XL Cover Story: Summer Concerts

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MAY

1: The Fall (Emo's)
1: The Robert Cray Band (La Zona Rosa)
2: Al Green (Stubb's)
2: Leon Russell (The Pier)
4: Cypress Hill; Blink-182; Taking Back Sunday (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Selma)
5: Exhumed; Uphill Battle (The Backroom)

Dianne Reeves

6: TV On The Radio; The Bled (Emo's)
6: The Thrills; Spymob (La Zona Rosa)
7: Rodney Crowell (Gruene Hall)
7: Richard Buckner (Cactus Cafe)
8: Local H; Murdocks; Detatchment Kit (Antone's)
8: Edie Brickell (La Zona Rosa)
9: Iced Earth; Children Of Bodom (The Backroom)
11: Layzie Bone; Dark Lotus (La Zona Rosa)
12: Dale Watson (Waterloo Park)
12: Einsturzende Neubauten (Emo's)
13: Elf Power; Of Montreal; Summer Hymns (Emo's)
14-15: Lungfish; Constantines; Dangermouse (Emo's)
15: Jibe (Stubb's)
16: Americana Music Festival (Gruene Hall)
16: 'VH1 Classic Summer Hits' with Nelson; Peter Frampton; Styx (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
16: Dianne Reeves (One World Theatre)
17: Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Paramount Theatre)
19: South Austin Jug Band; Two High String Band (Waterloo Park)
19: Beulah (The Parish)
21: Trans Am (The Parish)
25: Todd Rundgren (La Zona Rosa)
26-27: Bonnie Prince Billy (The Parish)
27: Christina Aguilera; Chingy (CANCELED)
28-29: Ladyfest Texas (Emo's)
28-29: Riders In The Sky (Palmer Events Center)
29: Pat Green (River Stage Pavilion - San Angelo)
30-31: Jonathan Richman (Continental Club)
31: Reckless Kelly (Auditorium Shores)
31: A Perfect Circle; Burning Brides (Erwin Center)

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JUNE

2: Aerosmith; Cheap Trick (Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas)
2: US Maple (Emo's)
3: The Marshall Tucker Band (One World Theatre)

Pedro the Lion

4: Shannon Wright (Emo's)
4: J.J. Cale (Texas Union Ballroom)
4: Georgia Satellites (Republic Square Park)
4: Robert Randolph & The Family Band (Stubb's)
5: Kenny Chesney; Rascal Flatts (Smirnoff Music Centre)
5: Hank Williams Jr. (Biker Rally, Travis County Expo Center)
5: Yo La Tengo (Stubb's)
5-6: Prankfest '04 (Emo's)
7: 'Plea For Peace' tour with Cursive; Mike Park and more (Emo's)
8: Tortoise; The New Year (Emo's)
9: Little River Band (One World Theatre)
9: The Shins (Stubb's)
10: 'Honda Civic Tour' with Dashboard Confessional; Thrice; The Get Up Kids (Stubb's)
10: Pedro The Lion; John Vanderslice (Emo's)
11: Lee Rocker (Antone's)
11: Murphy's Law (The Backroom)
11: Tesla (Austin Music Hall)
12: Acid Mothers Temple (Emo's)
12: Chicago; Earth, Wind & Fire (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
13: Chicago (Smirnoff Music Centre)
15: Great High Mountain Tour with Joel & Ethan Coen (Backyard)
16: Fleetwood Mac (Smirnoff Music Centre)
17: Rodney Crowell (Paramount Theatre)
19: LeAnn Rimes (TBA)
22: The Decemberists (The Parish)
25: DKT/MC5 (Emo's)
25: Alabama (Erwin Center)
25: Rush (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
26: George Lopez (Erwin Center)
27: Sandra Bernhard (One World Theatre)
27: 'Vans Warped Tour '04' with Alkaline Trio; Bad Religion; Juliette Lewis & The Licks; Good Charlotte and more (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)

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JULY

2: Pharcyde; X-ecutioners (Emo's)
4: Pat Green (Auditorium Shores)
6: Simon & Garfunkel; The Everly Bros. (Erwin Center)
7: Johnny A. (Blues on the Green, Zilker Park)
16: Jessica Simpson (SBC Center)
17: Aaron Watson (Midnight Rodeo)
21: The Holmes Brothers (Blues on the Green)
22: Recover (Emo's)
23: Sarah McLachlan; Butterfly Boucher (Erwin Center)
23: W.A.S.P. (The Backroom)
25: John Mayer (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
30: Reverend Horton Heat (Antone's)
30: Tim McGraw (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
31: Rod Stewart (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)

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AUGUST

3: Britney Spears (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
4: Tower Of Power (One World Theatre)
6: Gloria Estefan (SBC Center)
7: Bruce Robison (Broken Spoke)
7: 'Ozzfest 2004' with Ozzy Osbourne; Judas Priest; Slayer and more (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
13: Stiff Little Fingers (Emo's)
14: Derailers (Broken Spoke)
18: Marcia Ball (Blues on the Green)
18: Dave Matthews Band; Graham Colton Band (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
21: The Wrens (Emo's)
21: 'Projekt Revolution' with Korn; Linkin Park; Snoop Dogg and more (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
25: Seal (Backyard)
27: Stanley Jordan (One World Theatre)
31: Etta James (Hogg Auditorium)

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SEPTEMBER

3: Heart (The Backyard)
3: Metallica, Godsmack (Erwin Center)
12: David Byrne: My Backwards Life Tour (Hogg Auditorium)
14: An Evening With Siouxsie: Creatures & Banshees (Stubb's)
15: Incubus (Erwin Center)
17: Sting; Annie Lennox (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
17-19: Austin City Limits Music Festival with the Pixies; Sheryl Crow; Shelby Lynne; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Solomon Burke; Franz Ferdinand and more (Zilker Park)

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