...Bon Jovi: "Wanted Dead or Alive" (or cash or check...) In a Billboard interview this week, '80s hair-metal holdover Jon Bon Jovi says in regards to his summer tour plans, I've got two choices. We've got the Giants, Soldiers, Fenways [sic] (stadiums) on hold or we stay in Europe because of the state of the economy. All these (arena) shows are sold out, but the July dates, I'm not sure where the economy's going......

Monster Mash Halloween Benefit PA's Lounge, Union Square (356 Somerville Ave) October 29, 2007, 8:00 pm, 21+ $10 suggested donation Somerville's got good claim to the "Monster Mash" label. Bobby Pickett, responsible for penning the perennial Halloween hit (which is one of only three records to hit the Billboard Top 100 three separate times), was a Somerville native. Pickett passed away in April of this year, so this will be the world's first Halloween without......

Well before Mission of Burma's 2002 reunion, rock critics, fans and historians alike had finally acknowledged just how good the Boston scene had it between 1979 and 1983. The post-punk Boston band had enjoyed a loyal, passionate following during its four years reinventing the punk sound, but much of the band's success (critically and commercially) came after the band's active performance years. Cited regularly as an influence for musicians and the watermark band of that......

God, we're so sick of Snakes on a Plane that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post. Austinist makes it easy for us, with Candidate on......

Hey, remember when Bostonist was all "Whooo! Spoooooon!" and advised you to pick up tickets for their show? Bostonist sure hopes you did, because their Paradise show tonight is sold out, although craigslist tickets seem less jacked-up insane than normal. However, when your songs are on The O.C. and your album debuts at #40 on the Billboard charts, you can't sleep on buying tickets. Thanks, Josh Schwartz! There's a sold-out WFNX/The Boston Phoenix "Best Music......