Blind Melon are back, and they’ve got someone to sit in for the

deceased Shannon Hoon. Who? Come on, you remember them. It’s

impossible to miss “No Rain.” The song is the “Sweet Home Alabama” of

the heroin era. It’s a 21st-century cross-platform wunderkind, as much

a part of adult rock programming as Tracy Chapman and everything off

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. CBS, are you listening? I’m

sure this Travis Warren fellow is a perfectly passable new frontman.

But let’s pay the bills here, people. Throw these Gen-Xers some

eyeliner and get them on prime time to find their new frontman with

Rock Star: Blind Melon. It’s all about the Benjamins, baby! With Top

Heavy Crush. CHRIS KORNELIS

Listen to a sample of Blind Melon’s “Wishing Well.”

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Tue., April 1, 8 p.m., 2008