Final three N.C. State Fair performers announced

The final three Dorton Arena performers for the 2010 N.C. State Fair have been released and surprise, they're all country, though one wasn't always a country singer. The big addition is former Hootie and the Blowfish frontman turned country star Darius Rucker on Saturday, Oct. 23.

The other acts announced are Easton Corbin and Justin Moore. Tickets for all three shows go on sale on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 8 a.m. here.

Check out the full line-up below and our previous post about the performers here. We still recommend checking out Carolina Chocolate Drops for just $5.

$10 lawn tickets: Umphrey's McGee & Brad Paisley

The $10 lawn seat sale continues today with two more shows, one at each of Raleigh's Amphitheaters. Check out today's shows below and stay posted for five more days of sales after today.If there's a big show you're hoping to go to, but tickets are just too expensive (as many of them tend to be), maybe it'll go on sale.

08.13.10 - Umphrey's McGee & Rebelution @ Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater [Tickets]
08.28.10 - Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker & Justin Moore @ Walnut Creek [Tickets]

The dB's among star-studded line-up paying tribute to R.E.M.

An impressive line-up of performers including Throwing Muses, Patti Smith, Glen Hansard, Kimya Dawson, Guster and Darius Rucker among many others, will pay tribute to R.E.M. in New York in March and the Triangle's own The dB's will be right there with them. The event will be held at the prestigious Carnegie Hall on March 11 and has been dubbed "The Music of R.E.M. at Carnegie Hall."

There really is no better band than The dB's to cover R.E.M., especially the early stuff. Here's hoping the show is filmed or at the least some stuff makes it on YouTube.

The event will feature music from R.E.M.'s entire catalog. Calexico will be the house band for the evening. Check out the complete list of performers (so far) at the bottom of the post.

Tickets for the event range from $38 to $125 for standard tickets and VIP tickets cost $275. Tickets are on sale now. 100% of the net proceeds for the event will go to benefit musical education programs for underprivileged youth. Find out more information about the event here.

The Music of R.E.M. performers:
Throwing Muses with Kristen Hersh
Kimya Dawson
Ingrid Michaelson
Darius Rucker (of Hootie and the Blowfish)
Glen Hansard (of The Swell Season & The Frames)
The Apples in Stereo
Marshall Crenshaw
Tommy James and the Shondells
Jolie Holland
Patti Smith
The Feelies
Keren Ann
Guster
Fink
The dB's
Bob Mould (of Husker Du & Sugar)
Rhett Miller (of The Old 97's)
Vic Chestnutt & Elf Power
Rachael Yamagata
Calexico