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Got cash?
Spend a little on the Headbangers Ball Tour, or a lot on some charity gigs. Also, Phish turns 20 and Rembrandt comes to the MFA

Headbanging Halloween

The latest galloping, thrashy underground-metal revival — one that’s slowly strangled new metal and is taking its place with a far more vicious, sophisticated, and melodic assault — has its headquarters here in New England, as MTV acknowledged when it tapped Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta to host its revived Headbangers Ball. More New England props are on the way, as Massachusetts metal overlords Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, and Unearth, whose most recent albums have wrested international deathcore/speedmetal dominance back from the likes of Sweden’s In Flames, top an all-new "Headbangers Ball Tour" that’ll hit the road this fall. The lone band from out of state are Richmond’s Lamb of God, who like Hatebreed, Killswitch, and In Flames are basking in the glow of the success of the recent Freddy vs. Jason soundtrack. The next wave begins here, and the Headbangers hold their homecoming gig on metal’s high holy holiday, Halloween night, at the Palladium in Worcester. Tickets are $15; call (800) 477-6849.

Phish turns 20 at the FleetCenter

With bassist Mike Gordon rolling out his own tour this month — it hits Avalon on October 15 — all the principal members of Phish have gotten the solo bugs out of their systems, and the group, who reunited last year after a 24-month hiatus, have just announced that they’ll pull together for a very brief East Coast tour that’ll hit the FleetCenter on December 2. As any Phisherman can tell you, that date marks the 20th anniversary, to the day, of Phish’s first performance (they played an ROTC dance at the University of Vermont). A limited number of tickets are available until this Monday, September 29, at noon through an Internet-only pre-sale at the band’s Web ticketing site, www.phishtickets.rlc.net. The rest go on sale via Ticketmaster (617-931-2000) the weekend of October 16; keep your eyes glued to "Hot Tix," for the exact date and time.

"Rembrandt" on sale

The Museum of Fine Arts’ fall blockbuster, "Rembrandt’s Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher," arrives in a month, and though it’ll be on display through the end of the year, those interested in getting a first look are advised that tickets — which as with all the MFA’s big deals are for issued for specific entry dates and times — go on sale this week. The exhibit, up October 26 through January 18, features some 200 works spanning the career of the 17th-century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn drawn from extensive public and private holdings, with a special emphasis on the artist’s early work as an etcher and a printmaker. Tickets are $22, which includes MFA general admission plus a return general admission within 30 days, and they go on sale this Wednesday: call (617) 542-4MFA, or visit www.nextticketing.com, or stop in at the MFA box office, 465 Huntington Avenue.

Jazz philanthropy

If you’ve got a few extra bucks to throw around, a pair of worthy charity gigs are offering up tasty performances. Berklee College of Music’s ninth annual Encore Gala, which benefits the school’s outreach program for urban teens, brings Berklee alum Wynton Marsalis to the Sheraton Boston Hotel, at the Prudential Center, on October 18. Marsalis heads up a program featuring 100 of Berklee’s finest student and faculty musicians. Tickets start at $250; call (617) 747-8960. And the centerpiece of the weekend-long "Steppin’ Out" benefit, an annual fundraiser for Roxbury’s Dimock Community Health Center, is its November 1 gala at the World Trade Center, 164 Northern Avenue on the Waterfront, which features performances by R&B/torch-jazz great Roberta Flack, of "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)" fame, along with more than a dozen others ranging from Wannetta Jackson to the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus. Tickets start at $150; call (866) 468-7619.


Issue Date: September 26 - October 2, 2003
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