B.B. King, January 9 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium: on sale Monday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

Charlatans UK and Starsailor, January 28 at the Paradise: on sale December 7 at 10 a.m., call (617) 423-NEXT.

"Hometown Throwdown" featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, December 12 through 16 at Axis: call (617) 423-NEXT.

Nancy Kerrigan and Scott Davis in "Footloose on Ice," December 14 through 23 at the Shubert Theatre: call (800) 447-7400.

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

Pat McGee Band and Afroman, December 27 at Avalon: call (617) 931-2000.

The Sheila Divine, December 31 at the Paradise: call (617) 423-NEXT.

Mission of Burma, January 18 at Avalon: call (617) 423-NEXT.

"Down from the Mountain Tour" with Alison Krauss and Union Station and 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: call (800) 447-7400.

Janeane Garofalo, February 22 at the Orpheum: call (617) 931-2000.

John Scofield Band, February 22 and 23 at the Paradise: call (617) 423-NEXT.

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