- Finnish power-metal rockers Children of Bodom plays at Saltair, 12408 W. Salt Air Drive, Magna. Also on the bill: Black Dahlia Murder, Between the Buried and Me. Show starts at 6:30. Tickets are $18, at Ktix or at the door.

- A day before the first McCain/Obama debate (presuming there still is one), get your taste of musical political satire with The Capitol Steps, at 7 at the Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets are $35, at ArtTix.

- The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company's newly reconstructed version of Alwin Nikolais' work "Tower" begins a three-night run, at 7:30 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets are $30, or $15 for students at seniors, at ArtTix.

- Outlaw country singer David Allen Coe - the guy who wrote Johnny Paycheck's hit "Take This Job and Shove It" (a song we occasionally hear hummed wistfully in the restrooms at the Tribune) - plays at Bar Deluxe, 666 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Michael Dean Damron is the opening act. Show starts at 8. Tickets are $25, at SmithsTix.

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