Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for three Cleveland-area shows: Brian Regan, the

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for three Cleveland-area shows: Brian Regan, the Bloodhound Gang and HIM. Comedian Brian Regan will take the stage at 8 p.m. Oct. 21 at Lakewood Civic Auditorium. Regan is a regular on "Conan O'Brien" and "The Late Show With David Letterman" and regularly opens live shows for Jerry Seinfeld. He has had his own specials on Showtime and Comedy Central. Tickets are $33.50. The Bloodhound Gang, who mixes adolescent humor and funk-rock, will be at the Odeon on Oct. 24 in a 7:30 show. Tickets are $15. Finnish goth-rockers HIM, with special guests Finch and Skindred, will be the Agora at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11. Tickets are $23.50.
"First It Boils, Then It Spills" is the title of The Evil Queens' latest album. Presumably they are talking about blood. Anyway, the Columbus rockers will grace the stage at Nyabinghi on Youngstown's West Side this evening, so maybe you can ask them yourself. Tickets are $4. Doors open at 9 p.m.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for a bevy of shows at Cleveland's House of Blues. Here's the list: Alien Ant Farm, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 3, $15; Slipknot, 7 p.m., Oct. 16, $56; Buddy Guy, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 28, $27.50; MXPX, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 5, $20; Hanson, 7 p.m., Nov. 12, $28.50; Brian Setzer, 7 p.m., Nov. 21, $45.
A program entitled "The Echo Never Fades: In Memoriam -- September 11, 2001"
will be performed for free by the W.D. Packard Concert Band at 3 p.m. at
Packard Music Hall, Warren.
Looking for an excuse to go to the opera? How about half-price tickets? On Monday, tickets to the following shows will be half-price when the code -- ODS -- is used: "Eugene Onegin," Oct. 28; "The Elixir of Love," Dec. 9; "Romeo et Juliet," Feb. 17; and "Turandot," April 7. With the discount, tickets range from $12.50 to $67.50. Go to www.clevelandopera.org, or call (800) 766-6048. All performances start at 8 p.m. in the State Theatre in Cleveland.
Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure is coming to Cleveland's Hanna Theater from Tuesday through Sept. 25. What is a Googlewhack, you ask? Simply put, if you type two unrelated words into the Google Internet search engine and get only one hit -- you have found a Googlewhack. Most word combinations get multiple hits, even tens of thousands, so a Googlewhack is relatively rare. Gorman has traversed the globe, tracing the sources of these word juxtapositions, and his adventures make for a riotously funny memoir. Tickets are $35 and $30 and are available by calling (216) 241-6000. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; Saturday, 5 and 8:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 3 p.m.
Jurassic 5, one of hip-hop music's elite, will be at Kent State University's MACC Center at 8 p.m. Sept. 17. Tickets are $20 and are available at the Kent State Student Center.
Christian rock kingpins Petra (above) will come to Youngstown as part of the band's farewell tour. The pioneering group, which has sold more than 7 million records, will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at Powers Auditorium. Tickets are $23, $18 and $13 and are available at the Powers box office or by calling (330) 744-0264.
Newly announced shows coming to Pittsburgh-area venues include Robert Fripp, 7:45 p.m., Oct. 1, $25, Rex Theater, Pittsburgh, 21-and-over; Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, 7:45 p.m., Oct. 20, $17.50, Rex Theater, 21-and-over; Social Distortion, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 11, $25, Ice Garden Arena, Belle Vernon, Pa., all ages; and Dropkick Murphys, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 16, $20, Ice Garden Arena, all ages. Tickets for all shows are through Ticketmaster.