Steven Curtis Chapman will need all the strength to overcome the grief of his daughter Maria Sue’s death. Maria was killed in an accident that occurred in the drive way of their home on May 21^st. Chapman and his wife are strong supporters of adoption and Maria was one of the six adopted children of them. Chapman is expected to return to his tour on July 11^th with an appearance in the Christian music festival “Lifest”. Chapman is campaigning for 16th studio album “This moment”. The fans expect soothing and relaxing music from this five time Grammy winner and the ticket sales to his concerts are flying high.

The Less Than Jake band is currently headlining a tour of United States and the group chose to start their concert tour with a performance at their own home ground, their state Florida. The June 18^th musical event at Fort Lauderdale’s Revolution Center was a fun filled program that kept the audience swaying and jumping from the start till the finish. The Less Than Jake band came up with some high energy performances of their older tracks as well as some tracks from their forthcoming album. Most of the tickets to this show were sold on the first day of the sale itself. 

Billy Idol, the punk rocker, is planning to release a compilation of his hits on June 24. The compilation named “the very best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself” will feature 18 hit tracks of this pop star along with two new songs, “John Wayne” and “New Future Weapon”. Billy Idol will start his summer tour of North America to support this collection of songs on June 22 from San Diego. Idol will appear on the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on June 24 and is expected to perform the songs from his new release. The dates of the show and details of the ticket availability are available at his official website.

The Pearl Jam band is hitting the roads early summer in support of their last released studio album in 2006 and have announced freebie songs from their concert for Verizon mobile customers. The early summer trek of the veteran rock band has started with a rollicking performance on the 11 of June at Cruzan Amphitheater in Florida. Today, the Pearl Jam band will be entertaining fans at the Colonial Center in Columbia. They will be touring important cities like Washington, New York, Hartford, New Jersey and will conclude their summer gig on June 29 and 30 at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield. A few tickets to the Pearl Jam concerts are still available at some of the ticketing online sites.

Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor has released the entire summer trek schedule that will be covering 27 cities from late July and will conclude in early September. The tour will kick start with a concert on July 25 at the Pemberton festival in British Columbia. The important cities that the Nine Inch Nails will be traveling to include Winnipeg, Seattle, Chicago, Toronto, Dallas, Fast Rutherford, Ohio, Baltimore, Colorado, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and California. The summer trek will see its conclusion at The Forum in Inglewood, California on the 6 of September. The tickets to the NIN concerts are currently on sale. 

The 2008 Grammy Award winner Amy Winehouse did not do her popularity any good at the Lisbon’s Rock in Rio festival, as she came to perform at the concert almost an hour late.  The 90,000 odd fans who had gathered at Rock festival booed the British pop icon and Amy had to apologize for her late showing. This is the first concert show that Amy is doing after returning from the rehab and the frequent pauses and fiddling with the microphones reveals that she is lacking lot of practice. Amy Winehouse will need to do a lot of homework to impress her fans from purchasing tickets for her music shows.

The R&B veterans Neville Brothers will be busy hitting the roads all across U.S with their lengthy summer concert tour and are scheduled to be touring till mid September. The Neville Brothers will be performing at centers like Denver, Jacksonville, Portland, Niagara Falls, New York, California, Atlantic City, Colorado and will conclude the summer trek on September 14th at Saratoga, California. They are also slated to perform for two weeks in centers across Europe, once the current leg completes in early July. Tickets to most of their concerts in U.S are currently on sale and fans are rushing to the ticket counters to purchase their tickets.

Disney Music Block Party tour will begin from Toms River in New Jersey on July 25. The tour will last for 23 days and different artists and groups like they might be Giants, Barenaked Ladies, Imagination Movers and Choo Choo Soul will perform at the selected cities including Chicago, Toronto, Philadelphia and Long Island. The ticket sale for this event, produced by AEG live and Buena Vista Concerts, has started from May 30. Raven–Symone will be the special host for this tour. The schedule and artist line up for each city will be available at the website of Disney Music Block Party.