The Colorado Symphony proceeds to expand its movie-score and pops programming in fascinating ways. Last week, the symphony revealed it’d back Oklahoma City freaks The Flaming Lips since the latter re-creates its own seminal album “The Soft Bulletin” at Boettcher Concert Hall on Feb. 22. The possibility of seeing these abilities unite (in exactly the same manner the Lips backed Beck in Denver in 2002) is just as tantalizing because the possibility of hearing the Lips’ 1999 indie-psych masterpiece live. Tickets for the show, which marks the Lips’ second cooperation with the symphony since 2016 (when it also performed “The Soft Bulletin”-RRB-, are available at 10 a.m. Dec. 21. ($35-$110, coloradosymphony.org)

On the podium for the Colorado Symphony: a noteworthy escalation of its movie-score reveals, which have presented titles from the Harry Potter series, “Home Alone” and much more in recent decades. The most recent movie to have the treatment is ldquo;Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back,” inarguably the finest of Star Wars movies and space sci-fi generally. (OK, “2001: A Space Odyssey” has been pretty good, also.) To accommodate the expected crush of curiosity, the symphony is performing it in Broomfield’s FirstBank Center March 23-24. Tickets for the all-ages show are available in 10 a.m. Dec. 21. ($45-$85, altitudetickets.com)

Full-band hip mainstay The Roots is returning with a Feb. 23 show at the Fillmore Auditorium, giving its members a break from their regular gig as Jimmy Fallon’s backing ring on “The Tonight Show. ” Tickets for your 16-and-up concert are available in 10 a.m. Dec. 15. ($54.75-$130, livenation.com)

Latin music powerhouse Marco Antonio Solís will headline the Pepsi Center on Sept. 21 as part of his Y La Historia Continúa tour. Tickets went on sale last week. ($59-$499, altitudetickets.com)

Festival along with outdoor-stage favorites Greensky Bluegrass are returning to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in a big way next year with three successive dates in the historic venue. The Sept. 13-15 shows will comprise Lil Smokies (Sept. 13), Rayland Baxter (Sept. 14) and Billy Strings (Sept. 15) as support, with tickets available in 10 a.m. Dec. 21. ($45-$80 per day; $100 three-day passes, axs.com)

Brilliant but oft-troubled T-Pain is coming back into Denver for a show at the Gothic Theatre in Englewood on April 1. Tickets for your 16-and-up concert are available in 10 a.m. Dec. 21. ($27.50, axs.com)

Just announced for Estes Park’s increasingly concert-laden Stanley Hotel: Lettuce is put to headline all-ages shows there Feb. 22-23, also discounted rates for rooms can be found with the code “funk. ” Tickets are available in 10 a.m. Dec. 21 ($69-$75, axs.com)

Standard collection Celtic Woman is attracting its Ancient Land excursion to Colorado, such as a May 26 concert at Red Rocks which ’s so refreshing it’s not even on the group ’s website yet (as of this writing). Tickets went on sale earlier this week. ($29.75-$99.75, axs.com)

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