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The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2005 will be held once again at the Empire Polo Field on April 30-May 1. Performers on Day 1 include Coldplay, Bauhaus, Weezer, Cocteau Twins, the Chemical Brothers and Wilco. Performers for Day 2 include Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Bright Eyes, Gang of Four and Prodigy. Tickets on sale Saturday.

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Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard will perform at the Pantages Theatre on March 21-23 and 25-26; tickets on sale Monday.

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Cher will be at the Hollywood Bowl on April 30; tickets on sale Monday.

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Ani DiFranco’s show at the Wiltern LG on Feb. 15 has been moved to Avalon for the same night; all tickets will be honored.

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Chris Botti will be at the Wilshire Theatre on March 31; tickets on sale Saturday.

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Erasure will take the stage at the Grove of Anaheim on May 18; tickets on sale Saturday.

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The Fish Fest, featuring

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Michael W. Smith, Audio Adrenaline, Toby Mac and others, will be at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on April 16; tickets on sale Saturday.

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On sale now at the Knitting Factory: Brazilian Girls on March 6, the Bruce Lee Band on March 8, Boredoms on May 17.

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On sale now at the Key Club: Otep on March 17, Coffin Nails on March 18, Static-X on March 26.

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House of Blues: Guerilla Black on Feb. 16, New Found Glory on May 3-4; tickets on sale now. Super Diamond on April 8-9, Spock’s Beard on April 10, Sound Tribe Sector 9 on April 14; tickets on sale Saturday.

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At the House of Blues Anaheim: Dioses del Tiempo on Feb. 13, New Found Glory on May 5-6; tickets on sale now. Motorhead on April 2, Slightly Stoopid on April 9-10, the B-52s on July 7; tickets on sale Saturday.

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At the Universal Amphitheatre: Maroon 5 on March 11 and 13, Eddie & Gerald Levert on March 25; tickets on sale Saturday.

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On sale now at the Troubadour: The Locust on Feb. 17, Mission of Burma on Feb. 22, Bettie Serveert on Feb. 26.

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At the Glass House: Tegan & Sara on March 24; tickets on sale now.

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-- Karla S. Blume