Toots & the Maytals are returning to Brooklyn Bowl on 3/25 and 3/27. Tickets, at the links, on sale at noon.

Yelawolf is playing Brooklyn Bowl on 3/13. Tickets on sale at noon.

Tickets go on AmEx presale at noon for the recently-added Magnetic Fields show at Beacon Theater.

Tickets go on AmEx presale at noon for the Converge show at Music Hall of Williamsburg which Pianos Become The Teeth is opening.

Tickets go on AmEx presale at noon for the Nada Surf show at Music Hall.

Tickets go on AmEx presale at noon for the Chavez show at Bowery Ballroom.

Tickets go on AmEx presale at noon for the 2nd Rob Delaney show at Bowery Ballroom.

That previously announced Nite Jewel show at Bowery Ballroom finally has a ticket link and it goes on sale Thursday at noon.

Tickets also go on sale Thursday for another War on Drugs show.

Another Roger Waters presale starts Thursday.

Reggae legends Toots and the Maytals are touring non-stop through the end of July, and they're coming to Brooklyn twice this summer. They play Brooklyn Bowl on July 19 and 25. Tickets are on sale now for both shows (July 19 and July 25). The 7/19 show will opened by Lukas Nelson and the 7/25 show by Fear Nuttin' Band.

Toots' tour ends 7/31 at Hollywood Bowl, but they are also scheduled to play Jam Cruise in early 2012. All dates are listed below.

Toots and the Maytals broke up in the early 1980s, but reunited in the '90s and have been together ever since. Toots' current band features himself (Frederick "Toots" Hibbert) on lead vocals along with Leba Thomas-Backup Vocal, Marie "Twiggi" Gitten-Backup Vocal, Paul Douglas-Percussion, Carl Harvey-Lead Guitar, Jackie Jackson-Bass, Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan-Rhythm Guitar, Charles "The Bulge" Farquarson-Keyboard, and Norris "Computer" Webb-Keyboard. Last year, they released the album Flip and Twist which you can order from their website, along with a joint-shaped USB drive loaded with the full album (pictured above).

Download the track "There is a Reason", along with all tour dates and some recent live videos, below...

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Pete Seeger @ Clearwater Festival 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

Clearwater Festival, the annual benefit for the Hudson River environmental group of the same name, will be happening this year at Croton-on-Hudson's Croton Point Park on June 19th & 20th. Pete Seeger, the non-profit's founder, plays every year - joining him this year will be Steve Earle, Rhett Miller, Joan Osborne, Buckwheat Zydeco, Felice Bros and more. More of the initial lineup is below. Tickets to the fest are on sale (and currently almost half the door price). Pictures from last year's day one are HERE and day two are HERE.

A bit farther Upstate in Hunter, NY, the three-day Mountain Jam will be happening June 4th-6th. The lineup for that includes Gov't Mule, Levon Helm & Friends, Drive-By Truckers, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Avett Brothers, Dr. Dog, Les Claypool, Jay Farrar (of Son Volt), These United States, Justin Townes Earle (note dad, playing above) and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger Band (the same, except grandpa). The full current lineup is below, and tickets are on sale.

Later this summer (in July), Camp Bisco will be in Mariaville, NY.

Lineups so far for both fests are below...

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