Country troubadour Alan Jackson finally returns to Casino del Sol's AVA, 5655 W. Valencia Road, next Thursday for an encore to his 2001 concert. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $49.50-$150 through casinodelsol.com. See related story in next Thursday's Caliente.

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Veteran UK band Squeeze plays the Rialto Theatre on Tuesday.

Formed in the '70s and known for new-wave hits like "Black Coffee in Bed," "Hourglass," "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" but mostly for "Tempted," with its chorus of "Tempted by the fruit of another/ Tempted but the truth is discovered," which can be heard in countless sitcoms and commercials.

The group recently released a 19-track live album called "Five Live" and re- released four of its classic albums to include stuff like demos and rarities.

The show starts at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $31 general admission and $36 for reserved seats in the balcony. Opening is quality New Orleans songstress Theresa Andersson.

Fans of American Black Lung might be asking themselves what they are doing at Plush on Friday.

The group makes the kind of loud, aggressive, scream-fueled rock that typically doesn't lend itself to over-21 venues. ABL will share the bill with The Holy Rolling Empire and Juarez. Admission to the 9:30 p.m. show is $5.

If you feel out of place seeing the Lung at Plush, you can catch the band tonight at The Living Room for $5. The all-ages show will start around 7.

Oakland folk-rap act Why? will perform Saturday night at Solar Culture.

If this seems familiar, it's because Why? performed a Saturday night show at Solar Culture in March.

Why? is still touring behind the excellent 2008 release "Alopecia," which should end up on plenty of lists for the year's best.

"I still get that urge to write a song," frontman Yoni Wolf told us earlier this year. "It wells up inside me and it's not something I can really control."

San Diego dance artist Rafter will open the show. He'll release an EP on Tuesday called "Sweaty Magic." It's a genre-hopping party that blends Of Montreal-like vocals with elements of DJ mixes and electro-rock.

The 9 p.m. show will cost you $10.

Love is a battlefield, and if you don't think so, you must be a heartbreaker, dream-taker, don't you mess around.

Go on, hit me with your best shot because '80s pop star and Grammy winner Pat Benatar is coming to Desert Diamond Casino Sunday with her husband, Neil "Spyder" Giraldo.

Spyder? OK.

Anyway, tickets are $27 through Ticketmaster.com and the show starts at 7 p.m.