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On the way | Eric Clapton and Roger Daltrey

Pollstar says Eric Clapton is coming to Sprint Center on March 3. The opener: Roger Daltrey. Updates to come as we hear more...

UPDATE: Clapton's site lists the full tour schedule (including the Sprint Center show) here. 

On the way: Dave Matthews Band

DM and the B will be at Sprint Center on Sept. 30 in support of a new studio album, due this summer. Robert Randolph and the Family Band will open. Other stops: Maryland Heights (near St. Lou), June 17; Des Moines, Sept. 25; Little Rock, Sept. 29; and Tulsa, Oct. 2, the last date of the tour).  Online ticket requests start Feb. 26 right here. Tickets will go on sale to the general public starting March 12.

| David Frese, The Star

Sprint Center working to fix 'double-sold' seats

In the comments for the Celine Dion review over the weekend, reader Mike wrote:

"BOO to the Sprint Center and/or TicketMaster. The long waiting lines outside have got to go. And then, almost every seat in section 221 was doubly sold. When we finally got in, our section was already filled with folks who had tickets identical to ours. Fortunately, Sprint personnel were able to seat most of us."

Review: The Police

(Photos by Rich Sugg, The Kansas City Star.)

If you attended the Police reunion show at Sprint Center on Tuesday, your reaction to it probably depends heavily on a few factors: where your seat was; what you paid for it; and whether you were ready for how the band treated about 20 of its greatest hits.

According to Sting, about 12,000 fans were in the arena, an official figure that looked pretty accurate. All the seats behind the stage were roped/curtained off; the rest of the place looked about 98 percent full. That's an accomplishment for a tour that charges fans $200-plus for seats that run the spectrum from great (floor) to average (like Row 13 in Section 107, where I was sitting). The upper-level seats weren't cheap, either ($100). So lots of money was spilled, which meant expectations were high.

Tina Turner adds second KC show

Above: From way back in 1972, Tina does "Get Back" with three dancers in teeny-tiny skirts.

The official word is that her first Sprint Center show sold out in two minutes, but it doesn't say whether that includes the pre-sale, which was four days before the "general public" sale. Anyway, she's pulling a Bon Jovi, but in the other direction: She has scheduled a second show Oct. 8, a week after her first show (instead of four days before the first). Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday through Ticketmaster or visit the lady's Web site. Word: It'll be her third show in three days (and her fifth in six days). Neither site mentions a pre-sale for this show.

Review: Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Soulja Boy, Sean Kingston, Lil Mama at Sprint Center

Bow Wow isn't Lil anymore (and he knows his Missouri from his Kansas). Photo by Sue Pfanmuller/Special to The Star

The Up Close and Personal Tour began on the defensive. Even before the first song was performed, Lil Mama defiantly told the Sprint Center audience that she was most definitely not a one-hit-wonder.

It's an understandable concern for Lil Mama and the four other acts who performed for approximately 11,000 pop music fans Friday night. Each artist (average age: 18) has already experienced a remarkable level of success that will prove difficult to sustain.

Headliner Chris Brown needn't worry. His 80-minute performance demonstrated why the charismatic 18-year-old is already an established star.

Review: Billy Joel at Sprint

File photo. We weren't able to shoot the show. It lost out to the Royals' public unveiling of their new/old powder blue uniforms with Jose Guillen, (HGH not included). But if you have photos, please send them to [email protected]. We'll post and/or publish them soon.

After he'd heated up the place with the one-two punch of "Angry Young Man" and "My Life," Billy Joel looked around the nearly full Sprint Center and said: "I want to thank Garth Brooks for letting me borrow the room."

Elton John opened the arena, and Brooks presented its first and longest spectacle. But Thursday night Joel and his band christened the arena's with its best musical performance, so far. And his jokes were at least as funny as Dane Cook's.

His two-hour show included most of his biggest hits and other favorites but it also showcased Joel's dexterity on the piano (during the instrumental "Root Beer Rag") and the skills of his band members, especially his horn section (trumpeter Carl Fischer's solo during "Zanzibar").

Garth Brooks tickets to go on sale Saturday; line starts Thursday

Garth Brooks tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for his Nov. 14 show at the Sprint Center.

Says Ticketmaster:

Sales to Garth Brooks' November 14th performance at the Sprint Center in Kansas City will be restricted to residents of Missouri and Kansas, and portions of Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Residency based on credit card billing address. Orders by residents outside specified areas will be cancelled without notice and refunds given. In the event that exceptional ticket demand warrants the scheduling of additional Kansas City concert performances, additional regions and states will be opened for ticket sales.

Tickets can be purchased any of three ways:

* On Ticketmaster.com

* By phone at one of three numbers:

Kansas City 816-931-3330;

Topeka 785-234-4545

St Joseph 816-232-3322

* Or in person at any Ticketmaster outlet. These sales are cash only.

Here's how in-person sales will go down, according to Garth's management:

Random numbered wristbands will be given out at the outlets and the Sprint Center Box Office beginning 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, through 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, or while supplies last.

The wristband does not guarantee a ticket, only a place in line. The wristband will be placed on your left wrist, and wristband holders must return to the same location they received their wristband by or before 845AM Saturday, Oct. 6th. If wristband holders show up after 8:45 a.m. then they must go to the "late line."

Everybody with a wristband has a chance to be first in line if they arrive by or before 8:45 a.m. Those fans without wristbands will be allowed to line up behind wristband holders.

You must be at least 12 years old and able to be in line unaccompanied. There will be a six ticket limit. Cash only at the Sprint Center and all outlets. You do not need a wristband to order online or to charge by phone

TICKET PRICES: PAY THE FOLLOWING AND NO MORE!:

Sprint Center Box Office: $25.00 plus $2.50 taxes and user fee: $27.50, cash only

Ticketmaster outlets: $27.50 plus $3.50 service charge: $31, cash only

Ticketmaster.com and participating charge by phone numbers: $27.50 plus $5: $32.50.

R. Kelly coming to Sprint Center?

That's what Pollstar says: An R. Kelly/J. Holliday show is scheduled for Dec. 7.

Ticketmaster, however, has no info about the show.

We'll have more as it becomes available.

Get your Garth tickets now (maybe)

Stub Hub claims to have Garth Brooks tickets for sale right now.

Which is interesting, considering the information about ticket sales isn't scheduled to be released until noon Wednesday (Oct. 10).

The ticket prices range from $499.50 to $2,450.

We'll have info about sales here as soon as it's released. Among the rumors we're hearing is that the show (or shows) will be through mail order. We have no idea if that is true, but it would make a certain kind of sense, especially in light of the other rumor that there will be more than just the one show. If Garth's peeps used mail order, they'd know how many tickets they'd sell and if they'd need to add another date.

We'll see.

But be sure to read the caveat that shows up, in fine print, at the bottom of the screen during the purchasing process:

"Tickets typically ship within 72 hours, BUT MAY NOT SHIP FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. Your choice of a shipping method does not determine when sellers ship tickets. Please keep this in mind when you select your shipping address. TICKETS WILL ARRIVE AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT (emphasis added)."

In other words: No one is holding tickets yet; those who feel fairly certain they'll get some (legally or unscrupulously) are trying to see how much they might get. They're setting the scale.

You can buy World Series tickets right now, too, if you want, and we don't even know who's playing yet.