Did you miss concert announcements yesterday? Sorry! I was hurrying back from the West Coast, and that airplane wi-fi is pretty much useless, am i right?

Here are just a few of the many fine shows coming to a venue near you (many of which beg the question, "what year is it?":

+Van Halen is playing First Niagara Pavilion on July 28, joined by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. (Tickets on sale April 4). 

+ Soul Asylum and Meat Puppets stop by Mr. Smalls on June 16 ($20-25, on sale Friday)

+ Palma Violets plays Brillobox, May 21($12-15, on sale Friday)

+Under The Sun, Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Uncle Kracker, and Eve 6 combine forces at Stage AE, August 9 ($25, sale date TBD)

+ On April 23 at Altar Bar, Drusky Entertainment hosts the Unity Concert to Benefit Afro American Music Institute, featuring Revered Deryck Tines and the Lincoln Larimer Senior Gospel Chorale, Launka Zimeir, Billy Pilgrim, Shad Ali, and many others. Tickets are $10, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting AAMI.