NE-YO IN JANUARY

Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday for tickets to a Jan. 5 concert — 7:30 p.m. at the Blaisdell Arena — by soulful hit-maker Ne-Yo, whose latest release was September’s “Year of the Gentleman.”
Ne-Yo, who also is an actor and prolific songwriter, first made a splash with his 2006 disc “In My Own Words.”
Tickets — $35, $45, $55 — will be available at the box office and Ticketmaster outlets. 877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com.

CONCERTS, CONCERTS

The folks at Bamp Project have been busy lining up even more concerts for the coming weeks, such as:
• Bad Brains and guests, Dec. 13 at Pipeline Cafe. $25 general, $50 VIP.
• Secondhand Serenade and guest Joshua Radin, Dec. 19 at Pipeline. $25 general, $50 VIP.
• Shwayze, Cisco Adler and DJ Skeet Skeet, Dec. 31 at Pipeline. $45 general.
• MSRTKRFT, Jan. 3 at Next Door. $25 general.
• TYGA, Jan. 10 at Pipeline. $25 general, $50 VIP.
• Aesop Rock and guests, Jan. 16 at Pipeline. $28 general, $55 VIP.
Details, tickets: www.bampproject.com, www.ticketmaster.com.

HOT DATES

Dec. 12 — Angels & Airwaves, Pipeline Cafe
Dec. 12 — Augie T. and guests Jose Dynamite and Timmy Mattos, Makaha Resort
Dec. 12-14 — “The Sounds of Christmas” with The Brothers Cazimero, Hawaiçi Theatre
Dec. 13 — “Mäkaha Kalikimaka 2008,” concert by The Mäkaha Sons and friends, Dole Cannery Iwilei Ballroom
Dec. 19-21 — Ballet Hawaii’s “The Nutcracker,” Blaisdell Concert Hall
Jan. 17 — Gloria Estefan, Blaisdell Arena
Jan. 17 — NOFX, with The Expendables, Pipeline Cafe; also Jan. 16 at The Cellar 744, Hawaiian Island Creations, Lahaina Cannery
Jan. 30 — Rita Rudner, Pipeline Cafe
April 25 — SPAM Jam, Waikïkï, along Kaläkaua Avenue
May 12-24 — “Mamma Mia!” Blaisdell Concert Hall