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A Wonderous return

By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published May 8, 2008 at 7 p.m.

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Stevie Wonder will return to Colorado this summer for a July 1 concert at Fiddler's Green. Tickets go on sale Saturday.

Photo by Michael Conroy / Associated Press

Stevie Wonder will return to Colorado this summer for a July 1 concert at Fiddler's Green. Tickets go on sale Saturday.

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After a 13-year drought, Stevie Wonder finally comes to Colorado again with a July 1 concert at Fiddler's Green. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, $30, $65, $95 and $125. If you buy three of the $30 lawn tickets, you get a fourth one free.

Also at Fiddler's is the Rock the Bells festival with A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def and the Pharcyde, Aug. 23, on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, $32.50, $44.50, $59.50 and $74.50, and the $32.50 lawn seats are also "buy three, get one free." (Ticketmaster).

* RED ROCKS - Nine Inch Nails brings its new album, The Slip, to Red Rocks on Sept. 2, with tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, $49.50 and $55. On sale at the same time are tickets for the Allman Brothers Band/Ratdog, Aug. 30, $48.40 and $57.50; Gov't Mule/Umphrey's McGee, Aug. 31, $36 and $45; and Widespread Panic, June 27-29, $42 (Ticketmaster). If these shows sell out - and they will - the band will be the only act to have played 32 consecutive sold-out shows and have sold more tickets than any other act, breaking Willie Nelson's record.

* BOULDER THEATER - Kidz Bop Live is July 31 at 2 and 6 p.m., on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, $25-$29.50 (Ticketmaster).

* FILLMORE AUDITORIUM - Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys share the bill on Aug. 1, with tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, $35 (Ticketmaster).

* OGDEN THEATRE - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds play Sept. 26, with tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, $40 (Ticketmaster).

* COMEDY WORKS - Wanda Sykes performs at 5 and 7:30 p.m. on June 15, with tickets on sale now, $38 (ComedyWorks.com).

* WINTER PARK - Cinderella, Ted Nugent, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and more play Hawgfest (with the Groove Hawgs) at the Winter Park Ski Area on Aug. 16 and 17. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, $35 per day, $60 for both, or VIP passes for $45 and $85 (Ticketmaster).

* NEDERLAND - The Nedfest is set for Aug. 22-24 at the Barker Reservoir in Nederland, with the David Grisman Quintet headlining. Tickets are available now at www.NedFestTickets.com.

RUMORS AND HEARSAY: That Sept. 13 Santana show at Fiddler's Green goes on sale May 31 . . . Denver bluesman Eddie Turner gave a fiery performance at Nissi's last weekend - check him out at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret on May 23 . . . Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is set for A Taste of Colorado. . . . Elway's in Cherry Creek is hosting a summer concert series on its patio, including the great Angie Stevens on June 18.