CONCERT NEWS

CONCERT NEWS
Around the region
hJuvenile in Niles: Hip-hop star Juvenile will be the headliner of a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Eastwood Expo Center, behind Eastwood Mall, U.S. Route 422, Niles. Special guests will be Lil' Scrappy of Lil' John and the Eastsideboyz; local R & amp;B and hip-hop singer ShiMarcc; The Villians; Double Threat; Kenny Ali; and Uncle Poley. Get tickets now for $25 at a Ticketmaster outlet or at one of these local businesses: Center Stage Bar & amp; Grill, Niles; RBG Music, Warren; K & amp;P Sports in Youngstown and Warren; and Ryan's Chair, Farrell, Pa. Wait until day of show and you'll pay $35. Call (330) 505-8200 for details.
Ludacris in Pa.: A performance by hip-hop act Ludacris, featuring David Banner, will be the high point of "Hip-Hop Week" from April 17 to 26 at Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pa. The Ludacris concert will be at 8 p.m. April 26 in Robert N. Aebersold Student Recreation Center. Tickets are $27; call the campus bookstore at (724) 738-2104 to place orders. Other events will examine hip-hop's influence on poetry, music and campus culture.
McGraw deal: Now through 10 p.m. Sunday, or when supplies are exhausted, a limited number of buy-one-get-one-free lawn tickets will be sold for Tim McGraw's July 8 concert at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. Single lawn tickets are $31.75, and pavilion seats are $63.75. Call Ticketmaster.
Today's ticket sales: Blink-182, The Used and Taking Back Sunday, 7:30 p.m. May 22 at Post-Gazette Pavilion near Pittsburgh; and Styx, Peter Frampton and Nelson, 7 p.m. June 20 at Post-Gazette Pavilion. Call Ticketmaster.
Saturday's ticket sales: Machine Head with Casting Method, 7:30 p.m. April 25 at Mr. Small's Theater, Pittsburgh; Project 86 and guests, 7:30 p.m. April 28 at Mr. Small's Theater; Jimmie's Chicken Shack, The Delaneys and Original Low, 9 p.m. May 6 at Hard Rock Cafe, Pittsburgh; pop singer JC Chasez, 7 p.m. May 9 at Chevrolet Amphitheatre, Station Square, Pittsburgh; Brides of Destruction, 7:30 p.m. May 12 at Mr. Small's Theatre; John Hiatt, 8 p.m. May 18 at Mr. Small's Theatre; and "X-Fest 2004" featuring Offspring, Cypress Hill, Switchfoot, Story of the Year and Finger Eleven, 2:30 p.m. May 28 at Post-Gazette Pavilion. Call Ticketmaster.
Monday's ticket sales: Phil Collins, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 atMellon Arena, Pittsburgh. CallTicketmaster.