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DMB and Willie: Your starting times

Tonight's show at the Sprint Center starts during the dinner hour and ought to go well beyond the evening news. Your times:

• 6:20 to 6:50 p.m.: Lucas Nelson

• 7 to 7:45 p.m.: Willie Nelson

• 8:10 p.m. until they quit: Dave Matthews Band

Going to David Cross? Don't be late

He will hit the stage at 8:20 p.m., according to the people over at the Midland who know all that stuff.

Review: Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol doesn't hide or deny its admiration or influences. Sometimes it even tours with them. After a summer of opening arena and stadium shows for U2 and Coldplay, the band is out on its own, playing theaters and concert halls. Tuesday night, they stopped at the Uptown Theater, where they drew nearly 1,000 devotees (the balcony was closed; the floor and seats were about 90 percent full).

How loud was it?

After last week's Motorhead show, which felt like standing in the hot pit at an IRL race, we're taking the advice of a reader and asking: What was/were the loudest show(s) you've been to? Motorhead was a top four , but not nearly the loudest:

AC/DC postponed

The band's show at Sprint Center Oct. 8 -- and five other tour stops -- will be rescheduled so that singer Brian Johnson can rest after a recent "medical procedure." Ticketmaster says: “Event has been postponed. New date TBA. Original tickets will be honored for the new date. Refunds are available at the point of purchase, if requested.” For more, see http://www.acdc.com/news/news.php?uid=105

A couple Swell Season charms

Here's a link to the new song, "Feel the Pull," courtesy of NPR and its "Song of the Day."

Here's a link to one of those Tiny Desk Concerts, also courtesy of NPR.

They'll be at the Uptown Theater on Nov. 30, a Monday.

On the way: the Cranberries

They're only doing 19 dates, and we're one of them. The original lineup will be at the Midland by AMC on Nov. 29, a Sunday. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday via Ticketmaster.

Weekend round-up: Tell us what you heard

We covered a few bases: Tesla, Social D., Robert R., Booker T. We also witnessed Hearts of Darkness for the first time (great live show from big local Afro-beat/soul band). But we missed a few. Tell us what you saw/heard and how it was.

Review: Booker T.

Sunday evening's show at Knuckleheads was a date with one of the more influential musicians in popular music history. Booker T. Jones is best-known for his work with Booker T. and the MGs and their instrumental hit, "Green Onions," but his resume goes deeper and wider than that, from his virtuosity on the Hammond B3 to the music vision he imprinted at Stax Records. It's cliche to say no one has careers like his anymore, but no one does.

Review: Robert Randolph

Photos by Chuck France/Special to The Star

As the temperature dipped into the low 60s Saturday night at Crossroads, Robert Randolph and his family band mounted a two-front war: against the elements and against early onset hibernation in the crowd.