Rapper Lil Wayne and Blink-182 will perform a collection of dates at places that are large this summer — including in Denver. The hip-hop star and powerful pop-punk act preceded their 38-city tour announcement Monday by releasing a mashup performance of this Lil Wayne hit “A Milli” and Blink-182’s “What’s My Age Again” on YouTube.Tickets for their Sept. 4 concert at the Pepsi Center are on sale to the public at noon on May 10. ($42-$147.50, altitudetickets.com)
Colorado-based digital music producer GRiZ will headline a set of nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre Aug. 30-31, with nighttime one revisiting highlights from the artist’s 2010-2017 catalogue and nighttime two focusing on new album “Ride Waves. ” Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. May 10. ($55.50-$99.50, axs.com)
Famous hip-hop collective Wu Tang Clan intends to headline Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Oct. 31 with Jedi Mind Tricks and Immortal Technique. — is expected by us no, need! — excellent costumes, given the date. Tickets for the all-ages show are on sale at 10 a.m. May 10. ($60-$130, axs.com)
Beach Boys co-founder and songwriting genius Brian Wilson, 76, isn’t finished with us yet. Wilson and fellow ’60s-bred behave The Zombies will perform the Paramount Theatre on Sept. 20, with tickets on sale at 10 a.m. May 10. Notably, Wilson’s collection includes help from Beach Boys Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, who will play songs from “Friends” and “Surf’s Up,” plus other hits from the 1960s and ’70s. Zombies will play their album “Odessey & Oracle&rdquo. ($50-$189.50, altitudetickets.com)
Pioneering English hard-rock band Deep Purple is bidding farewell to the road with a collection of 2019 dates, including a Sept. 17 concert at the Paramount Theatre. Tickets for The Long Goodbye Tour are on sale at 10 a.m. May 10. ($59.50-$125, altitudetickets.com)
The ever-touring, horn-heavy Chicago will play a set of Front Range dates in September, including Sept. 24 at Colorado Springs’ Pikes Peak Center and Sept. 25 at Loveland’s Budweiser Events Center. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. May 10. ($50.50-$126, axs.com or budweisereventscenter.com)
The UMS is back for Year 2 under the management and ownership of Two Parts (its 19th overall), with a July 26-28 lineup that includes headliners Honne, Chicano Batman, Black Mountain and Earthgang, plus performances from Empress Of, Yves Tumor, Sophie Meiers, Y La Bamba, Gardens & Villa, William Elliott Whitmore, Dressy Bessy, DBUK and hundreds more local and national indie acts. Weekend passes for the multi-stage, multi-venue music festival along South Broadway are on sale. ($50, undergroundmusicshowcase.com)
Denver PrideFest, which returns to Civic Center park June 15-16, is commemorating 50 years since New York’s Stonewall Inn riots — the arrival of the modern LGBTQ rights movement — and announcing performances from Wheelchair Sports Camp, Lady Bunny, “Drag Race” hometown favorite Yvie Oddly, Todrick Hall, Peppermint, various DJs and more. Admissions is free but VIP updates are available. ($95-$145, pridefestdenver.org)
Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall, otherwise known as Cat Power, is bringing her fall North American tour through Boulder on Oct. 25. Tickets for the Boulder Theater concert are on sale at 10 a.m. May 10. ($38.50, bouldertheater.com)
Incubus is also getting in on the parties with a tour advertising 20 years since the release of “Make Yourself,” they’ll be performing on the road, with support from Dub Trio. Tickets for the Sept. 13 show at the Fillmore Auditorium are on sale at 10 a.m. May 10. (Prices TBA, livenation.com)
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