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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood

Country-pop singer Carrie Underwood will host The Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round at 7 p.m. today, along with opening acts Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers, at Verizon Arena. Tickets are $93.50 and $62.

Underwood is touring to promote her October studio album Storyteller. The tour, her first one "in the round," will allow fans on all sides of the arena to have 360-degree viewing of the concert. A native of Checotah, Okla., Underwood was the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005.

Underwood has won seven Grammy Awards since her debut hit "Jesus, Take the Wheel" in 2007.

Verizon Arena, East Broadway and Interstate 30, North Little Rock, (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster.com

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Keith Sykes will perform at 10 p.m. Friday at South on Main. Admission is $20.

Sykes recently released a new EP, Songs From a Little Beach Town, with its first single, "Come As You Beach Bar." Sykes' 40-year musical career includes a stint in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, and he has also written with or for John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rosanne Cash and George Thorogood.

He launched his musical career in 1967 after hitchhiking from Memphis to the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, where he heard Arlo Guthrie sing "Alice's Restaurant." Sykes soon got his first booking at a Holiday Inn bar in Charleston, S.C.

South on Main, 13th and South Main streets, Little Rock, (501) 244-9660, southonmain.com

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The Josh Abbott Band will perform, along with opening act Rich O'Toole, at 9 p.m. Friday at the Rev Room in Little Rock. Tickets are $17 in advance, $20 the day of the show.

Corey Smith, plus opening act Rob Baird will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 the day of the show.

Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com

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Strange Vine, plus opening act Funkanites, will perform at 9 p.m. today at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $7.

Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is $7.

Ghost Bones, plus opening act Ginsu Wives, will perform at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5.

White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, whitewatertavern.com

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Groovement will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock. Admission is $7.

The Big Damn Horns will perform at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7.

Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.com

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Devin Crutcher will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at The Afterthought Bistro and Bar in Little Rock. Admission is $10.

The Afterthought Bistro and Bar, 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, (501) 663-1196, afterthoughtbistroandbar.com

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Highly Suspect, along with opening acts Audio Damn! and The Revolutioners, will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Metroplex. Admission is $5.

Metroplex, Interstate 430 and Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, (501) 681-7552, metroplexlive.com

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Foul Play Cabaret will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Maxine's in Hot Springs. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Mobley will perform, along with opening act Ryan Sauders, at 9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7.

The Austin, Texas-based Mobley recently released an EP, Some Other Country, and will soon release debut album Fresh Lies, on which he plays every instrument.

Maxine's, 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 321-0909, maxineslive.com.

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