-- Aussie pop-rock duo the Veronicas are coming to the State Theatre on May 1. Get your tickets ($20) here.

-- Apparently the lure of Christine McVie is greater than the rest of Fleetwood Mac imagined. The St. Pete Times Forum has begun offering discount tickets, starting at $35, to the group's April 22 show. We dunno -- $35, and you still don't get to hear Everywhere or Little Lies? Still a bit harsh, if you ask us.

-- Fresh off his tour of the high seas with John Mayer, Matt Hires has announced a round of dates opening for Kate Voegele and Eric Hutchinson, including a May 19 date with Hutch at the Orpheum.