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Sonia Dada, December 28 at the Paradise: on sale Friday at 10 a.m., call (617) 423-NEXT.

R.E.M. and Angela McCluskey, October 29 at the FleetCenter: call (617) 931-2000.

The Abbey Theatre’s The Playboy of the Western World, November 2 through 21 at the Wilbur Theatre: call (617) 931-2787.

Velvet Revolver, November 9 at the Worcester Centrum: call (617) 931-2000.

Good Charlotte, Sum-41, Hazen Street, and Lola Ray, November 14 at Tsongas Arena, Lowell: call (617) 931-2000.

Taking Back Sunday, Atreyu, Funeral for a Friend, and Like Yesterday, November 18 at Avalon: call (617) 931-2000.

"Black Nativity," November 26 through December 19 at Tremont Temple: call (617) 423-NEXT.

Pixies, December 1 (sold out) and 2 at Tsongas Arena, Lowell: call (617) 931-2000.

Isis and These Arms Are Snakes, December 3 at the Middle East, Cambridge: call (617) 864-EAST.

Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, December 9 at Axis: call (617) 423-NEXT.

Evan Dando, December 17 at the Paradise: call (617) 423-NEXT.

"Stillborn Fest" with Hatebreed, December 26 at the Palladium, Worcester: call (800) 477-6849.

Social Distortion, February 22 at Avalon: call (617) 931-2000.