Hottest Upcoming Concerts Reviewed

It's holiday season, and everyone is in the mood to party … and performers are only too happy to oblige, for such good audiences! There are heaps of good concerts coming up across the continental U.S. this month. We look at some of the hottest tickets in town this December, and what you can expect from the big names.

Elton John

He toured earlier this year with Billy Joel -- but don’t expect that his solo tour will be a lackluster imitation! He and Billy always have an awesome time playing together, but Elton John has an amazingly strong personality and a voice that sounds twenty years younger than his age. If you get that chill down your arms and legs every time you hear the chorus of Tiny Dancer or Love Lies Bleeding, then Elton John concert tickets are not-to-be-missed this December.

Ani DiFranco

Thanksgiving and Christmas, as wonderful as they are, can get a little stressful. It's easy to get caught up in the competitiveness of gift-giving, decorating your house, cooking the best turkey… Ani Difranco is a breath of fresh air among the consumerism of the season. Every concert of hers is different -- she's prolific, having released over twenty albums, so you'll never buy concert tickets for Ani DiFranco only to hear the same songs you've already heard.

AC/DC

They're getting on in their years, and they may be Australian originally, but they're American icons now more than ever! The concerts are set for early in the New Year, making this the perfect present as a pick-me-up post-Christmas and NYE. The pitch is one of constant frenzy at an Acca Dacca gig, according to reviewers … hot! The big bucks attached to these concert tickets mean they are best bought from ticket brokers.

Arlo Guthrie

He's only doing a few shows, in the early months of 2010. But the Arlo Guthrie performances are set to be intimate gigs, even with hundreds of people in the audience. He's known for being a natural storyteller, which comes through in his stage persona just as well as it does in his music. Concert tickets for Arlo Guthrie will be the closest you can get to seeing Woody Guthrie -- and so much more at the same time.