The Darius Rucker arena concert Oct. 28 at the Idaho Center bombed. Ticket-sales numbers were so sorry that the promoter won't share them publicly.

Rucker had three No. 1 country songs in 2008 and 2009. Any theories about why this particular gig tanked, kids?

Been down to Hijinx lately? You're not alone. It was a tough summer for the Downtown Boise comedy club. But cold weather should help business. Hijinx ain't going away.

A few updates:

—Greg Hahn headlines this weekend. He's a clean comic. How many clean comics are even capable of being funny? It's a topic I'll address in Friday's column in Scene.

Post-hardcore boys From First To Last have canceled their show Thursday night at The Venue in Boise.

From the band's management: "Due to some unfortunate family circumstances From First To Last has been forced to cancel all remaining dates on their tour and return home. We hope the band can make up the date in the future but for the time being we have to cancel."

TicketWeb is handling refunds.

Mandolin extraordinaire Jake Shimabukuro — who played a free in-store gig at the Record Exchange this past April — will return for a headlining concert March 14, 2010, at the Egyptian Theatre in Downtown Boise. Tickets will be $21 advance, $24 day of show. Shimabukuro was kind enough to stop by "The Other Studio" and perform on the air for us last time he was here. He's an absolute blast to watch play.

Hmmm. L.A. indie-rockers The Airborne Toxic Event have deleted all their tweets about burning a broken-down piano outdoors after the show Friday night at the Knitting Factory. Doesn't seem like a big deal — pyro is a part of rock 'n' roll, right? — but something must have caused the disappearing act.

UPDATE: A Dumpster fire was reported at 4:07 a.m. Saturday morning in the parking lot behind the Emerald Club. The Boise Fire Department showed up and found what could have been a piano fully engulfed, but it did not have a keyboard and wires. They put it out. There was not a soul around. End of story.

Here's what the band had posted:

# Just kidding. We are not sorry, Boise. But we are excited for tonight in Portland. http://yfrog.com/iyenkj
4:48 PM Oct 31st from Tweetie

# Watching LA Story on the bus until we head west. Somewhere in Idaho a piano will burn.
12:55 AM Oct 31st from Tweetie

Last Sunday night's songs:

—Morrissey, "Ganglord"
—Band of Skulls, "Friends"

—Them Crooked Vultures, "New Fang"
—Wolfmother, "Cosmic Egg"
—Rob Halford, selections from "Winter Songs"

—Carly Simon, "You're So Vain"
—Orianthi, "According to You"

—Curtis Stigers, "You've Got the Fever"

"The Other Studio" airs at 9 p.m. Sundays on 94.9 FM "The River."

AFI is coming to the Knitting Factory on Jan. 18, 2010. Tickets go on sale a week from today.

And Brandi Carlile has been booked for Jan. 13. That one goes on sale Friday.

The management for country singer Tim McGraw says he'll roll into town next summer near the end of his “Southern Voice” tour with opener Lady Antebellum. The concert, scheduled for July 29, hasn’t been confirmed. But it looks like it will take place at the Idaho Center in Nampa.

Here's the word from the Knitting Factory:

"Mickey Avalon is postponing his scheduled November 1st performance in Boise until his new record is released in the 1st quarter of 2010. Previously purchased tickets will be honored at the door of the rescheduled date."

What exactly is that date? Nobody knows. But there's no mention of any refunds in the press release. They'll just use your spent ticket money to bank some interest until the rescheduled show, baby! *evil laughter*

The Emmitt-Nershi Band will not have an opening act tonight at Neurolux in Boise. Assembly of Dust, which has been touring with the group, won't be in Boise after all. Tickets are still available for $16. The Emmitt-Nershi Band is supposed to go on around 8:30.