Incoming: David Sedaris, Atticus Tour, Boys Like Girls, Skinny Puppy, Tech N9ne

contestants coming, and that's not the only big show coming in October, as Boys Like Girls, the Atticus Tour, and Tech N9ne all bring their shows through town. Still, the thing we're most excited about is not a concert but a speaking date by author David Sedaris in May. Sure, it's...

By Martin Cizmar

August 21, 2009

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contestants coming, and that's not the only big show coming in October, as Boys Like Girls, the Atticus Tour, and Tech N9ne all bring their shows through town. Still, the thing we're most excited about is not a concert but a speaking date by author David Sedaris in May. Sure, it's a ways off, but you'd be wise to line up tickets to see the Naked author Talk Pretty One Day (that day is May 1).

Check out a brilliant reading one of my all-time favorite Sedaris essays below or click the jump for full show announcements.

Oh, and for a real treat check out the homepage of Sedaris brother Paul -- a.k.a. The Rooster -- subject of the below essay.

Attack Attack: With I Set My Friends On Fire, Miss May I, & Our Last Night, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6 p.m., $13-$15. Clubhouse Music Venue, 1320 E. Broadway Rd., Tempe, 480-968-3238.

Atticus Tour 2009: With Blessthefall, Finch, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Vanna, & Lets Get It, Friday, Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m., $16. Clubhouse Music Venue, 1320 E. Broadway Rd., Tempe, 480-968-3238.

Boys Like Girls: With Cobra Starship, The Maine, A Rocket to the Moon, & Versa Emerge., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 3:30 p.m., $25. Mesa Amphitheatre, 263 N. Center St. (at University Dr.), Mesa, 480-644-2560.

Gavin Castleton: With Gardening Not Architecture, & Tugboat, Monday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m., $8. Trunk Space, 1506 Grand Ave., Phoenix, 602-256-6006.

David Sedaris: Saturday, May 1, 8 p.m., $47-$54. Virginia G. Piper Theater, 7380 E. 2nd St., Scottsdale, 480-994-2787.

Hot Buttered Rum: Friday, Nov. 13, 8:30 p.m., $12. The Sail Inn, 26 S. Farmer Ave., Tempe, 480-839-6637.

Old Crow Medicine Show: Thursday, Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m., $25-$27. Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, 480-829-0607.

Skinny Puppy: Sunday, Dec. 6, 6:30 p.m., $22. Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, 480-829-0607.

Tech N9ne: With Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Big Scoob, Slaughterhouse, Stevie Stone, Glasses Malone, & Short Dawg Tha Native, Monday, Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m., $28-$30. Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, 480-829-0607.

Kurt Vile and the Violators: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m., $8-$10. Modified Arts, 407 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix, 602-462-5516.

Winter Wonder Slam Tour: With tobyMac, & Reliant K, Sunday, Dec. 20, 6 p.m., $26-$76. US Airways Center, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, 602-379-2000.

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