Here are a couple of late additions to the upcoming show schedule, both worth making time for. First, the great singer/songwriter Gillian Welch plays at Cat's Cradle next Tuesday (yes, six days from now). Tickets go on sale at noon Thursday.

Then on Wednesday, April 28, St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark, of Sufjan Stevens and Polyphonic Spree fame) plays UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall with local favorites The Love Language opening. UNC began giving out free tickets to students this week, but public tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday.

And in other show-schedule news, Concord's Avett Brothers STILL don't have a Triangle performance booked -- but they're playing Merlefest on May 2. It's being billed as their "only spring/summer North Carolina appearance in 2010." Which means they won't be here until fall at the earliest. Great...

Violinist Julia Fischer has canceled an April 6 performance at Memorial Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Fischer's management announced that the violinist has withdrawn from her North American tour for personal reasons.

The German musician has canceled at least two other performances of late, in the Bay Area and in Seattle. This news nugget from the Seattle Times reports that she canceled her entire tour.

As of today, there's no mention of the tour cancellation on Fischer's website.

 For refunds or exchanges, call or visit the Memorial Hall Box Office, located at 114 East Cameron Avenue in Chapel Hill, at (919) 843-3333. The box office, currently closed for spring break, will reopen at noon on Sunday, March 14. The box office's regular hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.