On Tour CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE Rumsey Playfield, 72nd St. ...
Rumsey Playfield, 72nd St. (midpark), 212-360-CPSS, 212-307-7171. All shows free except benefit shows, which are denoted by a *. New York Grand Opera (8/1); Spoken word by Ishmael Reed & Yosef Komunyakaa (8/2); Ricky Skaggs, John Herald (8/4); Living Color, Asian Dub Foundation, w/DJ set by Propellerheads (8/5); Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, Zap Mama (8/6*); Bebel Gilberto, Antony & the Johnsons, w/DJ set by Ray Velasquez (8/9); Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (8/10*); Body & Soul benefit party w/DJs Franois K, Danny Krivit & more (8/11*); Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobts, Shekatak (8/12); Spoken word w/Steve Earl & Waddie Mitchell (8/13); BJ Thomas, Jim White, w/DJ set by Wichita Wally (8/14); Lyle Lovett (8/20*).
CREAMFIELDS
Riverhead, Long Island, 212-307-7171, www.creamfields.com The UK's biggest dance music event comes to Long Island?Fatboy Slim, Crystal Method, Orbital, Stereo MC's, Uberzone, Richie Hawtin, Pete Tong, Timo Maas, Josh Wink, Tall Paul, Max Graham, Photek, Scott Henry, Liquid Todd, Jason Bentley, DJ Feelgood, DB & more (9/1).
INTER-MEDIA ART CENTER
370 New York Ave., Huntington, NY, 516-549-ARTS, www.imactheater.org Morgan Heritage (8/24); The Caribbean Jazz Project (9/14); Oleta Adams (9/15); Indian Jazz Festival (9/21); Richard Elliot (9/22); Martha Reeves & the Vandellas (9/28); Esteban (10/12).
IRVING PLAZA
17 Irving Pl. (15th St.), 212-777-6800. Clutch, Candiria, Bellvue (8/1); John Medeski, North Mississippi Allstars, Robert Randolph (8/7 & 8/8); Luka Bloom, Susan McKeown (8/10); Squarepusher, Plaid, Mira Calix (8/23 & 8/24); Baaba Maal, African Superstar (8/25); Odd Foot Grunts (8/29 & 8/30); John Scofield Band, the Slip (9/8); the Strokes (9/14); Built to Spill, the Delusions (9/20-9/22); Joe Strummer (10/9).
LIBERTY STATE PARK
South Overlook Lawn, Jersey City, NJ, 212-307-7171. Radiohead, the Beta Band, Kid Koala (8/16 & 8/17).
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
2 Penn Plaza (34th St.), 212-465-MSG1. Radiohead, the Beta Band, Kid Koala (8/7); Neil Diamond (10/11).
MANHATTAN CENTER'S HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
311 W. 34th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), 212-564-4882. Sugar Ray, Uncle Kracker, The Start (8/13); "Watcha" feat. Kool Keith, Bersuit, Rabanes, Enanitos Verdes, JuAnes, Dover, La Ley & Maldita Vecindad (8/22); O-Town, Kaci (9/11); Margaret Cho (9/21).
NJ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
One Center St., Newark, NJ, 888-GO-NJPAC. "Hot Summer Nights" w/Al Jarreau, George Duke, Rachelle Farrell (8/10); Jill Scott, Mike Phillips (8/11); Peter, Paul & Mary (3/21/2001).
PNC BANK ARTS CENTER
Holmdel, NJ, 201-507-8900. Ozzfest w/Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Crazytown, Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Union Underground, Taproot, Systematic, Godhead, Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, SpineShank, Hatebreed, Otep, No One, Pressure 4-5, American Head Charge, Pure Rubbish, Beautiful Creatures, Drowning Pool (8/11 & 12); Bob Weir's Ratdog, Rusted Root, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (8/17).
RANDALL'S ISLAND
Sunken Meadow, www.concerthotline.com, www.warpedtour.com Warped Tour w/AFI, Alien Ant Farm, Amen, The Ataris, Belvadere, Big Wig, Bouncing Souls, Fenix TX, Flogging Mollly, Good Charlotte, H20, Impossible, Japetto, Jersey, Jimmy Eat World, Kill Your Idols, Kool Keith, Less Than Jake, The Line, Lovetone, Madcap, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Morgan Heritage, No Motive, Pennywise, Rancid, Rollins Band, The Start, Sum 41, The Vandals, plus DiY-Fest (8/4); Nonpoint (8/11 & 8/12); Mekka feat. BT, Armand Van Helden, Roni Size, Dynamite MC, Junior Sanchez, the New Deal, Christopher Lawrence, DJ Craze & more (8/18).