That’s right folks. ’80s legends The Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays are going on tour together. They are stopping at Roseland Ballroom (with Islands opening) on October 9 and tickets are now on presale (password: club) and go on regular sale tomorrow (Friday) at 10 am. Complete tour dates after the jump.

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Chris Isaak in Clearwater, FL in 2008

The one and only Chris Isaak is playing  a special show with Michelle Branch at the Beacon Theatre on August 5. If you have an AMEX card you can get your tickets now on presale here until tomorrow (Friday, June 5) at 10 pm. They go on regular sale on Saturday June 6 at 11 am.

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Regina Spektor at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco in August 2008.

Russian chanteuse Regina Spektor just announced a show at the Beacon Theater on June 17 with Little Joy (whihc includes Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes). Tickets are on presale now through 10 pm tonight (Thursday) with password HEREGINA. Tickets go on regular sale tomorrow at noon.

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John Legend at Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People 2009 at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009.

The inimitable Grammy winner John Legend is bringing his stuff to Madison Square Garden on August 13 and he’s bringing along India.Arie as a “special guest.” Tickets officially go on sale tomorrow (Friday) at 9 am but you can get them now on presale! Go here and use code HELEGEND until 9 pm tonight.

Some good ol’ rock is on presale right now:

• Judas Priest will be at PNC Bank Arts Center on July 11 and at Jones Beach on July 12. Tickets are on presale now through 10 pm tonight, use password “singer,” tickets go on regular sale tomorrow (Saturday) at 9 am.
• Crosby, Still, and Nash will be at Jones Beach on August 8 and PNC Bank Arts Center on August 11. Tickets are on presale now through 10 pm tonight, use password “singer,” tickets go on regular sale tomorrow (Saturday) at 9 am.
• REO Speedwagon and Styx will be at PNC Bank Arts Center on June 24. Tickets are on presale now through 10 pm tonight, use password “singer,” tickets go on regular sale tomorrow (Saturday) at 9:30 am.
• Fleetwood Mac are returning to Madison Square Garden on June 11. Tickets are on presale now through 10 pm tonight, use password “HEMSGFM,” tickets go on regular sale Monday, May 4 at 10 am.

Lots of great shows on sale today:

• All Points West Festival tickets are on regular sale now. Tickets
• Vans Warped Tour is at the Nassau Colliseum on Jul 18. Tickets
• Elvis Costello is at Beacon Theater on June 10. Tickets are on regular sale now
• The Roots have added another date to their residency at Highline Ballroom on April 29. Tickets
• The Crystal Method will be at Webster Hall on May 9. Tickets
• The Vaselines are at Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 8. Tickets
• The Hold Steady are at Bowery Ballroom on June 8 and Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 10. Tickets
• Jenny Lewis will be at Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 9. Tickets
• Pink Martini will be performing at Carnegie Hall on June 18. Tickets
• mewithoutYou are at Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 9 and Bowery Ballroom on July 10. Tickets
• White Rabbits are at Bowery Ballroom on May 21. Tickets
• Jonah Matranga is Mercury Lounge on May 21. Tickets
• 1990s will be at Mercury Lounge on May 28 and at Southpaw on May 30. Tickets
• John Vanderslice is at Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 12. Tickets
• O.A.R. and Matt Nathanson will be at Madison Square Garden on August 15. Tickets
• Those Darlins are at Southpaw on July 10. Tickets
• The Get Up Kids will play Gramercy Theater on May 1. Tickets
• Dylanfest 2009 with Adam Green, Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes/Nickel Eye), Teenage Prayers and many others will do a Dylan Tribute at Mercury Lounge on May 21. Tickets
• Jackson Browne is playing the Prospect Park Bandshell as part of Celebrate Brooklyn on July 21. Tickets are on Live Nation presale (password is strings) now and go on regular sale on Monday.
• Aimee Mann is playing three nights at City Winery: July 13, 14, and 15. Tickets
• Buckcherry is at Irving Plaza on May 15. Tickets are on Live Nation presale now (password is strings) and go on regular sale tomorrow.

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Elvis Costello in NYC, November 2008

The awesome Elvis Costello has a new album coming out on June 2 called Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, produced by T Bone Burnett. He’s going on a mini-tour which will bring him to New York’s Beacon Theater for one night–June 10. He will be playing with the musicians who recorded the album with him, calling themselves The Sugarcanes.

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Tickets are on presale right now, password is HESUGARCANE. They go on regular sale tomorrow.

• The All Points West Festival is going on presale tomorrow (Thursday) at noon with password WRXP. The presale lasts until tomorrow at noon when they go on regular sale.
• Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are playing at Webster Hall on May 27. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon
• Cut Off Your Hands are at Mercury Lounge on May 7. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon

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Dark Was the Night, the awesome compilation put out by Red Hot (charity for AIDS) featuring the likes of David Byrne, Feist, Grizzly Bear, The National, Sharon Jones, and many more, is putting on a show at Radio City Music Hall.

On May 3, Dirty Projectors, Feist, My Brightest Diamond, The National, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, David Sitek, and more (rumored to be there: David Byrne, Grizzly Bear) will converge on Radio City Music Hall for a good cause. Sounds like a can’t miss show, doesn’t it. So, get your tickets on AMEX presale now, Internet Bowery Presents presale today at 11 am (password: oksana), or regular sale on Friday at 11 am.

Lots of tickets on sale or going or presale:

• Israeli band Idan Raichel Project at Town Hall on March 26, tickets here
• The Gaslight Anthem at Webster Hall on March 27, tickets here
• Anathallo at Mercury Lounge on March 4, tickets here
• The Airborne Toxic Event at Bowery Ballroom on March 8, tickets here
• Phosporescent performing their new album of all Willie Nelson covers at Bell House on February 28, tickets here
• Bell X1 at Highline Ballroom on March 14, tickets here
• Goblin Cock with Rob Crow of Pinback at Highline Ballroom on February 11, tickets here
• Black Kids and Mates of State at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 5 and Webster Hall on April 6 is on AmEx presale now, regular sale Friday at noon
• Cursive at Bowery Ballroom on March 10 is on AmEx presale now and regular sale Friday at noon, their March 9 show at Music Hall of Williamsburg is also still on sale
• Clem Snide at Bowery Ballroom on March 18 is on AmEx presale now and regular sale Friday at noon
• Bloc Party added a second date at Terminal 5 on March 25. Tickets are on AmEx presale now and regular sale on Saturday at noon
• The Oddity Faire featuring Les Claypool with special guest Saul Williams, Secret Chiefs, and O’Death at Terminal 5 on March 28 is on AmEx presale now, regular sale Friday at noon
• The Leonard Cohen presale started today. The password is Fingerprints. (Thx Brookylnvegan)