E-Mail This Article to a Friend Acronymical LCD Soundsystem and M.I.A. together at last, plus the Get Up Kids and more

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER. June 4 at the Orpheum: on sale Friday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM and M.I.A. The future-shock bill of the summer has DFA kingpin James Murphy’s dance-punk juggernaut headlining with the Sri Lanka-via-London MC whose debut, Arular (XL), is an early contender for album of the year. They’re at Avalon on June 9. Tickets are $15 and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

THE GET UP KIDS. June 25 at the Palladium, Worcester. Tickets are $17.50 and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., call (800) 477-6849.

RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS. The Cardinals being not the opening band but Adams’s latest backing band; the entrancing singer-songwriter Rachel Yamagata is the support act at Avalon on May 17. Tickets are $25 and go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

BUTCH WALKER. May 17 at Axis. Tickets are $13 and go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

SANTANA. With Los Lonely Boys, June 17 at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield. Tickets are $23 to $56 and go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

JUDAS PRIEST. With Queensrÿche, June 12 at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield. Tickets are $23 to $50 and go on sale Saturday at 11 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

ROBERT PLANT. June 17 at Bank of America Pavilion. Tickets are $38.50 to $65 and go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.

MARK KNOPFLER. July 1 at Bank of America Pavilion. Tickets are $35 to $65 and go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000.