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Not only did Beyonce release a great promo video today, but Kinky Boots opens on Broadway. I'm so stoked because CYNDI! LAUPER! Kinky Boots was originally a 2005 UK film, based on a true story about a struggling shoemaker and his drag queen business partner. But the onstage, musical version features lyrics/music by the one-and-only Cyndi Lauper. In honor of her Broadway debut, here are my picks for top three Cyndi Lauper songs of all time.

It's once again a big week, with five big concert onsales, along with some NBA playoff onsales, soccer, the Final Four and Wicked.

Concerts

• Over 30 dates for Fall Out Boy's Save Rock and Roll will be on sale this Friday and Saturday.
• Keith Urban will also have more than 30 dates on sale for the second leg of his Light the Fuse Tour this Friday.
• Fifteen shows are on sale this Friday for Mumford & Sons' Summer Stampede Tour.
• Big Time Rush is back, performing with Victoria Justice for their Summer Break Tour. Initial onsales are this Saturday.
• Depeche Mode's Delta Machine World Tour is coming to North America beginning August 22. Initial onsales for the tour are this Saturday.

With four artists and bands with a significant number of onsales, the end of the week will be plenty busy. Let's get right to it.

Concerts

• John Mayer announced his new Born & Raised Tour last Thursday. Most of the concerts on the tour go on sale this Friday.
• All the dates for Phish's summer tour go on sale Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
• A second North American leg of P!nk's The Truth About Love Tour goes on sale Saturday.
• The Eagles have tickets for their History of the Eagles Tour beginning on Thursday.
• Everclear is joining up with Live, Filter, and Sponge for the Summerland Tour 2013. 17 concerts will go on sale this weekend.
• Pitbull and Ke$ha are joining up for a summer tour. Initial onsales are Friday and Saturday.
• Barenaked Ladies is joining with Ben Folds Five and Guster for a new edition of the Last Summer on Earth Tour. Six shows go on sale Friday and Saturday.

This is a pretty big sports week, what with March Madness underway, the CONCACAF Gold Cup games going on sale, and a new UFC event. Meanwhile, in concerts, the Dave Matthews Band has a big onsale week.

Concerts

• The Dave Matthews Band has 45 shows onsale this Friday for its summer tour.
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers has onsales this Friday for their brief 5-show residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. On Monday they'll have onsales for their six show residency at Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.
• Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake have an onsale today for a second concert at Yankee Stadium.

As part of our countdown to spring, Mike, Tim, and I will be sharing the events in concerts, sports, and theater that we’re most looking forward to this season. Let’s kick it off with theater.

There are a lot of Broadway shows I’m excited about, mostly because my general outlook on life is "excited." But I’d be lying if I didn’t say I had a soft spot for Matilda the Musical.

I may be an adult, but there are just some ways in which I refuse to grow up. My unabashed love for things I adored in my childhood is one of them. I really loved "Matilda" the movie as a kid. It had everything going for it, including magical powers (which I was convinced I would someday discover I also had), the act of overcoming a hardship, and a happy ending.