The band Judas Priest once sang about "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days." That's summertime in a drumshell.

And with summer, not only do we along the Wasatch Front get extended daylight, a break from school and soaring temperatures, but we also get a refreshing blast of live music.

The 2007 summer concert season is on the verge of breaking onto the scene. And there really is something for everyone.

Major local venues — USANA Amphitheatre, Red Butte Garden, Kingsbury Hall, Abravanel Hall, the E Center, the EnergySolutions Arena, the Sandy Amphitheater, the Kenley Centennial Amphitheater, the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre and the David O. McKay Events Center — will have shows throughout the summer.

Here is a list of what is scheduled so far (subject to change, of course).

MAY

28: The Association, SCERA

JUNE

1: Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker Band and The Outlaws, USANA

2: Dropping Daylight, Gallivan Center

6: Harry Connick Jr., Abravanel Hall

6: Gregg Allman, Kenley Centennial Amphitheater

8: Ernie Halter, Tahitian Noni International Auditorium

9: True Colors Tour: Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, Debbie Harry, Margaret Cho and The Clicks, USANA

9: George Lopez, E Center

10: Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi/Scrapomatic, Red Butte

11: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, EnergySolutions Arena

16: Marco Antonio Solis, E Center

19: Indigo Girls, Red Butte

20: Chick Corea/Bela Fleck, Red Butte

21: Taylor Swift, Sandy Amphitheater

22: Lucinda Williams, Kingsbury Hall

25: Fall Out Boy, EnergySolutions Arena

25: Restless Heart, SCERA

28: Kenny Chesney, Sugarland and Pat Green, USANA

JULY

4: Stadium of Fire: Brooks & Dunn, LaVell Edwards Stadium