Tickets go on sale within the next few days in at least seven cities.
P.M. ET Harry Connick Jr. has lined up a month-long tour with his Big Band, their first in more than a year. After more than 40 years of writing and recording music, Merle Haggard still felt nervous before he called guitarist Norman Stevens. He wanted to know if Stevens would play alongside him on a tribute to the legendary honky-tonk singer Lefty Frizzell, one of Haggard's major influences. The tour teams him with bassist Edgar Meyer. Smashing Pumpkins revisited.