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SINGING SENSATIONS
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Here are 10 popular shows to keep us grooving in the year ahead.
Run the Jewels
The gloriously ruthless rap duo, composed of underground kings Killer Mike and El-P, shine brightest when their songs are barbed with political rhetoric and racial tension.
8 p.m. Jan. 25; Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave.; $31-$45 via LiveNation.com, Fillmore MB.com
Life in Color Festival
2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the EDMand hip-hop-heavy festival, with a bill topped by DJ Diplo Marshmello and rising New York rapper Desiigner.
2 p.m. Jan. 28; Mana Wynwood, 318 NW 23rd St., Miami; $99.99-$145, LifeinColor.com
Sting
The 16-time Grammy winner behind “Shape of My Heart” and “When We Dance” is a perfect balm for a February night. Sting will be backed by drummer Josh Freese and guitarists Dominic Miller and Rufus Miller.
8 p.m. Feb. 25; Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave.; $99-$150 via LiveNation.com, FillmoreMB.com
Okeechobee Music Festival
The second-annual campout in the Sunshine Grove brings a massively diverse bill of 72 acts, so far, topped by Usher & The Roots, Kings of Leon, Bassnectar, Flume, Wiz Khalifa and Pretty Lights.
March 2-5 at Sunshine Grove, 12517 NE 91st Ave., Okeechobee; $239.50-$599, OkeechobeeFest.com
Willie Nelson and Dwight Yoakam
A pair of country statesmen collide in concert and we can’t help wonder why they don’t do it more often.
7:30 p.m. March 4 at Pompano Beach Amphitheater, 1801 NE Sixth St.; $25-$124.50 via Ticketmaster.com, TheAmp Pompano.org
Tortuga Music Festival
Kenny Chesney will headline the tropical country jamboree on Fort Lauderdale beach. Chris Stapleton, Darius Rucker and Luke Bryan can fill arenas, but they’ll settle for the 90,000 fans expected to pack the beach in April.
April 7-9; Fort Lauderdale Beach; $189-$1,299, Tortuga MusicFestival.com
Ariana Grande
The Boca Raton native and pop singer’s new album “Dangerous Woman” simmers with seductiveness (“Into You,” “Side to Side”), just the right temperature for Grande’s Dangerous Woman tour visit.
7 p.m. April 14 at American-Airlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; $25.95-$195.95 via Ticket master.com, AAArena.com
The Weeknd
Songs “Can’t Feel My Face,” “The Hills” and now “Starboy”) have helped the singer born Abel Tesfaye land his first world tour, including a May stop at the BB&T Center.
7 p.m. May 11; BB&T Center, 1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise; $35.25-$145.75 via Ticketmaster.com, TheBBTCenter.com
Guns N’ Roses
For their Not in This Lifetime Tour, GNR reunited three of its recognized members in Axl Rose, guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan, their first time doing so since 1993’s “Use Your Illusion” concerts.
7 p.m. Aug. 8; Marlins Park, 501 Marlins Way, Miami; $99-$270 via Live Nation.com, MarlinsPark .com
Bruno Mars
Mars (“Uptown Funk,” “Grenade”) brings a few new hip-shakers from his new album “24K Magic,” still full of the vibes that now distinguish his Grammy-winning sound.
8 p.m. Oct. 18; American-Airlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; $45.25-$145.75 via Ticket master.com, AAArena.com