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J im Bo dden Warped Tour, which has been moved to the Peoria The Lumber jack Sports Complex this year. Despite a less-than-stellar line-up (compared to last year's Green Dav/Weezer t's summertime and that means it's also time tor package), expect a good time for your money. the big summer concert tours. Unfortunately tor With no "Up In Smoke Tour'' this year, the main Ithose staying in Flagstaff, that means plenty of stream hip-hop situation looks dismal. The best bet is travel to see the good shows. For those returning to on the underground scene anyway, like Kik>I Keith. Phoenix, however, this summer is full of a wide variety N*SYNC also returns to the Valley for the zillionth of concerts. time, leaving a trail of screaming pre-teens in their But, strangely, several big tours have opted not to stop wake. in Phoenix this summer, including the Ozzfest (featuring Here's a rundown of this summer's highlights for Black Sabbath and Marilyn Manson), Moby's Area:One concerts in the Valley of the Sun, organized by genre. Tour (featuring Moby and a reformed New Order), and Country Radiohead. 5/12- Brooks and Dunn with Toby Keith, Cletus Maybe it's the heat that's keeping them away? T. Judd. Keith Urban and Montgomery Gentry Classic rock seems to be the scene for this summer, Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavillion • with everybody from the still-respectable (Eric Clapton, 7/27- "Girl's Night Out"- Reba McEntire, Martina Brian Wilson) to the not-so-respectable (Journey, Styx) to McBride, Sara Evans, and more America West the downright weird (a Beatles tribute with John Arena Entwistle and Alan Parsons). Metal After last weekend's Country Thunder, there are two 6/15- Napalm Death («’ Boston's more redneck-fests coming to the Valley: Brooks and 6 1 19- Staind (« Web Theatre Dunn for the boys and Reba McEntire for the girls. 7/17-"Extreme Steel Tour''- Pantera, Slayer, The absence of the Ozzfest probably won't matter to Morbid Angel, Static-X and Skrape