Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. for several shows this fall. 

Country star Brad Paisley will bring his Virtual Reality Tour to the Time Warner Cable Pavilion at Walnut Creek on Aug. 24. Opening acts include The Band Perry and Easton Corbin. Idol winner and Garner native Scotty McCreery is also on the road with Paisley but will not be playing this show. However, he will be performing Sept. 14 at Paisley's show in Charlotte. 

Anyway, you can grab tickets for Paisley's Raleigh show through: 

• Live Nation
• Ticketmaster.com
• Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000
• Hardee’s Thickburger Box Office at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion

Al Green will play a Sept. 19 show at the Durham Performing Arts Center. You can get tickets through: 

• DPACNC.com
• DPAC Ticket Center, 123 Vivian St. in Durham or by phone at 919-680-2787
• Ticketmaster.com
• Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000

Finally, tickets go on sale this morning for the Oct. 22 Rufus Wainwright and Ingrid Michaelson show at the Carolina Theatre in Durham. You can get those tickets through: 

• Carolina Theatre website
• Ticketmaster.com
• Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000