Pop Date Book

* The Down From the Mountain tour returns for a show at the Greek on Aug. 1. Tickets on sale Sunday.... Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band will play the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Oct. 3 and 5. Tickets on sale Monday.... Me’shell Ndegeocello does double duty at the Roxy June 4-5. Mercury Rev will rev up the El Rey Theatre on June 11. Tickets on sale Saturday.... Preston School of Industry will play Spaceland on June 21. Poison, Cinderella, Winger and Faster Pussycat come to the Universal Amphitheatre on June 8. Tickets on sale Saturday.... John Mellencamp visits Staples Center on Aug. 2. Tickets on sale Sunday.... On sale at the Troubadour: Robert Walter on May 8; Sparta on May 9-10; Alkaline Trio on May 16; Sense Field on May 22.... At the House of Blues: the Knack on May 7; Cowboy Junkies on June 13; De La Soul on May 14; and on sale Saturday, Tommy Lee & the Flying Tigers.... The Palladium will host Nickelback on May 29. Tickets on sale today.... On sale Monday at the Grove of Anaheim: Foreigner on Aug. 6; Bjorn Again on Aug. 9.... Pennywise, the Vandals, the Ataris and the Adolescents head to the Long Beach Arena on May 17. Tickets on sale Saturday.

Karla S. Blume