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Review: Shooter Jennings

Crossroads KC's 2012 season opened with a defiant twang Saturday. The first event of the year at the open-air venue behind Grinders featured three country-tinged bands. Cody Canada & The Departed, Shooter Jennings & The Triple Crown and Uncle Lucius entertained an audience of about 500 at the rain-shortened concert.

Review: the Smithereens and 'Prom' night

Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens, one of four bands that performed Saturday night at the Midland. Photo by Megan True/Special to The Star

Saturday’s show at the Midland was an ersatz adult prom sponsored by a local radio station (96.5 FM, The Buzz) that convened four disparate bands to provide the evening’s soundtrack.

On the way: MMJ and BoH

My Morning Jacket is coming to Starlight Theatre on Aug. 6, a Monday. Support: Band of Horses. Tickets on sale at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Review: Glen Campbell

Photos by Jim Barcus/The Star

There were moments when Thursday’s show at the Uptown Theater seemed as ordinary as any other. One of those came toward the middle of the set, when Glen Campbell and his daughter, Ashley, performed a nimble, high-speed version of the instrumental “Dueling Banjos,” the theme to the movie “Deliverance.”

Your Fray/Kelly Clarkson presale is on

You can buy tickets today until 10 p.m. here. The password: HITS. The show is Sept. 5, a Wednesday, at the Independence Events Center. Carolina Liar opens. Price: $47 to $90. General sale starts Friday at 10 a.m.

Get your Van Halen four-pack

These seats are in the lower back bowl, behind the soundboard. Regular price was $108.95 each  or $138 with fees. The four-pack deal: $199 plus fees, which is $49.50 each or $59 with fees. Go here to order. The show is May 22, a Tuesday. Kool & the Gang open.

On the way: Scissor Sisters

They're coming to Crossroads KC on June 25, a Monday. Tickets go on sale Friday. Here's a review of their show at the Uptown back in March 2007.

Your ticket-sale alert: including Phish and Journey

Phish comes to Starlight Theatre on Aug. 22, a Wednesday. Tickets go on sale Saturday.

Review: Snow Patrol

Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol. Photos by Susan Pfannmuller/Special to The Star

Snow Patrol has been making records for nearly 15 years, but the band from Scotland, via Northern Ireland didn’t make a splash outside the United Kingdom until 2003, when it released the album “Final Straw.” That album included the epic guitar anthem “Light,” the band’s first Top 20 single in the United States. Nine years later, the band and its music still resonates.

Review: Evanescence

Five years ago, Evanescence was on the verge of living up to their name. After losing a founding band member and laboring over their second album, more personnel problems left the band’s future in limbo.