Nas, Talib Kweli to play House of Blues on Aug. 8

Hip-hop heavyweight Nas headlines the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on Aug. 8, with Talib Kweli. General admission tickets are $37 in advance, $40 day of show, seats are $45 and special reserved tickets are $55. They go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the House of Blues box office, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Ticketmaster outlets.

Guitar ace Joe Satriani plays the House of Blues on Nov. 10, with Mountain. Tickets start at $37 and go on sale at 10 a.m. today at the venue box office and Ticketmaster outlets.

Eighties pop mainstay Billy Idol snarls into The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on Sept. 12. Tickets start at $59.50 and go on sale at noon Saturday at the Hard Rock box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.

Emo favorites Hawthorne Heights play Jillian's on Aug. 6 as part of the Amplify music festival. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day of show, and are already on sale at Ticketmaster outlets.

Nouveau death metallers Whitechapel slam into Jillian's on Sept. 8, with Through the Eyes of the Dead, Impending Doom and A Different Breed of Killer. Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 day of show, and are already on sale at Ticketmaster outlets.

Country outlaw David Allan Coe visits The Club at The Cannery on Sept. 5. Tickets are $14.95 and are already on sale at the Cannery ticket sales counter, 2121 E. Craig Road.

R&B artist Jeffrey Osbourne plays The Chrome Showroom at the Santa Fe Station on Aug. 16. Tickets are $22.50, $29.95, $42.50 and $47.50 and are already on sale at the Santa Fe Station tickets sales counter, 4949 N. Rancho Drive.

SMV, featuring jazz musicians Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten, performs at the Dallas Events Center at Texas Station on Aug. 30. Tickets are $30.50, $37.50 and $45.50 and are already on sale at the Texas Station ticket sales counter, 2101 Texas Star Lane.