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World music鈥檚 your thing? We got that.

Or how about some red dirt country from one of the biggest names in Texas country music?

Tucson鈥檚 music scene this weekend has a little bit of everything, from a local drummer making his small-stage comeback to the multiplatinum 鈥�70s pop rockers Little River Band and local metal bands banging their heads and drums at the Rialto.

Here鈥檚 what you can expect:

Rising country star

Texas country singer kicks off the weekend on Thursday, Aug. 10, when she brings her 鈥淗ello Highway Tour鈥� to the , 6622 E. Tanque Verde Road. Tucson鈥檚 own Mamma Coal and her band opens the 21-and-older show.

Bagwell, who charted nine No. 1 songs on the Texas music charts and snagged multiple Texas Female Vocalist of the Year awards, comes here with her 2022 album 鈥淐oraz贸n y Cabeza鈥� (Heart and Head). The album, her fourth full-length and one that Bagwell has said is her most personal, includes some nods to neo-trad country (鈥淗ello Highway,鈥� 鈥淗appy New Year鈥�) and Spanish flair (鈥淛osefina鈥�) intermingled with the rocking country that has earned Bagwell legions of devoted fans in her adopted home state.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for Thursday鈥檚 21-and-older show. Tickets are $15 through .

Metal Fest

Seven Tucson heavy metal bands will share the stage at the , 318 E. Congress St., for 鈥淢etal Fest 25鈥� on Friday, Aug. 11.

The all-ages show, produced by Local Love Presents, features the heavy-metal/pop punk band ; Inherit the Downfall; thrash metal band ; metal rockers ; 鈥� the longtime metal band Harlette that is playing its first show under its new name; the pop rock/funk and dance band ; and metal rockers the .

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Friday and the first act is on stage at 7:30. Admission is $5 in advance through , or $8 at the door.

鈥�70s-鈥�80s pop rock

was one of those bands that when you heard their songs on the radio, they would get stuck in your brain and play over and over again.

That鈥檚 when you鈥檇 find yourself walking around waxing nostalgic about dancing in the dark and walking in the park reminiscing.

Even though the 1970s-鈥�80s pop rock band鈥檚 chart-topping days are well behind them, they still have a way in their live shows to take you there and plant those songs in your subconscious. We鈥檙e sure that after they play Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 W. Pima Mine Road, on Saturday, Aug. 12, the audience will leave the venue humming those songs.

Little River Band takes the stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30-$50 through .

Drummer goes solo

On and off since moving to Tucson from his native Los Angeles, drummer has played with bands of all genres.

On Sunday, Aug. 13, he鈥檚 ditching the band and going solo, just him and his drum kit and a few musical tricks up his sleeve, for a show at , 220 E. Broadway.

鈥淭his is a solo thing where I get to go out and do my thing,鈥� said the 51-year-old St. Augustine Catholic High School theology and percussion teacher. 鈥淚鈥檝e done master classes and I was in an African-jazz (event) in Phoenix recently, but I haven鈥檛 played in a night club for a while.鈥�

Solorzano鈥檚 shows include original compositions mixed in with covers, where he plays the drums to a pre-recorded track from a popular artist. One of those songs by Michael Jackson will include Solorzano鈥檚 keyboard and bass with some sound affects.

鈥淚t鈥檚 stuff people have heard and it鈥檚 songs I love,鈥� he said, comparing his shows to those of DJs who take popular songs and remix them live.

In one of the songs by a small African combo, he adds live drums to change the dynamic of the song, he said.

Solorzano is returning to solo gigs after landing grants from the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona and Arizona Commission on the Arts to buy new equipment.

鈥淚鈥檓 finally able to get going on this again and the artist in me really wants to do my own thing,鈥� he said.

Sunday鈥檚 show, which starts at 7 p.m. and is free, is one of several Solorzano has on the books in the coming months including an Aug. 19 show at the Maverick and an encore show at Thunder Canyon in September. Visit for more information.