The Vans Warped Tour is all about alternative rock and comes to the area twice: first at Merriweather on June 15 and at Nissan Pavilion on Aug. 10. The many acts include the Buzzcocks, Armor For Sleep and Anti Flag.
Whatever your musical taste, you're bound to find something thrilling to see this summer.
RASHOD OLLISON
CONCERT SCHEDULE
May
May 4
Maria Rita -- Birchmere
Nichole Nordeman and Tony Nolan -- 1st Mariner
"An Intimate Evening With Friends" -- the Hard Travelers and Heart of the Rockies, Gordon Center for Performing Arts
James Taylor -- Hippodrome
Fall Out Boy, with All-Ameri can Rejects, Hawthorne Heights and From First to Last -- Merriweather
Umphrey's McGee and Ohm -- 9:30 Club
Still Remains, Nodes of Ranier, If Hope Dies, Demeri cous -- Ottobar
Sex Pistols Experience -- Rams Head Live
Al Stewart -- Rams Head Tavern
Toots and the Maytals -- Rech er
May 5
Kate Clinton -- Birchmere
Anthony Hamilton and Heather Headley -- Constitution Hall
Tribute to Keter Betts -- Montpelier Arts Center
State Radio, John Brown's Body, Bedouin Soundclash -- 9:30 Club
Vs. the Earth and Pennyroy als -- Rams Head Live
Paul and Storm -- Rams Head Tavern
Van Hunt and Aslyn -- Recher
May 6
David Sanborn -- Birchmere
Anthony Hamilton and Heather Headley -- Constitution Hall
Tony Bennett -- Hippodrome
Phoenix -- 9:30 Club
The Business, Roger Miret and the Disasters, Brain Failure -- Ottobar
Project Object and School of Rock -- Rams Head Live
Thomas Dolby -- Rams Head Tav ern
Mahoney Brothers -- Recher
May 7
Comedian Mike Birbiglia -- Birchmere
Katt Williams -- Meyerhoff
The Concretes and New Buf falo -- 9:30 Club
Pistolita, Parkton -- Ottobar
Thomas Dolby -- Rams Head Tav ern
May 8
Thomas Dolby -- Birchmere
Mindi Abair -- Rams Head Tavern
Mindless Self Indulgence -- Recher
Thursday -- Sonar
May 9
Mindi Abair -- Birchmere
Boogie Hustlers, Righteous Soul -- The 8x10
The Matches, Whole Wheat Bread, Forgive Durden -- Otto bar
Glen Phillips and Willy Por ter -- Rams Head Tavern
Underoath, As Cities Burn and Spitfire -- Recher
May 10
Anthony Hamilton and Heather Headley -- Lyric
Mogwai -- 9:30 Club
Luka Bloom -- Rams Head Tavern
Alexisonfire and Aiden -- Recher
May 11
Glen Phillips, Willy Porter --e Birchmere
D.J. Williams Projekt, Blue Method -- The 8x10
John Anderson and 3 Fox Drive -- 1st Mariner
Disco Biscuits -- 9:30 Club
Allan Holdsworth -- Rams Head Tavern
Kittie, Agony Scene, On Bro ken Wings and Byzantine -- Recher
May 12
Jerry Douglas -- Birchmere
Stephanie Mills and Jeffrey Osborne -- Constitution Hall
Tom Hamilton's American Ba bies -- The 8x10
New Jack Reunion Tour -- Tony, Toni, Tone; After 7, Guy and Black street, 1st Mariner
Odetta -- Montpelier Arts Center
JoDee Messina -- Rams Head Live
Dave Mason Band -- Rams Head Tavern
Fools and Horses -- Recher
Mobb Deep -- Sonar
May 13
Ana Gabriel -- Constitution Hall
Colouring Lesson -- The 8x10
Annual Pre-Mother's Day Cabaret and Dance -- featuring the Dells, Heatwave, Peaches and Herb, the Intruders, BADD, A Touch of Class and Cynthia Jefferson, Fifth Regiment Armory
WMZQfest -- featuring Gretchen Wilson, Trace Adkins, Mark Wills and Blaine Larsen, Nissan Pavilion
Gypsy Eyes Records Launch Party -- featuring Shortstack, Re vival, Brandon Butler and These United States (early show), 9:30 Club
Bob Mould and Richard Mo rel -- (late show) 9:30 Club
Twenty Ripped Angel, 51 Peg, the Drowning Season -- Otto bar
Mister Wilson and Spiral -- Rams Head Live
Capitol Steps -- Rams Head Tav ern
Gaelic Storm -- Recher
May 14
Kathy Mattea -- Birchmere
Ice Cube and Tha Dogg Pound -- 9:30 Club
A Life Once Lost, Cephalic Carnage, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Scarlet -- Ottobar
Warren Zanes and Starbelly -- Rams Head Tavern
30 Seconds to Mars -- Recher
May 15
Tom Verlaine -- 9:30 Club
May 16
Grilled Lincolns -- The 8x10
Allan Holdsworth -- Birch mere
The Go-Go's -- 9:30 Club
Elefant, Sound Team, Touring Mystery -- Ottobar
May 17
Umelt, Spilling the Sun -- The 8x10
The Charlatans U.K. -- 9:30 Club
Bacon Brothers -- Rams Head Tavern
May 18
D.J. Williams Projekt -- The 8x10
Andre Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra -- 1st Mari ner
The Fray and the Damnwells -- 9:30 Club
Bacon Brothers -- Rams Head Tavern
May 19
Hackensaw Boys, Smooth Ken tucky -- The 8x10
