To be honest, the rock-chick-next-door version was a heckuva lot
more appealing than her current drag-queen-at-the-bus-stop
incarnation, but few summer pleasures beat seeing
Gwen Stefani and
No Doubt rock on their home turf. With fellow So-Californians Blink
182 opening, these power-pop dates will shred, the post-show
fish-taco buffet will be sublime, and the tanning
oil will
flow.
INCUBUS
CURRENT TOURING WINDOW: June 24-October 12
KEY CITIES:
New York, New York (June 25);
Columbus,
Ohio (July 10);
Kansas City,
Missouri (July 24);
San Jose,
California (August 9);
Austin,
Texas (September 15)
CHECK:
www.enjoyincubus.com
Among concertgoers, young, male teenagers are the most active
demographic. Riding the success of the überhit "Megalomaniac," the
latest mosh-pit beacons of the rock-is-back trend will try to sell
a ticket to every last one of them on a nonstop arena tour (already
slated to conquer 30-plus states) that should leave the band as
drained as the audience. If you want to see the current face of
rock, this is the band du jour tour of the summer.
SARAH McLACHLAN
CURRENT TOURING WINDOW: July 5-September 10
KEY CITIES:
Seattle,
Washington (July 5);
Los Angeles, California
(July 14);
Houston, Texas (July 24); Uniondale, New York (August
10);
Indianapolis,
Indiana (August 27);
Vancouver, British Columbia
(September 10)
CHECK:
www.sarahmclachlan.com
Most women get three or four months for maternity leave. Sarah
McLachlan took five years. To be fair, since the end of the
groundbreaking Lilith Fair tours in 1999, the vegetarian songstress
has produced more than a baby. Fans, disappointed by the mere 40
minutes and 13 seconds of first-rate music on her return-to-form
CD, Afterglow, are already lining up for longer drinks from the
fountain of Sarah.