Sean Spillane On Music

The Allman Brothers and Santana are co-headlining a summer tour with a stop planned for the Comcast Theatre in Hartford on Saturday, July 28. According to a news release, The Allman Brothers will close the Hartford date.

Tickets are $23.50-$93.50 and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Linkin Park is coming to the Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, Aug. 12, with MuteMath opening.

Tickets are $49.50-$69.50 and also go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 4, at 10 a.m. for the Rush concert at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport on Oct. 10.

Prices are $46.75-$126.75 with VIP paclages available for $275. The VIP tickets come with a reserved ticket within the firsdt 15 rows of the stage; and exclusive tour shirt; a collectible tour poster; an official tour program; a specially designed tote bag; a set of official guitar picks; a commemoritive concert ticket; and a commemorative tour laminate.

For tickets, call 800-745-3000 or visit www.LiveNation.com.

The Canadian power trio is touring to promote its 20th studio album, “Clockwork Angels,” which will be released on June 12.

Three concerts coming to Bridgeport were announced Thursday, the biggest being a visit by Rush at the Webster Bank Arena on Oct. 10.

The Canadian power trio is touring to promote its 20th studio album, “Clockwork Angels,” which will be released on June 12.

No on-sale date has been announced yet for tickets.

The Fairfield Theatre Company, which promotes concerts at Bridgeport’s Klein Auditorium, will bring Cheap Trick to the venue on July 10. Tickets are $65-$115 ($59-$105 for FTC members) and are on sale now.

Former Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung will brings his “Music of Styx” show to The Klein on July 21. Tickets are $37-$77 ($34-$70 for FTC members) and are on sale now.

For all FTC shows, tickets are available by calling 203-259-1036 or online at www.fairfieldtheatre.org.

Van Halen announced 18 shows have been added to its current tour, including a July 7 return engagement at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

No word on ticket prices yet, but they were $110-$135 when the group was there in March.

Tickets are scheduled to go on sale Saturday, April 21,  at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Ky-mani Marley, another musical son of reggae legend Bob Marley, is the opening act for Van Halen.

Van Halen’s other added dates within reasonable driving distance are July 11 in Philadelphia and July 13 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.

No word on tickets yet, but Norah Jones’ summer tour will play the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on July 2.  Jones has a new album, “Little Broken Hearts,” scheduled for release on May 1.

Kiss and Motley Crue are getting together for a summer tour that will come to the Comcast Theatre in Hartford on Sept. 23.

Tickets are $50.50-$90.50 reserved and $30 lawn, and there are VIP packages available for $151. Also, a four-pack of lawn tickets will cost $108.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 23, at 10 a.m. through www.livenation.com and through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 and www.ticketmaster.com.

Bridgeport native John Mayer is apparently recovered from his recent throat troubles and is embarking on his first tour in about two years.

He will play the Oakdale in Wallingford on Sunday, April 22, with tickets ($64-$99) on sale Saturday, March 3, at 10 a.m. through www.LiveNation.com or through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Mayer’s new Don Was-produced album, “Born and Raised,” will be coming out sometime in the spring and features contributions from David Crosby and Graham Nash.

I don’t know what’s more surprising: Van Halen touring with David Lee Roth or Van Halen recording an album with David Lee Roth.

But it’s true that Van Halen will be on the road beginning Feb. 18 and the group’s new record, “A Different Kind of Truth,” will be released Feb. 7. The first single, “Tattoo,” comes out Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Oh, and here’s another surprise: Kool and the Gang is the opening act on some tour dates.

Van Halen’s tour does make a stop in Connecticut, coming  to the Mohegan Sun Arena on March 3. No word on ticket prices or whether it will be a Kool show, but tickets go on sale Saturday, Jan. 14, through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Other tour stops in the region include shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Feb. 28 and March 1, and Boston’s TD Garden on March 11.