkins, Jan. 25

Fraze Pavilion

695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering

www.fraze.com, (800) 514-3849

Recently announced: Brian Wilson with Al Jardine and David Marks, July 25

Gilly’s

132 S. Jefferson St., Dayton

www.gillysjazz.com, (937) 228-8414

Upcoming: Old Skool Groove Night, March 1

Jerome Schottenstein Center’s Value City Arena

555 Borror Drive, Columbus

www.schottensteincenter.com, (800) 273-6201

Recently announced: Muse, March 5

Upcoming: Maroon 5, Feb. 13; The Who, Feb. 17

Kuss Auditorium

Clark State Performing Arts Center

300 S. Fountain Ave., Springfield

http://pac.clarkstate.edu, (937) 328-3874

Recently announced: Phillip Phillips, May 16

Upcoming: Latini and Seal, March 7

Lifestyle Communities Pavilion

405 Neil Ave., Columbus

www.promowestlive.com

(614) 461-LIVE (5483), ext. 101

Upcoming: Zachariah's Red Eye Renuion, Jan. 26; Yonder Mountain String Band, Feb. 1; Umphrey's McGee, Feb. 15

Lincoln Theater

771 E. Long St. Columbus

www.capa.com; (614) 496-1045

Recently announced: Motor City Soul Revue, March 2; Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, March 29

Nationwide Arena

West Nationwide Boulevard, Columbus

www.nationwidearena.com, (614) 246-3199

Recently announced: Blake Shelton, Sept. 20

Upcoming: Rascal Flatts, Feb. 9

Newport Music Hall

1722 N. High St., Columbus

www.promowestlive.com, (614) 294-7371

Recently announced: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, May 11

Upcoming: Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band, Jan. 25; Keane with Youngblood Hawke, Jan. 26; One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk, Jan. 28; Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jan. 30; Lotus and Keller Williams, Feb. 2; The Vaccines, Feb. 5; Big Gigantic, Feb. 6; Walk the Moon, Feb. 7; Zoso — The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute, Feb. 8; Dark Star Orchestra, Feb. 9; Martin Sexton, Feb. 15; Gaelic Storm, Feb. 21; Eels, Feb. 24

The Nutter Center

3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Fairborn

www.nuttercenter.com, (937) 775-4789

Recently announced: Elton John, April 3

20th Century Theatre

3021 Madison Road, Cincinnati

www.the20thcenturytheatre.com, (513) 731-8000

Upcoming: Maps and Atlases, Jan. 23

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