Date Book

* Led by singer Richard Ashcroft, right, the Verve will be at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim with Massive Attack on Aug. 14. Tickets go on sale Saturday. . . . Tickets will also be available Saturday for the Furthur Festival, featuring the Other Ones (Grateful Dead alumni Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and Bruce Hornsby), Rusted Root and Hot Tuna, July 22 at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre. . . . James Taylor will be at the Pond on Aug. 15, and he has added a third Universal Amphitheatre date on Aug. 17. Tickets for both shows go on sale Saturday. . . . On sale today: Charlie Hunter & Pound for Pound, May 22 at the Troubadour; John Doe Thing, June 1 at the Troubadour; and Unwritten Law, June 4 at the Roxy. . . . Available Saturday: Kenny Wayne Shepherd, June 10-11 at the House of Blues; and Cornershop, June 15 at the John Anson Ford. . . . Tickets are available now for these shows: Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts, May 23 at the House of Blues; Pancho Sanchez, May 28 at the Conga Room; Ricardo Lemvo, Makina Loca and Sam Mangwana, May 29 at the Conga Room; the Fabulous Thunderbirds, June 26 at the House of Blues; the Fixx, July 18 at the Coach House; Leo Kottke, Aug. 1 at the Coach House; Burning Spear, Aug. 17 at the Galaxy Theatre; and Jethro Tull, Aug. 27 at the Galaxy.