Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
By GOING ON SALE | August 29, 2007

The Thermals |
CLUBS + CONCERTS
BOB DYLAN + ELVIS COSTELLO + AMOS LEE | October 5 at the Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire | $29.50-$65.50 | On sale Thursday, August 30 at noon | October 2 at the DCU Center, Worcester | $38.25-$68.25 | On sale now | 617.931.2000
BRITISH SEA POWER + STARDEATH & WHITE DWARFS | October 21 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | On sale Friday | 617.931.2000
JESU + TORCHE + FOG | October 23 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $10 | On sale Friday | 617.931.2000
THERMALS | October 30 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | On sale Friday | 617.931.2000
ONEIDA + KINSKI + CUL DE SAC | December 1 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $12 | On sale Friday | 617.931.2000
MOBIUS BAND + TIGER CITY | December 2 downstairs at the Middle East, Cambridge | $10 | On sale Friday | 617.931.2000
MISSION OF BURMA | See “Future Perfect,” page 5 | September 23 at the ICA, Boston | $25; $20 members, students, seniors | On sale Saturday | 617.478.3103 or www.icaboston.org
TALK
DAVID BYRNE & GEOFFREY MILLER: “CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BIOLOGY AND CULTURE, SEX AND BEAUTY, GENES AND CREATIVITY” | See “Future Perfect,” page 5 | October 10 at the ICA, Boston | $25; $20 members, students, seniors | On sale Saturday | 617.478.3103 or www.icaboston.org
READING
MICHAEL PALIN | September 7 at the First Unitarian Church, Cambridge | $5 | On sale now | 617.661.1515
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