As the holiday season winds down, it remains a slow period for concert announcements and, in turn, for new ticket on-sales. This week�s list of on-sales is especially short, but at least a few major ticketing announcements--including some U2 and Jimmy Buffett dates--are expected to surface in January.

Southern rock mainstays Lynyrd Skynyrd [ tickets ] are expected to tour Australia and Japan in 2001, but their first confirmed dates for the year are in Florida. Tickets for a Jan. 25 appearance in Orlando, a Jan. 27 show in Tampa and a Jan. 26 show in Sunrise are scheduled to go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday (12/29).

Tickets for stops on Everlast [ tickets ]�s winter tour continue to hit the market. On-sales for shows in Cincinnati and Indianapolis will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday (12/30). Tickets for many other shows are already on sale.

The pop-jazz outfit Spyro Gyra [ tickets ] will open a six-night stint at Dimitriou�s Jazz Alley in Seattle on Dec. 29. The group will be playing two shows a night, and tickets for all will go on sale at 10 a.m. Pacific Time on Saturday (12/29).

They Might Be Giants [ tickets ] will open a short series of California and New York appearances in late January. Tickets for the mini-tour�s Jan. 31 stop in San Francisco will go on sale at 10 a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday (12/21). On-sales are already underway for shows in New York City, West Hollywood and Anaheim, Calif.

Ticket on-sale information for many other shows is available at liveDaily's Ticket Alert.

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