From Deseret News archives:
Summertime and the music is easy
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
6-8: Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival featuring Dianne Reeves, Brian Culbertson and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Washington Square
7: Vans Warped Tour: Bad Religion, Killswitch Engage, Bleed the Dream, The Used, Meg & Dia, Utah State Fairpark
8: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Red Butte
13: Neville Brothers/Sonny Landreth, Red Butte
14: Pink Martini, Deer Valley Amphitheater
14: Orleans, Sandy Amphitheater
15: Lyle Lovett and k.d. lang, Deer Valley
17: Chris Isaak, Red Butte
17: Incubus/Simon Dawes, USANA
19: Gladys Knight , Sandy Amphitheater
22: Mavis Staples and Betty LeVette, Red Butte Garden
24: Darryl Worley, SCERA
27: Lou Gramm, Sandy Amphitheater
30: Dream Theater, E Center
31: John Hiatt and Shawn Colvin, Deer Valley
31: American Idols Live, EnergySolutions Arena
31: The Fray, Meese and Single File, USANA
AUGUST
5: Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Red Butte
6: Rush, USANA
12: Keb' Mo' & Robert Cray, Red Butte
15: ZZ Top, the Pretenders and the Stray Cats, USANA
