I just got word late yesterday that rapper/actor Common is booking shows in support of his upcoming album, Invincible Summer, and will be in Miami on Friday, September 5 at the Fillmore Miami Beach.

That's good news as the Fillmore is an intimate enough venue that true Common fans should be satisfied, yet it's big enough that it won't immediately sell out. Well, it shouldn't immediately sell out, although with Virginia powerhouse rockers N.E.R.D. as the opening act, tickets will go fast.

Both acts put on incredibly high energy live shows and seem to be at a creative apex. The fact that they're touring together makes sense as Common often uses beats by Pharrell for his albums. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. through, who else, Live Nation.
As of now, tickets are priced at $75.00, $55.50 & $38.50.

After the jump, check out a preview of what N.E.R.D. and Common look like in concert together live.

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Yelle

Just got the announcement that cutesy Gallic electro-pop chanteuse Yelle is launching a full-scale tour this fall, and heading down to these parts -- actually, Miami proper. (Good idea -- she's definitely got more of a fun-times Miami vibe than a Ft.Lauderdale-rock-venue vibe).

The show date is October 10. No surprise that it's a Poplife booking!

What's funny is the venue she's playing -- the Polish American Club. Remember that place? (Poplife famously put on Of Montreal there a couple years back). I guess it kind of fell by the wayside for a while when Studio A was going, but now with Studio A out of the picture, the PAC is the only possibility in Miami proper with that much general admission space. Too bad it's so far out of the way and has such a terrible parking setup (I have horrible memories of circling around all those West Miami-Dade apartment complexes and strip malls). But hey, at least you won't have to worry too much about getting held up on the way back to your car while wearing a silly neon outfit.

More info about ticket presales and so on when it becomes available. But for now, enjoy this video for "A Cause Des Garcons" after the jump.

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Just found the news deep in the archives of Brooklynvegan, where I apparently missed it when the tour dates were announced back in July but...

Rejoice! DANZIG IS COMING BACK TO SOUTH FLORIDA!

This is exciting because he hasn't been here in, like, forever, and when Glenn Danzig spoke to Jason Handelsman of the Miami New Times last year, it sure didn't seem like he was very enthusiastic about ever again doing a full-scale tour. Not sure what happened, but he's apparently done an about-face and launched his own sort of branded package tour, with the coolest name: Blackest of the Black.

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This just in: Thousands of college students' favorite jam act, O.A.R., will hit the appropriately jammy outdoor setting of Mizner Park Amphitheatre on Friday, October 3. Opening acts are Between the Trees and Matt Hires. Tickets cost $30 in advance, $32 the day of the show, and are available through www.livenation.com and www.ticketmaster.com. They go on sale Friday, July 25, at 10 a.m. -- Arielle Castillo