Let’s start with Ronnie Baker Brooks. The Chicago blues guitarist updates today, not with dates for the East Coast or West Coast but smack dab in the middle of the USofA. New listings include Kansas City on November 7 at Knuckleheads Saloon, November 8 in Topeka, Kansas, at Uncle Bo’s, November 27 in Grand Rapids, Michigan at River City Slim’s and December 12 in St. Louis at The Gem Theater.

We also have new West Coast dates for The B-52’s. Fred and the gang appear in San Diego on November 7 at House Of Blues. Thousand Oaks gets the group on November 9 for a gig at Fred Kavli Theatre. On November 14 the city is San Rafael and the place is Marin County Civic Center, and Bakersfield snags the November 15 date for a show at the Majestic Fox Theater.

Faster Pussycat will purr Down Under come December. New dates are December 12 in Perth at Club Capitol, December 10 in Melbourne at The Hi-Fi, December 11 in Sydney at Metro Theatre and December 12 in Fortitude Valley at The Arena.

And we have a few new dates for The Alternate Routes – November 7 in Lynchburg, Virginia, at the Spring House, November 8 in Baltimore, Maryland, at Gin Mill, November 25 in Larchmont, New York, at Watercolor Café, December 12 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, at Tupelo Music Hall and December 13 in Portland, Maine, at Empire Dine & Dance.

During the last couple of hours we also updated the schedules for The Devil Makes Three, The Bacon Brothers, Red Stick Ramblers, Peter White, Outformation, Mary J. Blige, Mark Hummel, Groundation, Fishbone, L.A. Guns, Danielia Cotton and Cute Is What We Aim For.

We’re entering the final stretch of today’s journey into the land of tour dates, with plenty more to research and process before our daily task is done. Don’t miss your last update of the day – The Closing Bell – posting sometime around 5 pm (PDT) on Pollstar.com!