Great Big Sea, July 6 at FleetBoston Pavilion: on sale Friday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

Cher and Cyndi Lauper, July 9 at the FleetCenter: on sale Friday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

John Mayer, July 18 at FleetBoston Pavilion: on sale Friday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones and Robert Randolph & the Family Band, August 9 at FleetBoston Pavilion: on sale Friday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

The Rolling Stones and the Pretenders, September 3 at the Fleet Center: on sale Saturday at 10 a.m., call (617) 931-2000.

Stiff Little Fingers, June 15 at the Paradise: call (617) 423-NEXT.

FNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll Party 2002, June 19 on Lansdowne Street: call (617) 423-NEXT.

Rent, June 25 through 30 at the Wang Theatre: call (800) 447-7400.

"JAMN Summer Jam" with Ja Rule, Ashanti, P. Diddy, and Naughty by Nature, June 29 at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield: call (617) 931-2000.

Piebald, Ben Kweller, Taking Back Sunday, and Circle & Square, July 7 at Axis: call (617) 423-NEXT.

"Area: Two" featuring Moby, the Avalanches, Busta Rhymes, Carl Cox, David Bowie, John Digweed, DJ Dan, DJ Tiesto, and DJ Tim Skinner, August 3 at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield: call (617) 931-2000.

"Warped Tour 2002" featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion, New Found Glory, Thursday, Alkaline Trio, MXPX, Lagwagon, Flogging Molly, No Use for a Name, the Damned, and more, August 15 at Suffolk Downs: call (800) 477-6849.