Tickets go on sale Saturday for dance rock band Cobra Starship and electro rappers 3OH!3, who play May 16 at Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines. The two groups headline a tour featuring openers Travie McCoy and I Fight Dragons. Tickets may be purchased on www.iowatix.com.

3OH!3 has been recording its third studio album while collaborating in recent months with Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Lil Jon and are featured on the “Alice In Wonderland” inspired compilation Almost Alice. Cobra Starship toured Europe after the success of its most recent album, “Hot Mess,” which peaked at four on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 chart.

Seven-Flags in Clive announced that it will welcome the iconic musician, activist and country outlaw Willie Nelson on March 28. The 10-time Grammy winner released two albums in early 2009. Tickets go on sale Saturday through TicketMaster.

Ames’ own Leslie and the Lys embarks on a national tour through February and March starting Friday in Chicago, Ill. Fellow central Iowan Christopher the Conquered will be opening the entire length of the tour.

The Envy Corps will play a double header Feb. 26 at the Maintanence Shop, with Skypiper opening both shows. Each concert will be for all ages and tickets are available now.

Five For Fighting, best known for hits “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” and “100 Years” earlier in the 2000s, will play March 21 at People’s Court in Des Moines. Matt Wertz will open the show.

Des Moines-based country rock band the Nadas play March 4 in the M-Shop. The group has a consistent tour schedule through the spring including a spot at the Austin, Texas, South by Southwest music festival.

After releasing its fourth studio album in January, Minneapolis pop-punk band Motion City Soundtrack is set to return to Iowa headlining a tour with fellow pop rockers A Rocket To The Moon and Sing It Loud. Both released their debut full-lengths in 2009 while Sing It Loud has been finishing up work in the studio on its sophomore disc. The show hits Iowa City on April 15.