Pop Datebook

Tickets go on sale Sunday the return of the Backstreet Boys with Nick Carter, right, Aug. 16 at the Great Western Forum and Aug. 18 at Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion. . . . Tickets go on sale Saturday for Blink-182’s show May 2 at the Hollywood Palladium. . . . Star 98.7’s Fan Nation May 6 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater features Counting Crows, the Wallflowers, Eve 6, Uncle Kracker, Third Eye Blind and the Go Go’s performing and interacting with fans. Tickets go on sale Saturday. . . . Sunday is the on-sale date for three Greek Theatre shows: Roxy Music Aug. 6, Spinal Tap June 1 and James Brown June 2. . . . Coming to the Universal Amphitheatre: Ricardo Arjona June (on sale Saturday) and a doo wop show with the Spaniels, the Tokens and others May 19 (on sale Sunday). . . . The House of Blues schedule features the Old 97’s May 7, G Love & Special Sauce May 16-17, the Flatlanders featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock May 29 and the Kottonmouth Kings June 8. . . . Tickets go on sale Saturday for four shows at the Troubadour: Frank Black & the Catholics May 24-25, Duncan Sheik May 21 and Couch May 19. The club has tickets available today for Evan Dando April 22, the Paladins May 12, Folk Implosion May 13 and the Melvins/Hank Williams III May 15. . . . Tickets go on sale Saturday for the bill of Clutch, In Flames, Murphy’s Law and Tree at the Palace on May 18, and for Built to Spill at the El Rey Theatre June 12. . . . The latter also plays the Glass House June 13-14. . . . The Knitting Factory Hollywood schedule includes Leon Russell April 28, Cinerama June 10 and the Blake Babies June 16.