"Merry Mayhem Tour" featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Mudvayne, and Onesidezero, December 15 at the Worcester Centrum: on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

Mission of Burma, January 18 at Avalon: on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 423-NEXT.

"Down from the Mountain Tour" with Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, the Whites, Norman and Nancy Blake, Patty Loveless, Chris Thomas King, the Peasall Sisters, Robert Neuwirth, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band, February 2 at the Wang Theatre: on sale Monday at 10 a.m., call (800) 447-7400.

"Loud and Proud: A Benefit for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund" with downset, Shadows Fall, Another Day, and 30 more bands, November 10 at the Palladium, Worcester: call (800) 477-6849.

"People Have the Power Rally Tour" featuring Ralph Nader and Patti Smith, November 10 at the Orpheum: call (617) 627-9955.

Kittie, Ill Nino, Dry Kill Logic, and Mind War Symphony, November 16 at the Roxy: call (617) 931-2000.

"Songs the Spaceman Taught Us" with Sonic Boom, Spectrum, and Lockgroove, November 19 at T.T. the Bear’s Place: call (617) 492-BEAR.

Shelby Lynne, November 19 at the Paradise: call (617) 423-NEXT.

Ratt and There, November 26 at the Middle East: call (617) 864-EAST.

Daniel Johnston and Mary Lou Lord, November 30 at T.T. the Bear’s Place: call (617) 492-BEAR.

Eartha Kitt in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, January 15 through 20 at the Wang Theatre: call (800) 447-7400.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, May 1 at the Orpheum: call (617) 931-2000.