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Don't panic
Widespread Panic at Agganis Arena, plus Lenny Kravitz and more
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WIDESPREAD PANIC. April 12 at Agganis Arena at Boston University: on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000. TIGER ARMY. With the Unseen and Lost City Angels, April 23 at Axis: on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000. LENNY KRAVITZ. April 24 at the Orpheum: on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000. IN OTHER CITIES: The Montréal International Jazz Festival is North America’s premier jazzfest, presenting 500 concerts, more than half of them free, between June 30 and July 10, including performances by Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Roberta Flack, Dave Holland, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and Madeleine Peyroux. It takes place at various locations in Montréal, Québec. Call (888) 515-0515, or visit www.montrealjazzfest.com. The line-up for North America’s premier rockfest, Coachella, has been announced. The two-day gig begins April 30, with acts including Coldplay, Bauhaus, Weezer, Wilco, Keane, Snow Patrol, Chemical Brothers, Rilo Kiley, Bloc Party, Fantomas, M83, MF Doom, the Kills, Radio 4, Sage Francis, and Doves, and concludes May 1 with Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Bright Eyes, Gang of Four, Prodigy, the Faint, the Arcade Fire, M.I.A., Thrice, British Sea Power, Miss Kitten, Fiery Furnaces, Jem, Tegan and Sara, the Bravery, the Blood Brothers, Wolf Eyes, the Futureheads, and Aesop Rock. It takes place in Indio, California; call (617) 931-2000. And the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the mecca for roots-music fanatics and all things Crescent City, is this year set for April 22 through May 1. The impossibly rich line-up hits about a dozen stages at the Fair Grounds Race Course with a mix of usual suspects and first-timers, international stars and regional favorites. Wilco, Elvis Costello, Nelly, the Roots, Irma Thomas, Randy Newman, the Dave Matthews Band, the Neville Brothers, McCoy Tyner and Ravi Coltrane, Steve Winwood, Marcia Ball, Isaac Hayes, James Taylor, B.B. King, and Allen Toussaint are just a few. Call (800) 488-5252.
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