Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel will begin a 12-date North American tour June 10 in Berkeley, California.

Gabriel and his New Blood Orchestra also will make stops in such cities as Denver (June 13), Chicago (June 20) and Boston (June 24).

Tickets for select dates will go on sale to the general public April 4 through Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

Allman Brothers Band guitarist Derek Trucks in 2010 (photo by Chris M. Junior)

The Allman Brothers Band will be peakin’ at the Beacon a little longer this year than originally planned.

The legendary group has added five shows — March 21, 22, 24, 25 and 26 — to its regular run at the intimate New York venue. The ABB’s other Beacon dates for 2011 are March 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19.

Tickets for the five added shows will go on sale Jan. 8 through Livenation.com, ticketmaster.com, select Ticketmaster locations and by calling (866) 858-0008. Tickets can also be purchased at the Beacon Theatre box office starting Jan. 10.

Tim McGraw (Photo by Danny Clinch; courtesy of Curb Records)

Tim McGraw is scheduled to hit the road this spring with his band, The Dancehall Doctors, for what’s being called the Emotional Traffic Tour. Dates for the North American trek, featuring special guests Luke Bryan and The Band Perry, will be announced soon.

Tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour will go on sale Jan. 15. Visit McGraw’s Web site for more information.

Meanwhile, McGraw can be seen in the movie “Country Strong,” co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow and opening nationwide Jan. 7. Leading up to that, he’ll be plugging the film via the TV talk-show circuit, stopping by the “Late Show With David Letterman” (Jan. 4), “Good Morning America” (Jan. 5), “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (Jan. 5), “Chelsea Lately” (Jan. 6) and “The Martha Stewart Show” (Jan. 7).

By Chris M. Junior

Buffalo Springfield will reunite in late October to perform as part of the annual Neil Young-hosted Bridge School Benefit concert series at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif.

The band, featuring Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, will perform both nights (Oct. 23 and 24). So will Elvis Costello and Pearl Jam; Elton John and Leon Russell will play Oct. 24 as part of T Bone Burnett’s Speaking Clock Revue.

Other acts scheduled to perform that weekend include Jackson Browne, Billy Idol, Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard.

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 19 through Live Nation.

The Bridge School, which assists children with severe physical and speech impairments to communicate effectively, was founded in 1986. That same year, Young held the first concert fundraiser for the school, which opened in 1987 in Hillsborough, Calif. The Bridge School moved to its permanent home on the campus of Hillsborough’s North Elementary School in 1995.