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Longtime friends and collaborators Carole King and James Taylor are reuniting for a world tour, 40 years after they first performed together at the famous Troubadour Tavern in Los Angeles. Tickets for the June 8 show at Verizon Center go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster (202-397-7328) and Live Nation (877-598-8696).

Here are the other upcoming shows you can snag tickets for this week:

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketfly or 877-435-9849 for these shows at the 9:30 club:
• Rodrigo y Gabriela, March 1 ($35)
• Jack's Mannequin, Vedera and Sunday's Roulette, March 4 ($29.50)
• Pat Green, March 6 ($35)
• Jamie Cullum and Imelda May, March 7 ($35)
• STS9 and Two Fresh, March 13 (with Ana Sia, March 14) ($22.50).

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for:
• Puscifer, March 5 at the Lincoln Theatre ($40)
• Daughtry, March 18 at Baltimore's 1st Mariner Arena ($30.50-$40.50)
• Fresh Fest, March 19 at DAR Constitution Hall ($41.50-$70).

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Live Nation for these shows at Warner Theatre:
• George Lopez, Feb. 26-27 ($59.50)
• Ron White, March 13 ($45.75).

Tickets go on sale Friday at noon through Ticketmaster for these shows at Birchmere:
• Jennifer Knapp and Derek Webb, March 8 ($25)
• Jack Ingram, March 24 ($25)
• Bob Schneider, March 30 ($25)
• Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, April 6 ($59.50)
• Lizz Wright, April 7 ($35).

Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for Martina McBride and Trace Adkins, Feb. 20 at Baltimore's 1st Mariner Arena ($20-$69).

Free tickets will be available beginning Monday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for Musicians From Marlboro, Feb. 4 at Freer Gallery.

Free tickets will be available beginning Wednesday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for Shepherd School of Music, March 4, and Vienna Piano Trio, March 5, at the Library of Congress.

-- Amy Orndorff