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Happy Together Tour
Go back in time with the Turtles, Chuck Negron, the Buckinghams, the Cowsills, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap and more during the Happy Together Tour. The annual tour started in 1984, but it made a comeback in 2010 and is going strong since.
Details: 8 p.m. Friday, July 19. Talking Stick Resort, 9800 E. Talking Stick Way, Salt River Reservation.. $30-$125. 480-850-7777, ticketmaster.com.
— Samantha Incorvaia
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Celebration
Enjoy hands-on activities, demonstrations, shows, planetarium presentations and more led by the Blue Crew, the Arizona Science Center’s science and space experts. On Saturday, families can interact with local technology and aerospace partners like The Boeing Company.
Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20. Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington Street, Phoenix. $14.95-$19.95. 602-716-2000; azscience.org. — Samantha Incorvaia
Phoenix Independent Comic Show
Comic book fans won’t want to miss this mini-comic con at Bookman’s. Local comic book artists will showcase their self-published comics, and guests can probe them with questions and purchase their work. Guests include Russ Kazmierczak, Jr., Nick Cagnetti, Jessica Dzielinski and Coop Bolton.
Details: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 20. Bookman’s Entertainment Exchange Phoenix, 8034 N. 19th Ave. Free. 602-433-0255, bookmans.com.
— Samantha Incorvaia
Shinedown
Shinedown bring their Attention Attention Tour to town with Badflower, Dinosaur Pile-Up and Broken Hands. “Attention Attention” is Shinedown’s fourth consecutive release to crack the Top 10 on the Billboard album charts, sending two more singles, “Devil” and “Get Up,” to to the top of Billboard’s mainstream rock charts. Shinedown’s biggest hit remains the triple-platinum “Second Chance.”
Details: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20. Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix. $59.50 and up. 800-745-3000, livenation.com.
— Ed Masley
Beck
Last seen rocking State Farm Stadium with U2, Beck returns with Cage the Elephant and Spoon. Beck went double-platinum with his mainstream breakthrough “Odelay,” the first of three albums to win an Alternative Music Grammy, followed by “Mutations” and his latest album, “Colors.” He also took home Album of the Year in 2015 for “Morning Phase,” incurring the wrath of Kanye West for getting more votes than Beyonce.
Details: 6 p.m. Sunday, July 21. Ak-Chin Pavilion, 2121 N. 83rd Ave., Phoenix. $29.50 and up. 602-254-7200, livenation.com.
— Ed Masley