A little bird tells me that an announcement is coming Friday that Ben Folds will perform March 25 at Meymandi Hall in Raleigh -- with the NC Symphony. More details as soon as I have 'em, but it should be going on-sale soon with a pre-sale as early as this weekend.

UPDATE: The show has indeed been announced, with the "official" on-sale date of Tuesday at 10 a.m. Word from the Symphony is there will be "no public pre-sales," but I would advise checking with the fan club. 

We may be in the grip of a crushing recession, but good roadshows keep turning up on the schedule. The latest is the versatile pop/country siren Neko Case, who Frank Heath has booked into Raleigh's Meymandi Hall on April 7.

Also on the bill, Crooked Fingers, the band led by Chapel Hill expatriate Eric Bachmann. Tickets go on sale Friday.