Having already logged a year on the road, Nickelback is extending their Dark Horse Tour with another pass through North America in 2010. The 30 dates kick off on April 6 in London, ON, and wind down on June 3 in Vancouver, BC.

Although the bulk of the dates will be in the U.S., eight of them are slated for north of the border. Nickelback will be Toronto and Montreal as well. International performances will provide a ramp up to the spring swing.

Nickelback's sixth studio outing, the double-platinum Dark Horse, was released in November, 2008 and still holds a place on the Billboard charts after debuting and topping out at number two. The latest single, “Never Gonna Be Alone,” is currently making noise at radio.

Over one million fans attended the band's 2009 Dark Horse shows, leading to a gross of nearly $50 million and the 11th most successful tour of the year. The 2010 run is on track to top those numbers.

Nickelback was also recently anointed by Billboard as the group of the decade.

Supporting acts for the 2010 dates include Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown and Sick Puppies.

With three Grammy awards and an Emmy on his shelf and a new album in stores, Harry Connick, Jr. is taking his show on the road.

Backed by an orchestra, Connick will play selections from his new Grammy-nominated release, Your Songs, as well as standards and tunes from throughout his career like “It Had to Be You” and “A Wink and a Smile.”

A show like this deserves to be seen in a great venue and there are plenty on the schedule. A consummate performer, Connick hits Santa Barbara's glorious Arlington Theatre on January 26. San Diego's wonderful Copley Symphony Hall hosts Harry and the gang two nights later on January 28.

Having sold more than 25 million records worldwide puts Connick in a league, not so much of his own, but definitely of only a few. The New Orleans native and occasional actor has also had 10 releases top the jazz charts, more than any other artist in U.S. history.

At Baltimore's Lyric Opera House, Connick will surely delight fans just as he did recently at the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors.

Feeling romantic? Spend Valentine's Day with Connick in Jacksonville, Florida and let him melt your heart with his renditions of the Lennon/McCartney classic "And I Love Her" and Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling In Love With You."

The Your Songs tour will touch down on both coasts with Connick's 13-city run ending in Virginia Beach on February 19.

Walking with Dinosaurs Live

The original Walking with Dinosaurs six-part documentary series aired in 1999 in the UK and 2000 in the U.S. As the most expensive documentary series ever produced, it holds a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. These days, the creatures dazzle audiences worldwide in a Walking with Dinosaurs arena tour.

The Yorkshire Museum first housed an exhibition back in 2000, featuring scanning models, replicas, and other pieces from the show. However, Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular show is a much grander spectacle. Animatronics and costumed dinosaurs range in size from a small cat to 36-feet tall and roam the stage to a narration by a paleontologist named Huxley. They fight and the largest specimens weigh 1.6 tons and requires three people to operate.

The live show launched in 2007 in Australia and has toured throughout Europe and North America winning various awards each year for its creative content and staging. Over 2.4 million Americans have heard the roars of Allosaurus, Stegosaurus, Utahraptor, Plateosaurus, Tyrannosaurus-rex, and 12 more in the $20 million Arena Spectacular show. Audiences see how these creatures dominated the planet for 200 million years in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods until their extinction was likely caused by a meteor or comet colliding with Earth. Even the climate and planetary changes, such as the continental splits and ocean formations, are shown.

One of the producers, Carmen Pavlovic, says of the entertainingly educational work: “The BBC Series was a brilliant blend of special effects, escapism, excitement and information. Our show brings together all of that, plus something extra -- it’s live! In this production, 17 roaring, snarling 'live' dinosaurs mesmerize the audience -- and are as awe-inspiring as when they first walked on Earth.“  In March 2010 the dinosaur show will be in Las Vegas, in July the tour will be in New York at Madison Square Garden. And in September Walking with Dinosaurs is in Aneheim and then in Los Angeles.

Top 2010 Concert Tours

Depeche Mode—Tour of the Universe—For electronica music fans, Depeche Mode will continue their tour supporting their twelfth studio album Sounds of the Universe, released in April 2009.

Creed—They've been on tour in '09 and they are going to be on tour again in  2010.

Dave Matthews Band—DMB, as usual, will be on tour again 2010.

Alicia Keys—R&B singer Alicia Keys is now dominating the charts with her collaboration with Jay-Z on "Empire State of Mind." Alicia Keys starts to put together a tour for the 2010 late winter and early spring.

Bon Jovi—Jon Bon Jovi and the boys are touring again this year.

U2—The Irish super rock group will continue their extremely popular 360 Degrees tour in 2010 and will be back in the U.S in the summer.

Black Eyed Peas—See BEP live in concert. Fergie and the Will.I.am are gonna get the feelin' going.

Jimmy Buffett—Buffett is planning a full-scale "Buffet Hotel" tour for 2010 and intends to start the year in Australia and the Pacific Rim.

Carrie Underwood—American Idol winner and country music singing sensation plans to tour in 2010.

Peter Gabriel—See Peter Gabriel live in concert in select European and U.S. cities and catch his new orchestral-only covers album, "Scratch My Back."

The Who—Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend tour again!

Paul McCartney—It's a rumor that sir Paul McCartney will be going on one last big tour.