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COACHELLA 2015: Dates announced, advance tickets on sale May 16

Concertgoers in the foreground listen to the sounds of Afghan Whigs while behind them an art installation called Reflection Fields by Phillip K Smith III glows and a spaceman art installation called Escape Velocity by Poetic Kinetics also glows during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Friday, April 11, 2014. (Rodrigo Pena/Contributing Photographer)

Promoter Goldenvoice has announced the dates and advance ticket information for the 2015 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

The festival will take place April 10-12, 2015 and April 17-19, 2015 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

A limited number of passes will go on sale Friday, May 16 at 10 a.m. and will stay on sale while supplies last. This early on-sale is the only opportunity to use the monthly installment plan to purchase Coachella passes.

The festival, which typically announces its lineup in January, three months ahead of the event, consistently sells out and opens the summer festival season. This year’s installment featured OutKast, Muse and Arcade Fire, among more than 180 other acts.

The prices include all fees, except for international shipping. A general admission pass is $375; general admission with a shuttle pass is $435; a VIP pass is $799; a VIP parking pass is $150; both car camping and tent camping are $85 per spot; companion camping parking is $30.

There are also luxury camping packages available, ranging from $2,350 to $7,000.

The advance sale tickets will be on sale via www.coachella.com.

CORONA: Skid Row, Black Star Riders top Rock Fest

Skid Row will headline Rock Fest 3 at M15 in Corona on Saturday, May 10.
(EVAN BARTLESON/Contributed Image)

Skid Row, a band that holds the record of being the first heavy metal band to have an album debut at the top of the Billboard charts (1991’s “Slave to the Grind), will be at M15 in Corona this weekend.

The group, which broke into the mainstream in the late 1980s with the morality tale “18 and Life” (the rule: don’t get drunk and shoot your friend) and ballad “I Remember You,” will release a new EP titled “United World Rebellion—Part 1” in August.

The Corona show also includes Black Star Riders, which are the members of Thin Lizzy who recorded new material, but not under the Thin Lizzy name.

The concert, dubbed Rock Fest 3, also features local bands, including Vizionz.

4 p.m. Saturday, May 10, M15, 9022 Pulsar Court, 951-200-4465, $30, all ages.

Visit www.m15concerts.com for more information.

SAN BERNARDINO: Rascal Flatts tickets on sale May 9

Individual tickets for Rascal Flatts’ Saturday, Aug. 16 show at San Manuel Amphitheater go on sale Friday, May 9 at 10 a.m.

The concert will also feature Sheryl Crow and Gloriana.

Tickets are $16.25-$99.75, before fees, and will be available via www.livenation.com.

Camping on site at Glen Helen Regional Park will be an option for the Rascal Flatts show. There are packages for RV or tent camping and passes are $50 for cars and $100 for RVs. The camping options will also be available for the other country shows at the venue, including Toby Keith on May 30 and Blake Shelton on Oct. 5.

FOX: Houghs add second show, Ozomatli and Matisyahu tickets on sale Friday

Julianne & Derek Hough (CONTRIBUTED IMAGE)

Julianne and Derek Hough are so popular that the dancing siblings have added a second show to their Riverside stop this summer.

The “Move Live” tour, which already had an 8 p.m. show at the Fox Performing Arts Center on Saturday, July 19, will also have a 3 p.m. matinee show the same day. There are only a handful of tickets for the nighttime show, but tickets for the afternoon performance go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, May 9. Tickets are $35-$65, before fees.

Also on sale this week at the Fox is a Saturday, Aug. 30, date with Matisyahu, Ozomatli and Makua Rothman.

Matisyahu, who rose to fame with reggae-rap hit “King Without a Crown,” has been going in more of an alt-rock direction in recent years. His new album, “Akeda,” will be out June 3.

World music group Ozomatli just had a big show with Los Lobos (who have officially been added to the Boz Scaggs gig July 17 at the Fox) and their summer tour dates include multiple stops with Matisyahu. Tickets are $35-$45, before fees and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Also, Minnesota R&B group Mint Condition, which had hits with “Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)” and “What Kind of Man Would I Be?” will perform at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 17.

Tickets, $19.50-$39.50, go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

Tickets for all three shows will be available via www.livenation.com and at the Fox box office at 3801 Mission Inn Ave.

The box office is open weekdays noon to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on show days until show time. You can also call the box office at 951-779-9800

SAN BERNARDINO: Dada Life bringing DJ sets, hot air balloon (Updated)

Dada Life will fly a hot air balloon to a show at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore this summer. (Contributed Image)

Swedish DJ duo Dada Life is coming to San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore this summer as part of its Dada Land: The Voyage tour, which the duo claims will be the “World’s First DJ Tour via Hot Air Balloon.”

There aren’t a ton of details just yet, but the 18 and older event is an overnighter and starts at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 19.

Dada Life will also perform two sets—one a classic set once the duo arrives via hot air balloon and the other is a main performance at the end of the night. Briilz, Madeon, Mercer and Morgan Page are among the other performers announced so far for the event.

Among the amenities promised are a bouncy castle, balloon rides and scavenger hunts.

Tickets, are on sale now and are $40 before fees. You can pick them up over at www.livenation.com. Camping is $75 for one night, $120 for two nights.

In the meantime, watch Dada Life’s video for “Born to Rage” with Sebastian Bach.

COACHELLA FESTIVAL: Take a survey on transportation

People check out large art installation called “Reflection Field” created by Phillip K. Smith III during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, April 11, 2014 (Stan Lim/Staff Photographer)

Luci Gaines, an avid Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival fan and longtime attendee of the festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, is working on a project on how Goldenvoice and the City of Indio can improve transportation to and from Coachella.

She’s looking for folks who have been to Coachella to share their experiences, whether you’ve driven, taken a shuttle, taxi, or bicycled into Indio for the event.

If you have a few minutes, stop by and fill out the online survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Coachellafestival. The project is part of her masters’ degree in community and regional planning from the University of New Mexico.

And if you’re going through Coachella withdrawal, you can relive the memories over at the iGuide Coachella site.

RIVERSIDE: Local musicians celebrate Cinco de Mayo inside the Fox

The Dangers will perform at the Fox Performing Arts Center on Monday, May 5.(Contributed Image)

Every Monday night for the last couple of months, Patrick Maloney, a longtime Riverside musician and supporter of local music, has been hosting an open mic night inside the Preview Bar at the Fox Performing Arts Center.

On Monday, May 5, the night moves to the big room at the theater for one night only with some of the most notable performers who have come through the night.

Among the artists scheduled to perform are Bob & Lisa, The Dangers, Mark Nemetz & The Novas, Matt Coleman, The Union Drifters, The Angry Babies, The Sedans, Old Brown Shoe, Fred and Gayle, Patrick Maloney Sr., Roadside Ghost, Charlie Moon, Travis Miller Music, Strange Indeed, Kevin Darish, Michael Soy, Salty Raisins, Mike Faust, Sounds of Earth, Jaxx Sessions and Stephanie Dianne Moore.

The series has been very important in providing a space for local musicians to meet and network and perform.

6 p.m. Monday, May 5, Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission inn Ave., Riverside, free, 18 and older only.

RIVERSIDE: New art space hosts ‘Dreams Collide’ exhibit, entertainment

Eva and the Vagabond Tales will perform, along with the Murkey Water District, at the opening of new gallery show “Dreams Collide.” (Contributed Image)

A new art exhibit, “Dreams Collide,” is bringing together some of the area’s most innovative visual artists and on Saturday, May 3, gets some musical accompaniment for its opening reception.

Inland bands Eva and the Vagabond Tales and the Murky Water District—the latter of which hasn’t played a show in about a year—will be the entertainment at the Riverside Art Parlor, a new gallery space in Riverside.

The art show, which runs through June 29, includes more than 30 artists, including Jeff Soto, Nick Bahula, Jeff Ribaudo, Jon Brosius, Cosme Cordova and more.

6-10 p.m. Saturday, May 3, 9960 Indiana Ave., Suite 9, Riverside.

Visit www.facebook.com/riversideartparlor for more information.

RIVERSIDE: Don McLean, Jill Scott to perform at the Fox

Don McLean, shown here performing at the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival, will return to the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside in the summer. (Vanessa Franko/Staff)

Fresh off his well-received performance at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio last weekend, singer songwriter Don McLean will return to the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside this summer.

McLean, best known for his epic hit “American Pie,” will perform at the Downtown Riverside venue on July 25, with “Both Sides Now” and “Send in the Clowns” songstress Judy Collins.

Tickets go on sale at noon Friday and cost $35.50 to $65.50.

Also going on sale this week are tickets for soul singer and actress Jill Scott, who will make her Fox debut June 25. Scott has appeared on the television shows “Girlfriends” and “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” and in movies such as Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?”

Tickets go on sale at noon Friday and cost $49 to $99 before fees.

The box office is open Monday through Friday noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on show days until show time. Visit foxriversidelive.com for information or call the box office at 951-779-9800.

CORONA: Girl on Fire, Divide the Day play Rockefellas

Girl on Fire will perform in Corona on Friday, May 2. (Girl On Fire/Contributed Image)

Rockefellas at the Live Oak Inn in Corona is quickly becoming one of the must-play stops for local artists.

It’s also becoming a stop for touring groups. On Friday, May 2, Girl on Fire, out of Seattle, will join local rockers One Hundred Proof, who just opened for Cypress Hill at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium, Divide the Day, Hour Eleven, The Darlings and The Swift Beats for a show at the venue.

7 p.m. Friday, May 2, Rockefellas, 21700 Temescal Canyon Road, Corona, $5 in advance, $10 at the door, 21 and older only.

Visit www.rockefellasbar.com for more information.