Blonde On Blonde | From mod to arena-rocker to singer of pop standards, Rod Stewart has a talent for reinventing his image that even Madonna would envy.
LADIES MAN
Rod Stewart
Rexall Place • Aug. 10
$49 | Ticketmaster
Now that you’ve spent your weekend on a lumpy tarpaulin on Gallagher Hill, it’s time to add some non-folk tunes to your musical diet. And what could be more delicious (or less folky) than a Rod Stewart arena concert? Looks can be deceiving, though: before Stewart entered his mod phase in the early ’60s, he was listening to Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan records and participating in sit-ins with the rest of the beatniks. Sure, it was mostly a way for him to meet girls, but let’s not hold that against him.
ARRIVING ON A JET PLANE
Aerosmith
Commonwealth Stadium • Aug. 11
$115 | Ticketmaster
With ZZ Top opening for Steven Tyler and his merry band of leathery rock gods, this summit meeting of two of the most long-lived acts in all of classic rock provides us with the perfect excuse to party like it’s 1974. Let’s just hope that Edmonton fans get more bang for their buck than those poor saps in Tulsa, Okla., where the two rock-radio staples only played an hour-long set each. Of course, if we were Steven Tyler, we probably wouldn’t want to hang around Tulsa any longer than we absolutely had to, either.
BAND OF BROTHERS
Kings of Leon
Rexall Place • Aug. 12
$41 | Ticketmaster
Brothers are to music what sisters are to convent life — wait, that’s a terrible analogy. Let’s start over. Bands of brothers have long been a reliable recipe for musical success: you’ve got the Jacksons in the 1970s, the Hansons in the 1990s, and now the Followill brothers are carrying on the tradition in the new millennium. (So are the Jonas Brothers, but we suspect the Followills wouldn’t appreciate the comparison.) Either way, with these hunks onstage, there won’t be any shortage of taper jean girls on the floor.
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