Live Music Calendar

A couple of concerts original scheduled this week were either canceled or postponed. The "Smooth Groove Tour," featuring Cameo, Morris Day and others has been postponed. If you have tickets, check the Reliant Arena website soon for the new date. If you had tickets to see American Idol Taylor Hicks, you can get a refund, but you won't get a chance to see the premature gray-haired Idol. His show was canceled due to ~~bad ticket sales~~ "scheduling conflicts" (even though his next show isn't until four days later).

What concerts are a go-ahead this week? The Crystal Method, for one. The electronica/alternative rock band plays at The Meridian Friday night. Local rockabilly outfit The Octanes takes the stage at Continental Club Saturday night, but if you prefer your music with some comedy, you can check out Austin's Asylum Street Spankers at the Mucky Duck. The big rock show of the week is Projekt Revolution, featuring Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, and more. That show should ~~rokk~~ rock.

Did we miss something? Let us know. Here’s the full week line-up. Local bands are noted by an asterisk (*):

Tuesday
• *Chris Knight – Americana/country | 8 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• Lady MacBeth– rock | 8 p.m. at Walter's on Washington
• The Deformities/*Dumbarton/Punk Bunny/Pan De Sal/*Electricks – alternative | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land

Wednesday
• Mondo Generator/Circus Diablo/Subversa/Tattooed Millionaires – rock | 8 p.m. at The Meridian
• Lamb of God/Hatebreed/Behemoth/3 Inches of Blood – metal | 8 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Theater
• Murder By Death/The Papermoons – alternative | 8 p.m. at Walter's on Washington
• Ruby James – acoustin/Americana | 10 p.m.at Continental Club
• Static-X/In This Moment/Ankla/Erase The Virus – metal | 8 p.m. at Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
• Mr. Gnome/*Pin-up Pilot – alternative/rock | 9 p.m. at Rudyard's
• *Rachel Hansbro/*Lee Scaffolds/Heidi Lacey/*Cory Derden – various | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land

The rest of the week, and shows recently announced, after the jump...

Thursday
• Penny Royal/*The Watermarks – alternative | 9 p.m. at Rocbar
• Left Alone/Mad Marge and the Stonecutters/*Johnny Switchblade and the Blackouts/T*he Jerryhatricks – punk | 9 p.m. at Rudyard's
• Cadillac Sky – bluegrass | 8 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• The Unit Breed/The Ride Home/Hymn Six – indie/rock | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• The One AM Radio – alternative | 8 p.m. at The Meridian

Friday
• Dream Theater/Redemption/Into Eternity – rock | 8 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Theater
• Tyrone Vaughan – blues/rock | 8 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• The Crystal Method/DJ Lee – electronica | 8 p.m. at The Meridian
• The Lovemakers/The Death of a Party/*The Riff Tiffs/DJ Cuba Gooding Jr. – electronica/rock | 8 p.m. at Warehouse Live
• Deadly Companions/*Born Liars/The Urgencies – punk | 9 p.m. at Rudyard's
• Howard's Dilemma/*Indian Jenny – indie/various | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• The Guns of Detroit – rock | 8 p.m. at Notsuoh

Saturday
• Stevie Tombstone/Dirty Leg – alt.country/rock | 9 p.m. at Rudyard's
• Asylum Street Spankers – eclectic/alt.country | 7:30 & 10 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• The One AM Radio/The Lymbyc Systym/Montag/The Air Alone @ The Proletariat – alternative | 9 p.m at the Proletariat
• *The Octanes – rockabilly | 10 p.m.at Continental Club
• Ali Harter/The Non Band/Pretty & Nice/Quiet Morning/*Sew What – indie/various | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• A Global Threat/Monster Squad/Wednesday Night Heroes/Dis-ease – punk | 8 p.m. at Walter's on Washington
• Symphony X – classical/rock | 8 p.m. at The Meridian
• T.I./Ciara/T-Pain/Yung Joc/Lloyd – pop/hip-hop | 8 p.m. at Toyota Center

Sunday
• Linkin Park/My Chemical Romance/Taking Back Sunday/HIM – alt/rock | 1 p.m. at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Notable Upcoming Shows
Here are some recently announced shows that you may want to grab tickets for:
Queens of the Stone Age/Arctic Monkeys – Mon. 9/17/07 @ Verizon Wireless (tickets)
Mickey Avalon – Wed. 10/10/07 @ Warehouse Live (tickets) on sale 8/4
The Cure – Tue. 10/16/07 @ Toyota Center (tickets)
Breaking Benjamin – Tue. 11/13/07 @ Reliant Arena (tickets) on sale 8/4

Pictured L to R: Asylum Street Spankers; The Crystal Method; Linkin Park