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Gregg Allman’s illness forced the Allman Brothers Band to cancel 2008’s annual run at New York’s Beacon Theatre, but the Southern jam band will be back in ‘09 — Austin Scaggs has the scoop on special guests and more in the Smoking Section. Plus, 83-year-old B.B. King continues to be a road warrior and Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn tours south of the border. Full dates for all three jaunts, after the jump.

The Allman Brothers Band
March 9 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 10 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 12 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 13 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 14 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 16 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 17 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 19 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 20 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
March 21 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre

B.B. King
February 5 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
February 6 – Orlando, FL @ UCF Arena
February 7 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Kravis Center
February 10 – Hilton Head Island, SC @ Shoreline Ballroom
February 12 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
February 14 – Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre
February 15 – Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace Theatre
February 16 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
February 18 – Providence, RI @ Providence Performing Arts Center
February 20 – Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall
February 21 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
February 22 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
February 24 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre
March 25 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre
March 27 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
March 28 – Rochester, NY @ Rochester Auditorium Theatre
March 29 – Baltimore, MD @ Lyric Opera House
March 31 – Easton, PA @ State Theatre Center for the Arts
April 1, 2 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
April 9 – Kearney, NE @ First Tier Events Center
April 10 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
April 11 – Casper, WY @ Casper Events Center
April 14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kingsbury Hall
April 16 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Oakland Theater

Bruce Cockburn
April 4 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre
April 6 – Beaver Creek, CO @ Vilar Centre for the Arts
April 7 – Aspen, CO @ Wheeler Opera House
April 8 – Mancos, CO @ Mancos Opera House
April 10 – Santa Fe, NM @ James A. Little Theater
April 11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Kimo Theatre
April 13 – Grand Junction, CO @ Roper Music Ballroom
April 14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Jeanne Wagner Theater
April 19 – Nelsonville, OH @ Stuart’s Opera House
April 20 – Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark