Coming To The Local Sheds This Summer: Lots Of "Heritage Acts" And Country Stars (And Yeasayer)

Yeasayer. Here's hoping things are a bit warmer than this for their shows this summer.

​Today Live Nation announced a slew of shows at Long Island's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center, and in addition to the many classic rock acts (with "classic rock" now being expanded to include the mid-period Headbanger's Ball era of Tesla, Firehouse, etc.) and country stars lining the bills we've got Brooklyn's own Yeasayer, who have been tapped to open the Flaming Lips/Weezer tour that stops at PNC on July 28 and at Jones Beach the following day. Other highlights: Ke$ha (Jones Beach, August 20); Janet Jackson (PNC, August 6); Aretha Franklin (Jones Beach, July 28/PNC, July 30); and the New York Pops playing the music of Billy Joel (Jones Beach, August 13), a performance that looks to be bereft of the Piano Man himself. There's also the Identity Festival, which looks to be an all-electronic-music Lollapalooza starring the likes of Rusko, Steve Aoki, and Chad Hugo. Tickets for a bunch of these concerts go on sale this Saturday; full schedules for both venues after the jump.

JONES BEACH
June 11: Daryl Hall & John Oates w/ Chris Isaak
July 11: Yes / Styx
July 12: Def Leppard w/Heart
July 17: Furthur feat. Phil Lesh & Bob Weir
July 22: 311 / Sublime with Rome
July 24: Goo Goo Dolls w/Michelle Branch, Parachute
July 28: Aretha Franklin
July 29: Flaming Lips / Weezer w/Yeasayer
August 10: Kings of Leon w/Band of Horses
August 12: Maroon 5 / Train w/Gavin DeGraw
August 13: The New York Pops perform the music of Billy Joel
August 17: Journey w/Foreigner, Night Ranger
August 18: Lynyrd Skynyrd / The Doobie Brothers w/Tom Hambridge
August 19: Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band
August 20: Ke$ha w/LMFAO, Spank Rock
August 21: Identity Festival
August 24: Whitesnake w/Tesla, Lita Ford, Sebastian Bach, Firehouse
August 27: 2011 Rib Rock Festival: J. Geils Band, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, plus barbecue from "the region's best pitmasters"

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May 21: Sugarland w/Matt Nathanson, Little Big Town
May 31-June 1: Phish
June 3: Jason Aldean w/Eric Church, JaneDear Girls
June 8: Daryl Hall & John Oates w/Chris Isaak
June 10: Deep Purple (and symphony) w/Ernie & The Automatics
July 5: Yes / Styx
July 9: O.A.R.
July 12: Kid Rock w/Sheryl Crow, Leroy Powell & The Messengers
July 13: Def Leppard, Heart
July 15: Brad Paisley w/Blake Shelton, Jerrod Niemann
July 17: Mötley Crüe / Poison w/New York Dolls
July 21: 311 / Sublime with Rome
July 22: Goo Goo Dolls w/Michelle Branch, Parachute
July 23: Miranda Cosgrove w/Cody Simpson, Greyson Chance
July 24: Furthur feat. Phil Lesh and Bob Weir
July 25: Mayhem Festival: Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, Trivium, In Flames, "many more"
July 28: Flaming Lips / Weezer w/Yeasayer
July 29: Tim McGraw w/Luke Bryan, The Band Perry
July 30: Aretha Franklin
July 31: Tiffany / Deborah Gibson
August 6: Janet Jackson
August 14: Identity Festival
August 17: Kings of Leon w/ Band of Horses
August 20: Selena Gomez & The Scene w/Allstar Weekend
August 21: Lynyrd Skynyrd / The Doobie Brothers w/Tom Hambridge
August 23: Whitesnake w/Tesla, Lita Ford, Sebastian Bach, Firehouse
August 24: Journey w/Foreigner, Night Ranger
August 26: Maroon 5 / Train w/Gavin DeGraw
August 28: 2011 Rib Rock Festival: J. Geils Band, B.B. King, plus barbecue from "the region's best pitmasters"
September 2: Toby Keith w/Eric Church