Overkill has a lengthy European tour scheduled for early 2008; Petula Clark (today is her birthday!) adds Ontario and Washington and Melissa Ferrick plays South Burlington, VT, on January 31.

Look for Howard Jones to play Portland and Seattle during the last week of January; Erin McKeown plays Northampton, Mass., on New Year’s Eve, and will travel to VT, NY and NJ during January and February and Reverend Horton Heat adds Columbus, Ohio, and Bloomington, Indiana.

Robin Trower will be pretty busy during the first few months of the new year with an extensive routing that includes Fort Lauderdale, Baton Rouge, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago and Bakersfield; Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings add Fort Lauderdale and DC and The Oak Ridge Boys roll into Sparks, NV, at the end of February.

Our newest Bon Jovi date is April 11 at the Jobing.com Arena in Scottsdale, AZ and Beyonce plays Las Vegas on December 30.

During the first 90 minutes after we opened our doors, fed the cats and fired up the itinerary generator we also updated the schedules for Marah, Saxon, Scott H. Biram, Ross Bon, Dave Koz and “Bang Your Head!!!”

But that’s just the start of this glorious day! Be sure to catch your Midday Update, coming up around noon (PST) from Pollstar.com!