Linkin Park’s annual tour rocks North America during July and August. Playing major amphitheatres, this year’s Project features performances by Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights, Armor For Sleep and Street Drum Corps. It all starts on July 16 in Boston and wraps August 224 in Houston. Cities on the tour include Pittsburgh, Philadlephia, New York, Virginia Beach, Washington, DC, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Atlanta, San Francisco, Phoenix, Cincinnati, Denver, Cleveland, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Dallas.

Rancid does the club thing this summer. Stops include Houston, TX (June 15), Fayetteville, AR (June 26), Tempe, AZ (July 2), Chicago (July 30 & 31), Montreal (August 5 & 6), Providence (August 9) and five nights in NYC (August 13 – 15, 16 – 17).

Phoebe Snow plays a six-night engagement at New York City’s Birdland, June 17 – 22. Other dates include July 6 (Portland, OR), July 17 (Brooklyn, NY) and December 11 (Naples, FL).

Melissa Etheridge’s summer schedule is starting to fill up. Today’s new postings include June 25 (Washington, DC), July 21 (Montreal), August 2 (Columbus, OH), August 23 (Portland, OR) and August 24 (Seattle, WA).

During the past couple of hours we also updated the schedules for New York Voices, Ornette Coleman, Ramsey Lewis, Pink Martini, Secondhand Serenade, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), The Sword, Toubab Krewe, Umphrey’s McGee and The Drunk Stuntmen.

But there’s still more data yet to post! Don’t miss our last update of the day – The Closing Bell – coming up around 5 pm (PDT), from Pollstar.com!