Pop Date Book

* Dido, left, and Travis are set to tour the U.S., with a stop at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater June 16. Tickets go on sale Saturday. . . . Rod Stewart is due at Verizon June 10, with tickets available Monday. . . . Tickets go on sale Saturday for three Universal Amphitheatre shows--K-Ci & JoJo with Jon B May 26, Ruben Blades June 15 and Aaron Carter and the A*Teens June 21--and for a show by O-Town on July 6 at the Greek Theatre. . . . Tickets go on sale Friday for a show by the Stereophonics on May 16 at the Palace. . . . The Extreme Steel Tour featuring Pantera, Slayer, Static-X, Skrape and Morbid Angel stops at the Long Beach Arena July 19, with tickets available Saturday. Monday is the on-sale date for a series of shows at the Sun Theatre: second dates by Tom Jones (June 26) and Pat Benatar (July 7) and appearances by Emmylou Harris July 8 and Kansas Aug. 25. . . . L.A. County’s 11th annual Family Music Festival on June 10 at Bonelli Park in San Dimas will feature Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Johnny Otis and others. Tickets go on sale Sunday. . . . Coming to the Knitting Factory Hollywood: Hothouse Flowers May 19, Kristin Hersh June 8, Mark Eitzel June 22 and Black Heart Procession June 23. . . . Tickets go on sale Saturday for four Roxy shows: Stabbing Westward May 14, Tantric May 15, Mick Taylor May 18 and Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks July 14. . . . The House of Blues will feature Run-DMC May 10, Tesla May 25-26, Martin Sexton May 30 and the Doobie Brothers June 13 and 15. . . . The Coach House schedule includes Stan Ridgway June 2, Canned Heat and Paul Cotton June 10 and Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks July 13, while the Galaxy Theatre has the Jerry Garcia Band May 4, Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mad Professor June 21, Jefferson Starship June 15 and a bill of Faster Pussycat, L.A. Guns and Bullet Boys June 29.