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* Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, below, will join Steve Earle, Ani DiFranco, Lyle Lovett, Tom Waits, Michelle Shocked and Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, among others, for a “Dead Man Walking” benefit concert March 29 at the Shrine Auditorium. Tickets go on sale Sunday. . . . Tickets will be available Saturday for Mary J. Blige and Usher, April 9 at the Universal Amphitheatre. . . . Tickets are on sale now for the Mariachi USA Festival, June 20-21 at the Hollywood Bowl. . . . Shawn Colvin will be at the Coach House April 13-14. Tickets are available now. . . . On sale today: Marc Cohn, March 19 at the Roxy; Good Riddance, March 22 at the Roxy. . . . Available Saturday: High Llamas and Apples in Stereo, March 24 at the Troubadour; and Jonatha Brooke, March 28 at the Henry Fonda Theatre. . . . On sale Monday: Fairport Convention, March 20 at McCabe’s; and Odetta, March 21 at McCabe’s. . . . Tickets are available now for these shows: the Specials, March 17 at the Ventura Theatre; La Mafia, March 23 at the House of Blues; MXPX, March 23 at the Ventura Theatre; and Stiff Little Fingers, March 31 at the House of Blues.