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MISSION OF BURMA. Some fans may have needed a reminder that the Pixies weren’t the only aging post-punk icons from this town with a little fire left in the belly. Not anymore. Burma’s sporadic "Improbable" tour spawns its first local date of the year, this time at the Somerville Theatre, on April 29. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

INTERPOL and Q AND NOT U. March 9 at the Orpheum: on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE. If their new single "Little Sister" is any indication, QOTSA haven’t been slowed by the departure of bassist Nick Oliveri. Their Lullabies To Paralyze (Interscope) comes out March 22, and on March 28, they’ll be at the Roxy. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

MAROON 5. April 2 at BU’s Agganis Arena: on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS. Heeding the advice dispensed by many reviewers of his non-rock projects last year, Elvis reteams with the backing band who’ve produced his best albums across three decades. They play the Orpheum on April 26. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

RESCHEDULED. White-out conditions led to a rash of cancellations late last month, but a couple of the bigger ones have been rescheduled. Ida’s show with Thalia Zedek and Jodi Buonanno, snowed out on January 22, will take place February 20 — two days before their new Heart like a River hits shelves — at the Museum of Fine Arts’ Remis Auditorium. Tickets are $15; call (617) 369-3306. And Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy, who was to have performed January 23, has rescheduled for February 21 at T.T. the Bear’s Place in Central Square. The show remains officially sold out; call (617) 492-BEAR.

HOT HOT HEAT. With Louis XIV and the Information, March 7 at Axis: call (617) 931-2000.

NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL. Having nurtured Massachusetts’s now-legendary metal scene — see Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage — the NEMHF has become the nation’s premier underground-metal spectacle. This year’s edition runs April 22 through 24 at the Palladium in Worcester, with headlining slots by Hatebreed, Unearth, and Obituary on Friday, Nightwish, Chimaira, and Cryptopsy on Saturday, and King Diamond, Nile, and Soilwork on Sunday. A Life Once Lost, As I Lay Dying, Black Dahlia Murder, Darkest Hour, Full Blown Chaos, Red Chord, and at least 50 more bands will also appear. Tickets are $35 per day, or $99 for a three-day pass; call (800) 477-6849.